Hard data on social media is not easy to find. We gathered some cases with numbers that show actual results of social media campaigns.
This is mostly geared toward companies that are wondering about what they could get out of the social media landscape.
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There is a lot of talk about social media campaigns, but many times no
hard evidence of what works and what doesn’t. We gathered some
examples of successful web 2.0 marketing.
2. INTRODUCTION… Navigation
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This document shows examples if social media that actually work What else
It lists the involved companies, strategies and results Final thoughts
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Social Media requires a unique approach with less cookie cutter Web 2.0 Showcases
solutions and more individual concepts and strategies What else
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Therefore the following examples can’t be copied. They merely serve
as information and inspiration
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New technologies evolve daily resulting in new opportunities.
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Cutting edge campaigns can look “old fashioned” within months
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The following examples still show many mechanisms and underlying What else
principles that can be applied to future web 2.0 campaigns Final thoughts
The focus of these campaigns is usually not on direct sales but rather
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TOP FACEBOOK PAGES… E: info@conceptbakery.com
Top Fan Pages in the leading social network.
Who‘s hot. And who‘s not.
6. TOP TEN FACEBOOK PAGES (TOTAL NUMBER OF FANS)… Navigation
Pos. Page/Topic URL Number of Fans* Start
1 Barack Obama facebook.com/barackobama 6.403.321 Top facebook Pages
2 Vin Diesel facebook.com/VinDiesel 4.899.407 Web 2.0 Showcases
3 I love sleep Link too long* 4.513.186 What else
4 Pizza Link too long*** 4.438.389 Final thoughts
5 I need a vacation Link too long*** 4.411.746
6 Dr. House Link too long*** 4.272.101 Contact Info
7 Facebook facebook.com/facebook 3.659.319 conceptbakery llc
8 Will Smith facebook.com/WillSmith 3.482.527 T: 310 - 356 6624
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9 Coca Cola facebook.com/coca-cola 3.469.129 E: info@conceptbakery.com
10 Adam Sandler facebook.com/Sandler 3.267.563
* Date 22.06.2009
** This pages don‘t use a vanity URL.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/?browse
7. TOP TEN FACEBOOK PAGES (POPULARITY)… Navigation
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Pos. Company URL Number of Fans*
Top facebook Pages
1 Coca Cola facebook.com/coca-cola 3.469.129
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2 Pringles facebook.com/Pringles 2.768.931
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3 Adidas facebook.com/adidasoriginals 1.950.998
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4 Starbucks facebook.com/Starbucks 3.123.945
5 Apple Students facebook.com/applestudents 1.361.676
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6 Victoria Secret Pink facebook.com/vspink 1.253.052
7 Red Bull facebook.com/redbull 1.107.767 conceptbakery llc
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8 H&M facebook.com/hm 1.143.741 W: www.conceptbakery.com
9 Pizz Hut facebook.com/PizzaHut 963.579 E: info@conceptbakery.com
10 Skittles facebook.com/skittles 1.052.028
* Date 22.06.2009
Source: http://www.facebook.com/marketing
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Wondering through the world of social media
9. DUNKIN‘ DONUTS – DUNKINRUN.COM… Navigation
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Dunkin`Donuts claims to be the largest coffee and bakery seller. The conceptbakery llc
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10. DUNKIN‘ DONUTS – DUNKINRUN.COM… Navigation
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Strategy Top facebook Pages
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The company uses Facebook, applications, Twitter etc. Dunkin‘
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Donuts is currently running a sweepstakes on the their Facebook Fan
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Page where fans are being asked to upload a picture of themselves
and a Dunkin‘ Donuts product. Contact Info
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visitors can announce their trip to Dunkin‘ Donuts in advance and W: www.conceptbakery.com
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invite others to submit their orders so the “runner” can get it for them.
It is fun, useful creates talk and directly increases store sales as well.
