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When Nokia released its N97 multimedia device targeting early adopters of the latest and greatest in technology, it handed its campaign and device over to bloggers and invited them to post their discoveries online during a two-week tour to Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Challenges included reaching out through various online channels and hosting […]

EA’s research indicated that the best way to launch its new fitness product EA Sports Active was to tap into key influencers in the female, especially mom, category. On a mission to reach 500 American women, EA Sports sent out a call for busy moms with active online social networks. In a matter of weeks, […]

Ford’s Fiesta Movement put 100 young trendsetters behind the wheels of 100 Fiestas for six months. As part of a social media initiative, they received gas and insurance, test drove and “lived” with the car, traveling as “agents” on special “missions” who then related their experiences through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. The […]

To promote its Motoblur social networking technology to football fans during the Super Bowl, Motorola teamed up with Chad Johnson (a.k.a. “Chad Ocho Cinco”), a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, to create the online, athlete-run sports news network OCNN, the Ocho Cinco News Network. Ocho Cinco started engaging fans via Twitter when football season […]

The senior prom in May at Cupertino High School in Cupertino, CA, wasn’t the usual coming-of-age bash where 18-year-olds got decked out in fancy dresses and tuxes and got a little crazy on the dance floor. This year, seniors attended a SuperProm, a $100,000 affair the students earned by receiving the most online votes in […]