Category: Viral Campaigns
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Social Media Engagement Rates Take a Sharp Dive
Rival IQ today announced their 2023 Social Media Industry Benchmark Report detailing everything a marketer needs to measure social media success against their competitors on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok across 14 major industries. The report features insights into how social media engagement has changed over the last year for…
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Google’s Top Searches in 2020
Google says people asked “Why” in searches more than ever before. They also asked “What day is it?” a lot. Overall, here are the top five searches in 2020 in the US. Election results Coronavirus Kobe Bryant Coronavirus update Coronavirus symptoms Globally, results were similar: Coronavirus Election results Kobe Bryant…
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Tiktok Passes Facebook in App Downloads
TikTok has been downloaded more than 100 million times in the U.S. and claims 500 million monthly active users. The social video app has surpassed Facebook when it comes to downloads. Facebook responded by launching Lasso, a similar product to try to compete. If you haven’t seen these videos, they are…
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Social media amazes me: The power of the Egg
1 post. 3.7 million followers. 31.6 million likes. The “World Record Egg” now holds the record for the most amount of likes for a single post, now topping 31.6 million likes as of 1/14 at 11:45am CT. Striking in its simplicity, it is a picture of a brown egg over…
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The Risk-Reward for Brands Taking a Public Stand on Social or Political Issues
When Nike chose Colin Kaepernick to be part of its marketing efforts, they took a risk. It was highly unpopular with a significant segment of the U.S. population, but not so much with Nike’s target consumers. In fact, Thomson Reuters reports that Nike has sold 61% more stuff since the…
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Five of the Biggest Cause Marketing Fails
Cause Marketing has been a buzzword (or is it a buzz-phrase?) for years in advertising circles. Tie your brand or product to a popular cause and hope that some of the good will rubs off. It sounds good, but it doesn’t always work out the way you want. Even some…
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Emotional Brands and Neuroscience Marketing
Some of the most successful marketing campaign motivate with emotion and not facts. That’s why companies like Facebook, ESPN, Nielsen, and ad agencies have divisions that explore the neuroscience involved in advertising. By examining the hidden signals of emotional reactions, marketers can better focus campaigns to take advantage of the…
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B2B Content Marketing: Why it Works
Nobody likes ads. They intrude into your reading, watching, or listening. That’s helped fuel the use of ad blockers on-line. People want to research before they buy a product, but they don’t want to get their information from advertisers trying to sell them something. Traditional marketing has become less effective. …
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Five of the Biggest Cause Marketing Fails
Cause Marketing has been a buzzword (or is it a buzz-phrase?) for years in advertising circles. Tie your brand or product to a popular cause and hope that some of the good will rubs off. It sounds good, but it doesn’t always work out the way you want. Even some…
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Every single day, 10,000 Facebook users die
“…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” — Benjamin Franklin (1789). Benjamin Franklin would never have anticipated anything like social media. From chronicling the mundane (what I ate for lunch) to the monumental (Trump as President), Facebook has become the background of life for many. As more…
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127 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Video Marketing
Video marketing is hot right now, but doing it right takes some work. The folks at Website Builder have put together a really good infographic that highlight 127 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Video Marketing that they made available to me to share. Take a look below. You can visit…
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10,000 Facebook users die every day
“…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” — Benjamin Franklin 1789 Benjamin Franklin would never have anticipated anything like social media. From chronicling the mundane (what I ate for lunch) to the monumental (Trump as President), Facebook has become the background of life for many.
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Ad Copy that sizzles and sells
GUEST POST: Adrian Posner, Posner Marketing A successful marketing plan relies heavily on the pulling-power of advertising copy. Writing results-oriented ad copy is difficult. There is no magic formula to write perfect ad copy. So how is any writer supposed to pen a piece of advertising copy that sizzles and…
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Insights: Analyzing 105,000 Facebook pages for emoji’s
Facebook places weight on reactions – those love, sad, angry, lol emoji’s – when determining what to put in your news feed. It values them more than likes. “Over the past year we’ve found that if people leave a Reaction on a post, it is an even stronger signal that they’d…
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Disney, FOX, Turner lead media companies on social interactions
The Walt Disney Company maintains its #1 position with 327.6 million consumer interactions, making up 10.5% of total engagement within the media industry in the U.S., according to Sharablee, which tracks brand data on social media. Disney also saw 33% growth in content shares and 22% growth in video views.
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The case for content marketing
The rise in content marketing in advertising circles is staggering. From native ads to blog posts, articles, and videos, it’s re-framed how some businesses do marketing. The adoption of ad blockers and concern over where ads are placed has only accelerated the movement. It’s almost become a universal marketing tactic.…
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The Illusory Truth Effect: The more someone sees “fake news,” the more they believe it
A study done by Yale University’s Department of Psychology, Department of Economics, and School of Management concluded that “even a single exposure (to fake news) increases perceptions of accuracy.” Here’s the kicker: Even when flagged as disputed by fact-checkers, or warned that the story might be fake, the perception of…
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Are legitimate news websites spreading fake news with widgets?
Will Google start penalizing publishers for using Taboola or Outbrain? Should they? You may not know the names “Taboola” or “Outbrain” but you’ve no doubt seen their work. These are two of the digital industry’s aggregators that typically mix paid sponsorships, native ads, and click bait articles into a widget…
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Common denominator in mall fights in 12 states at the same time? Social media
In Memphis, somebody yelled “gun” and teenagers started running through the mall. Fights broke out.. In Aurora, Colorado, a mall had to be evacuated because of multiple incidents. Then, when police were making an arrest a crowd estimated at 500 people closed in and fights broke out.
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Are you really, really concerned about this fake news stuff?
We all should be concerned about this fake news stuff. Regardless of where it comes from or where you might run into it, spreading falsehoods makes all of us dumber. It appears most Americans agree. 73% of American say they are concerned about fake news
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Study: Misleading info 90% more popular than accurate info on social media
Admit it. You sometimes read weird stuff on Facebook — even if you know it might not be true. Combine the facts that more people say they get news from Facebook and that Facebook isn’t in the business of verifying truth and you get a potentially dangerous combination of bad info being…
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One Facebook Reaction beats all others
Big brands get most engagement from Facebook Reactions If you were hoping those emojis were going away anytime soon, I wouldn’t hold your breath. Facebook’s dive into using enhanced “like” buttons – Facebook Reactions – appears to be taking hold. Facebook Reactions was a response to user complaints about only…
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Company creates fake videos, gets 200 million+ views, and laughs at all of us
Jokes on us, apparently. I’ll bet you’ve seen some of these videos. An Australian production studio, The Woolshed Co., has been messing with our minds for the past two years. They called it a “two-year social experiment exploring the phenomenon of ‘viral’ videos and shareable content.” I call it creating fake…
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How Internet Video View metrics can lie to you
Kevin Draper wrote a brilliant analysis on Internet Video views in Gawker that really puts things in perspective. “100% bullshit,” is what he called Internet Video View metrics. I’m not sure I agree that the numbers are BS. I do, however, agree that the way people use the number is.…
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Five great viral video campaigns for your enjoyment
Some fun spots to break up your day. Ellen DeGeneres and Adele teamed up for a fun adventure. Ellen sent Adele into a Jamba Juice store with an earpiece. She had to say whatever Ellen told her. Funny stuff. As you can imagine, the video went viral on social media.…