11. DUNKIN‘ DONUTS – DUNKINRUN.COM: RESULTS… Navigation
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The campaign was relatively new at the time of creating this document.
Therefore only a few numbers are available so far
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Over 800.000 Fans on Facebook
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12. DUNKIN‘ DONUTS – DUNKINRUN.COM… Navigation
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The close interaction of online (microsite, Facebook, etc.), mobile What else
(iPhone app) and offline (store purchase) creates attention, fun, viral Final thoughts
distribution and leads to a direct increase in sales.
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http://www.dunkinrun.com/About/HowItWorks.aspx W: www.conceptbakery.com
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http://www.facebook.com/DunkinDonuts
13. ZAPPOS.COM – AL BUNDY OF WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Background
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Zappos.com is the leading online shoe store in the US. Social media, What else
especially Twitter, are core elements of their marketing mix. Final thoughts
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Strategy
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on Twitter. The feeds of all Zappos Twitter users are agreggated
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under this account: http://twitter.zappos.com. Zappo is very service
oriented and Twitter helps to reach out and be approachable.
14. ZAPPOS.COM – AL BUNDY DES WEB 2.0: RESULTS… Navigation
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Zappos is one of the most popular online brands in the US What else
Zappos has over 800,000 followers on Twitter Final thoughts
Zappos is one of the most quoted examples for successful use of Contact Info
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15. ZAPPOS.COM – AL BUNDY DES WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Zappos’ social media activities include a heavy use of Twitter. Many Top facebook Pages
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of their employees are “tweeting” with their own accounts. The online
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activities of their CEO have strongly added to shape the brand as a
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very social media conscious company.
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http://twitter.com/zappos W: www.conceptbakery.com
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http://mashable.com/2009/02/06/social-media-smartest-brands/
Also recommended: The 10 core values of Zappos:
http://about.zappos.com/our-unique-culture/zappos-core-values
16. BURGER KING – FRIENDS VS. WHOPPER… Navigation
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Background
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Why even bother...;-) Final thoughts
Strategy Contact Info
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Burger King developed an application called “sacrifice your friends”.
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Anyone who “unfriends” ten of his Facebook friends will receive one W: www.conceptbakery.com
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free Whopper.
17. BURGER KING – FRIENDS VS. WHOPPER: RESULTS… Navigation
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Over 20,000 users added the application to their Facebook profiles Web 2.0 Showcases
within a very short period of time What else
They dropped over 200,000 friend in total Final thoughts
Facebook then blocked the application. The official version was data
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Being rude can help creating attention and being remembered. Even Top facebook Pages
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though the campaign received plenty of criticism and was blocked at
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the end. It simply created a lot of talk. Of course Burger King feels
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inspired to do more social media marketing in the future.
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http://www.conceptbakery.com/cb-blog-de/2009/01/13/meine- W: www.conceptbakery.com
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meinung-zu-10-freundschaften-kundigen-fur-einen-gratis-whopper/
Also worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqgr4UUqdNg
19. TRAVBUDDY.COM – OUT TO SEA IN WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Background Web 2.0 Showcases
TravBuddy created a community dealing with everything related to What else
holiday and vacation. Final thoughts
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Strategy
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vacationing.
20. TRAVBUDDY.COM – RESULTS… Navigation
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The company could double the number of their community members
within 6 months and broke the 1 million user benchmark. Final thoughts
The Facebook application was added by 500,000 users Contact Info
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21. TRAVBUDDY.COM – OUT TO SEA IN WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Bottom Line Top facebook Pages
This story clearly shows the power of word of mouth specials in Web 2.0 Showcases
connection with social media. One key success element is that What else
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people love to share and talk about themselves in social networks.
Traveling is a very popular discussion topic. The Facebook Contact Info
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Source & Additional Info
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/
travbuddy_hits_1_million_users.php
22. BLENDTEC – WILL IT BLEND… Navigation
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Blendtec sells powerful blenders, mainly to private households. What else
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Strategy
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The company created a series of inexpensive videos using the main
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into a blender to demonstrate its power. The huge breakthrough W: www.conceptbakery.com
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came with throwing an iPhone in the blender soon after its launch.
