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The Social Media Winners

Monday, July 20th, 2009

A new must-read study is out about engagement marketing among the world’s most valuable brands. The engagementdb report, developed by wetpaint and Altimeter (of Charlene Li fame), draws the following conclusion:

“The most valuable brands in the world are experiencing a direct correlation between top financial performance and deep social media engagement. The relationship is apparent and significant: socially engaged companies are in fact more financially successful.”

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The Prototype Experience “experience”

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Thanks to Jeremiah Owyang’s post, I checked out http://www.prototype-experience.com/.  Activision has created a great video trailor that, thanks to Facebook Connect, includes photos and information from your Facebook profile. Would I normally sit through an entire video game trailor? No. Did I sit through this one? Absolutely. Why? We, as humans, love when things are personalized and tailored just for us. We’re egomaniacs. Personalization makes us more attentive and more apt to share with our friends. And it’s cool to be mentioned in a video game and see your friend’s photos in this context. And the beauty of it is Sprout will have this same functionality in just weeks. Stay tuned.

Here is a video of my experience:

The Prototype Experience \”Experience\”

The Prototype Experience “experience” from carnet on Vimeo.

Make Social Campaigns Sizzle

Friday, May 15th, 2009

It’s well established that traditional ad units simply don’t work in social media channels. The ever-enduring question is: what will work to engage the target audience? If your brand can live up to these three tenants, chances are you’ve got a winner.

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