March 2010
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What Social Media Ad Types Work Best?
(image via A Thousand Things Unseen)
We often discuss the effectiveness of ads on social media for optimal results and there never seems to be one clear solution to this issue. However, a recent study conducted by Psychster Inc. and Allrecipes provides new insight on determining which kinds of ads are most effective.
The study, (which can be found here via Mashable.com) tested and evaluated...
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Users Go Mad for CBS Sports Online Streaming... →
While the Big Dance has thus far proven to be Upset City (cry me a river, Kansas…guess you weren’t the top #1 seed after all), it’s certainly not surprising to hear how online viewership of the tournament is doing.
CBS Sports and the NCAA have struck online gold, tempting more than 3 million viewers who watched over 3.4 million hours of live feeds on the first day of the...
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JetBlue's Bday Scavenger Hunt....Sort Of →
A previously reported Monday, JetBlue hosted a Twitter-based “scavenger hunt” today for their followers in New York to celebrate the airline’s 10th Anniversary. Wow, has it been 10 years since I first flew them on a marine biology trip to Florida in high school!?
Usually a scavenger hunt involves something along the lines of clues leading to more clues that lead to your final...
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10 Years....10 Bucks...Thanks, JetBlue →
Thinking of hopping on a jet tomorrow (March 9) or Wednesday (March 10) but haven’t booked your flight?
In case you have the sudden urge to travel to Buffalo, Rochester, or maybe even Burlington, JetBlue is offering $10 fares for travelers who book tonight by 11:59pm CST to tout its 10th anniversary in the air; to be fair, you can also go to cooler (or shall I say warmer) destinations like...
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Terrified of your taxes? Take advantage of a... →
Gadling reported today on Kimpton Hotels’ “Sweet Tax Relief” deal that will be implemented in April. All guests who stay with the hotel chain in April will not pay room taxes; Kimpton will take care of it all. And if you’re afraid your tax return won’t be as large as you’d like…you can eat at Kimpton’s in-hotel restaurants to save yourself some...
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Facebook Fanpages Get 'Professional' Treatment
Fan Appz launched a platform yesterday to help Facebook page administrators create and distribute brand-specific polls, quizzes and promotions that fans can share with friends to extend brand awareness and drive traffic.
The platform, called Professional, provides built-in social marketing tools for businesses at a monthly subscription fee of about $50. Each time a fan takes a quiz or...
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South Africa Wants You to Diski Your Way to FIFA →
In a brilliant online move, South Africa Tourism has partnered with the “dancing while traveling” phenomenon Matt Harding (a.k.a. “Dancing Matt”) to promote the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
You may know Matt from the videos of his ridiculously embarrassing dance moves that got him tons of sponsored trips around the world to dance in high-profile places and post his dancing videos...
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word. daily. (march 2, 2010)
One Million Giraffes: The Challenge: collect 1,000,000 pictures of hand drawn/made giraffes by 2011. The Challenger: Some guy from Norway trying to prove to his friend wrong. The Stakes: Um, we’re not sure. Why?: Again, not sure. At time of print, 601,905 giraffes have been uploaded to the site and with 306 days left, it looks like his goal might be reached. Oh, the powers of the internet.
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