Needless to say that it didn’t last very long ;-)
23. BLENDTEC – WILL IT BLEND… Navigation
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24. BLENDTEC – WILL IT BLEND: RESULTS… Navigation
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The iPhone video has been viewed over 6.9 million times
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The top 20 Blendtec videos accounted for 50 million views What else
Sales increased by 700%. Annual sales were around $40 million Final thoughts
annually prior to the video releases
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200.000 Subscriber on YouTube. They all get updated about new
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radio and online coverage E: info@conceptbakery.com
A Wikipedia entry for the “will it blend” campaign
25. BLENDTEC – WILL IT BLEND… Navigation
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Bottom Line
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Entertaining content can certainly help with branding and sales efforts
Web 2.0 Showcases
- even for lesser known brands. The entire campaign was done on a What else
budget - social media marketing doesn’t need to be expensive. The Final thoughts
ROI of this social media marketing story is setting very high
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benchmarks that won’t be easy to beat.
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Book “Groundswell“ by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_It_Blend
http://www.youtube.com/user/Blendtec
26. GRASSHOPPER GROUP – OFFLINE MEETS WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Background Web 2.0 Showcases
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The company provides service phone numbers for B2B clients.
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Strategy Contact Info
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their line of business. The bags contained grass hoppers covered W: www.conceptbakery.com
with chocolate. The bags were used to promote a video. E: info@conceptbakery.com
27. GRASSHOPPER GROUP – RESULTS… Navigation
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Website traffic increased by 4,911 % within a month
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144.843 video views with 162 comments Final thoughts
1,500 messages on Twitter
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120 blog posts within a month
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Mentioned on national TV seven times E: info@conceptbakery.com
28. GRASSHOPPER GROUP – OFFLINE MEETS WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Social media and word of mouth special were perfectly combined on What else
Final thoughts
a limited budget. The results came in due to an unusual idea and a
smart implementation of it. Contact Info
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http://mashable.com/2009/06/15/grasshopper-campaign/ E: info@conceptbakery.com
29. STARBUCKS CLIENTS = IDEA PROVIDERS… Navigation
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Background Top facebook Pages
Starbucks has changed the world of coffee shops - Web 2.0 Showcases
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not just in the US but around the globe.
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Strategy Contact Info
Starbucks used http://mystarbucksidea.force.com to improve its conceptbakery llc
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image and to tie its customers closer to the brand. Everyone can post W: www.conceptbakery.com
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Starbucks. Consumers can also submit wish lists for new products.
The site users get to vote on what will eventually be turned into
reality.
30. STARBUCKS CLIENTS = IDEA PROVIDERS: RESULTS... Navigation
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70.000 suggestions from Starbucks clients What else
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The top idea received 95,000 votes and over 1,000 comments
Starbucks has over 1,7 million fans on Facebook Contact Info
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31. STARBUCKS CLIENTS = IDEA PROVIDERS… Navigation
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Bottom Line Top facebook Pages
The interactive integration of users in the marketing efforts and Web 2.0 Showcases
product development is a perfect social media showcase. It helps to What else
Final thoughts
save cost (i.e market research) and increases the loyalty of
Starbucks’ customers. Contact Info
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Source & Additional Info W: www.conceptbakery.com
http://mystarbucksidea.force.com E: info@conceptbakery.com
http://www.facebook.com/Starbucks
http://mashable.com/2009/02/06/social-media-smartest-brands/
32. BEINGGIRL.COM – COMMUNITY BUILDING… Navigation
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Background
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www.beinggirl.com was created by Procter & Gamble, What else
the world’s leading supplier of consumer goods. Final thoughts
Contact Info
Strategy
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the background. The entire discussion us spun around a common E: info@conceptbakery.com
interest: How does it feel to go through adolescence and turn into a
young woman? Female hygiene products are of part of the process
and there is discussion around it at Being Girl.
