Wednesday 15 December 2010

SOCIAL MEDIA CASE STUDIES [DEC10-GB_V20.0]


Both Coca-Cola and General Mills are leveraging already-trending hashtags in their promoted tweets to create better brand awareness on Twitter - ClickZ

Billboard (Magazine) is launching the "Social 50," a weekly chart that ranks artists' popularity based on social networking activity - Impact Lab

Duncan Hines is building branded content - releasing a new YouTube video each week as a part of their holiday mini web series promoting its new ‘Amazing Glazes’ line - MarketingDaily

Joining the ranks of Gatorade and other big brands, DELL is opening its new Social Media Listening Command Center in order to keep track of its thousands of daily internet mentions - Statesman Business Blog

McDonald's is keeping its multicultural fan base engaged by communicating with them in their preferred dialogue and social networking sites - Iconoculture

Automakers Mercedes-Benz and Audi are both launching separate social media contests for their fans to prove their loyalty - USA Today

Levi's discusses how they are turning online shoppers into Facebook friends and brand ambassadors - SmartBlog

Members of InterContinental Hotels Group's Priority Club ‘Rewards’ online community earn points by checking in at nearly all of IHG's 4,500 hotels worldwide - eMarketer

Scholastic share how they used social media to transform Scholastic Clubs customers into brand ambassadors - Vimeo