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An Instagram Strategy You Can Apply to Your Company, Courtesy of Taylor Swift

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Pretend for a moment that you’re Taylor Swift, a megastar with a highly anticipated new album. You have more than your fair share of opportunities to generate buzz and publicity for your new album. Life is good, right? For most celebrities, yes. But, not Taylor Swift. If you’re Taylor Swift you’ve got to go beyond

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Social Media: Inside Fandango and Ouija’s “Scare Off” Instagram Contest

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With Halloween on the horizon, it’s no surprise that marketers are embracing their ghoulish side. One such marketer, Fandango, is joining forces with the new film Ouija to host a “Scare Off” Instagram video contest inspired by popular horror movie moments. To enter, fans are challenged with creating an original Instagram video inspired by a

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Social Media: Burt’s Bees Turns To Social Media Community To Host Global Beeday Celebration

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To celebrate its 30th birthday, Burt’s Bees took to Facebook and Twitter on September 17th to host a Global Beeday celebration with its community. Featuring happy birthday wishes from the Burt’s Bees community read by company founder Burt “live and in the beard,” the Beeday event offers a good example of how to celebrate milestones

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Project Runway Crowdsources Season 13 Casting With Runway Redemption Campaign

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With a popular TV show like Project Runway, where aspiring fashion designers compete against one another in weekly challenges, there are always more than a few hopefuls who don’t make the cut. But, what if would-be cast members had one final chance to get on the show? Cue, Runway Redemption! To cast the final member

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Ikea Russia Launches First-Ever Instagram Website

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File this one under: Why didn’t we think of that? Ikea in Russia, with the help of its agency, Instinct, have created the first-ever Instagram website to promote its new PS 2014 Collection. Designed for mobile users, the website lives on Instagram through the @ikea_ps_2014 handle. Clever tagging and a multitude of handles associated with

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