33. BEINGGIRL.COM – COMMUNITY BUILDING: RESULTS… Navigation
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Over 2 million visitors per month Final thoughts
P&G states that their community approach is 4 times more effective
than traditional marketing efforts Contact Info
By now beinggirl.com has reached a global audience and is now conceptbakery llc
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available in 50 different languages W: www.conceptbakery.com
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34. BEINGGIRL.COM – COMMUNITY BUILDING… Navigation
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Bottom Line Top facebook Pages
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Avoiding any direct sales effort at first has proven to be highly
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successful for P&G. It is one of the key ingredients to many
Final thoughts
successful marketing campaigns. We recommend it to our clients in
almost any scenario related to web 2.0. Contact Info
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Book “Groundswell“ by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
35. DELL.COM – EMPOWER YOUR CUSTOMERS… Navigation
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Background
Top facebook Pages
Dell has long been known to be a
Web 2.0 Showcases
leading computer manufacturer. What else
Final thoughts
Strategy
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The company has been a social media pioneer. It struggled initially
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platforms but has them all closely tied together. Their own community W: www.conceptbakery.com
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and their Facebook activities are at the core. Users can receive
support and get assistance with their purchases. Twitter, YouTube,
Flickr etc. are being used to provide additional information.
36. DELL.COM – EMPOWER YOUR CUSTOMERS: ERGEBNISSE… Navigation
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Dell claims that their Twitter presence led to three million dollars of What else
sales that can be tracked down to their efforts on the platform. This Final thoughts
number might not be huge at first but it certainly exceeds the cost of
Dell’s Twitter presence. Plus the story provided for plenty of free PR Contact Info
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emlpoyee. His postings have been read over 2 million times. W: www.conceptbakery.com
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This led to additional sales and huge savings in tech support
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Bottom Line
Top facebook Pages
Being able to tie multiple platforms together is one of the big benefits Web 2.0 Showcases
of social media. Even though the ROI can’t be predicted in advance What else
sales results can eventually be tracked down. In many cases the Final thoughts
conversion path is hardly visible. A direct correlation between the
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results of user involvement and word of mouth propaganda to sales
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Source & Additional Info
http://mashable.com/2009/02/06/social-media-smartest-brands/
http://en.community.dell.com/
38. TUV.COM – TUNING ON THE WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Background Final thoughts
We manage the social media presence of the automotive division of
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perceived as a supporter.
39. TUV.COM – TUNING ON THE WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Top facebook Pages
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Strategy
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Step 1: Use of multiple platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Final thoughts
YouTube, Flickr and integrating all the latest activities into the main
website of the organization: www.tuv.com/tuning. Creating word of Contact Info
mouth specials and combining online activities with offline events. conceptbakery llc
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features and adding new word of mouth specials on a regular base.
40. TUV.COM – TUNING ON THE WEB 2.0: RESULTS… Navigation
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Constant flow of fresh content due to embedding the Twitter, YouTube Top facebook Pages
and Flickr feeds on TÜV main site, the Facebook fan page and the
Web 2.0 Showcases
tuning fan community
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Overwhelmingly positive feedback from tuning community and beyond: Final thoughts
Bloggers, press, etc.
Users are in direct contact with TÜV experts online and can clarify Contact Info
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more time on the site. A word of mouth special let to a short time E: info@conceptbakery.com
traffic increase of 1,000%.
The strategy is a perfect showcase for reaching out to a target group
and yielding or exceeding the expected results - stated by one of our
contacts at TÜV Rhineland
41. TUV.COM – TUNING ON THE WEB 2.0… Navigation
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Top facebook Pages
Bottom Line Web 2.0 Showcases
Social Media is serving as a major rebranding tool in this case. The What else
target group was taken off guard and didn’t expect the TÜV to reach Final thoughts
out. Interlacing multiple platforms greatly enhances the results of the
Contact Info
program - online and offline.
