Tuesday, September 24, 2013

What social brands can learn from Lady Gaga

CBS joins Twitter's Amplify program | Facebook and Twitter users are learning that money talks | Netflix creates social app to redact "Breaking Bad" spoilers
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CBS joins Twitter's Amplify program
Twitter's Amplify platform has picked up a serious win with CBS coming on board, as the network will use Amplify to promote content from 42 different products, from TV shows to its fantasy football website. One CBS advertising partner has asked to sponsor Amplify content from 20 of its shows, said David Morris, the chief client officer of CBS Interactive. "It's a win-win-win situation," he said. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Bits blog (9/23), TechCrunch (9/23)
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Facebook and Twitter users are learning that money talks
Social media was designed as a relatively neutral platform where people could gather and talk on their own terms, but efforts to monetize Facebook and Twitter are changing that, Andre Mouton writes. Advertising inherently aims to distract people or change their conversations, and that turns social networking into a "scripted performance" shaped by paid and branded interactions, he writes. "[W]e wanted social media, and what we're getting is commercial networks," Mouton writes. Minyanville.com (9/23)
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Netflix creates social app to redact "Breaking Bad" spoilers
In a bid to help people who find their Twitter feeds flooded with "Breaking Bad" spoilers before they've had a chance to watch the show, Netflix has launched a service that redacts any mention of the show. The tool, SpoilerFoiler.com, focuses on certain keywords and places black bars across the offending text. All Things D (9/23)
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Wendy's serves up prizes in Vine flatbread promo
A "6 seconds flat" campaign from Wendy's is trading prizes for uploaded Vine videos featuring its asiago ranch and smoky honey mustard flatbread sandwiches. Posts featuring the #6SecondsFlat hashtag have a chance of winning a $6,000 American Express gift card. The campaign includes its own microsite as well as mobile ads to announce the contest. Mobile Marketer (9/24)
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What social brands can learn from Lady Gaga
Social media marketers could learn a thing or two from Lady Gaga, says Matt Michelsen, CEO of Backplane, which produces technology used by Gaga's "Little Monsters" site. The singer communicates enough of her personality to make herself relatable, then simply leads her fans by example, Michelsen says. "Brands can learn a lot from that. It's important that a brand or an organization has a personality, and that everything they do is tied to that personality," he says. Forbes (9/23)
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Brands that want to get ahead on social media need to be willing to take the plunge, make mistakes and learn as they go along, writes Jonathan Farb. "[B]rands that paralyze themselves by looking for perfection are denying themselves insights that can help them make quick and agile decisions," Farb writes. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Social Media (9/24)
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Remembering Twitter's greatest hits
Over the years, Twitter has been defined by its users and the messages -- some trivial, some anything but -- that they've sent. Amy-Mae Elliott reviews some key tweeted moments in the service's history, including Oprah Winfrey's first message, NASA's use of the service to announce its discovery of water on Mars and the Oreo account's experiment with real-time marketing. Mashable (9/23)
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