Super Bowl Sunday is the pinnacle for advertisers, an evening for which brands showcase their much-anticipated spots with the high hopes of captivating the hundreds of millions watching across the globe. But as Twitter reached its fever pitch (231,500 tweets per minute, to be exact), during the third-quarter power outage inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, a few ingenious brands separated themselves from the pack, some even generating buzz without spending a dime (ah, social media).
Category: Social Media
Pro Sports Teams Building Championship Social Media Campaigns
Here’s a look at some of the top pro sports franchises in the game (the social media game, that is) and how they stack up against the finest consumer brands on the market.
Brands That Force It and Brands That Get It
Every Wednesday at 10am CT, Brand Chat hosts a Twitter chat, in which a plethora of marketing-minded individuals weigh in on a series of questions…
13 Nights to a Better Social Media Strategy
In homage to ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween, I decided to craft a blog post that captures the spirit of a holiday we all love to hate with the timeline of a television affair that’s still going strong after 14 years.
4 Brands Defying Pinterest Stereotypes to Their Advantage
Pinterest is stereotypically an overwhelmingly female site, but one can simultaneously defy Pinterest stereotypes and succeed on the digital corkboard site.
Busting Commonly Held Social Media and Email Marketing Myths
I set out to bust some myths: Jamie Hyneman style. I wanted to see which of my pre-existing convictions about marketing hold true. I searched high and low for surprising, unexpected, less-than-obvious statistics and discovered some interesting findings in the process.
Facebook Launches Gifts, But Do and Will People Buy Things on Facebook?
Facebook recently announced the return of Facebook gifts; only this time, they’re real, not virtual.
Two Ecommerce Sites Test Out Television (And Reveal Why Traditional Advertising May Trump Facebook)
It seems to me that television commercials have ample potential to be dynamic, while Facebook ads often struggle to be anything but flat. Though only time will tell if the commercials for these two ecommerce sites are successful.
All About Fake Online Reviews: The Problem of Separating Fact from Fiction
I also wanted to scrutinize this issue of fake, compensated reviews. What do they mean for consumers, for companies, and for marketing in general?
It’s All About Images: The Twitter Header and Why We Love Visual Content
Earlier this week, Twitter debuted the new Twitter profile, which now features a header image. The header makes Twitter profiles much more visually appealing, and people have been quick to declare it reminiscent of the Facebook cover photo.