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http://www.legmichtiefer.com/
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What else
Final thoughts
Contact Info
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WHAT ELSE… E: info@conceptbakery.com
A few more information bites
43. SKITTLES.COM – WEB 2.0 YOURSELF… Navigation
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Skittles is an extreme example for the use of external feeds on your Top facebook Pages
Web 2.0 Showcases
own website. They replaced all the content on their homepage with
What else
content pulled from YouTube, Twitter & Co.
Final thoughts
Skittles is now one of the most popular brands on the web. It is listed
among the top ten brands on Facebook. Contact Info
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Source W: www.conceptbakery.com
E: info@conceptbakery.com
http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/skittles-social/
http://www.facebook.com/marketing
44. GROUNDSWELL BLOG – SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH… Navigation
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Top facebook Pages
Web 2.0 Showcases
95% of all marketers will either keep their social media budgets What else
steady or increase them during our current economic crisis. Final thoughts
Contact Info
Source:
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http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswell/ T: 310 - 356 6624
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45. VIN DIESEL – WEB 2.0 CELEBRITY… Navigation
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Top facebook Pages
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Actor Vin Diesel decided to provide some exclusive content on his What else
Facebook Fan Page. As a result he gained 500,000 new fans in one Final thoughts
day and 1,000,000 over the course of one week.
Contact Info
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http://www.facebook.com/marketing E: info@conceptbakery.com
46. MASHABLE.COM – BEST SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICE… Navigation
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Top facebook Pages
Web 2.0 Showcases
What else
35 examples on how to use social media Final thoughts
http://mashable.com/2008/07/23/corporate-social-media/
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(these examples are from mid 2008 - this list would be quite a bit
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E: info@conceptbakery.com
47. GROWTH OF SOCIAL NETWORKING… Navigation
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Top facebook Pages
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Final thoughts
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48. SOCIAL NETWORKING & MARKETING TRENDS… Navigation
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Final thoughts
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49. SOCIAL MEDIA – FACTS & STATEMENTS… Navigation
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Top facebook Pages
Statement IAB Platform Status Report: “If you are not on a social Web 2.0 Showcases
networking site you are not on the Internet“
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57% of all web users have joined at least on social network Final thoughts
The number increases to 96% with teenagers and young adults
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85% of all college students are active members of Facebook
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18-24 year olds spend 38% of their total online time on Facebook or E: info@conceptbakery.com
similar networks specific to other countries
50. SOCIAL NETWORKING TRENDS & DEVELOPMENTS… Navigation
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Nielsen states that social networking is by now more popular Web 2.0 Showcases
than email What else
Social networking is currently growing 3 times faster than rest of Final thoughts
the web. It also grows twice as fast as other popular areas such as
games or online search Contact Info
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than at the TV
51. TREND – EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF FACEBOOK… Navigation
Facebook doubled their number of members from 100 million to 200 Start
million within a year and just surpassed 250 million users Top facebook Pages
Over 100 million users log in at least once a day. Web 2.0 Showcases
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The average user has about 120 friends
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Over 20 million users update their profile daily
Over 4 millions users join a fan page each day Contact Info
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Over 250 million groups exist on Facebook
Facebook is now growing faster internationally than domestically
Over 70% of its users already reside outside the US
About 30 million users are already accessing Facebook via mobile
devices
52. Navigation
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You most probably know all of this by now already...
53. FINAL THOUGHTS (FOR NOW) – WHY SOCIAL MEDIA… Navigation
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There are many truly exciting opportunities in the world of
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Your goals always need to be kept in mind Final thoughts
Social media works best as part of an integrated concept
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time of launching a social media project
Please note that this presentation is just a little snapshot and is most
probably outdated by the time you read it since this dynamic area is
changing every day.
54. Navigation
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