Global Case Sharing: IKEA Facebook Showroom
Recently, Forsman & Bodenfors made a creative social media campaign for IKEA to promote the opening of the new IKEA store in Malmö.
The campaign started with creating a profile page of the store’s manager, Gordon Gustavsson. Then Gordon uploaded 12 pictures of store’s showrooms to his photo album. Within a two-weeks period, the person who tagged their names on a product first can won the item. Through the campaign, people gladly added their name to an “interactive IKEA catalogue” and spread to all of their friends via FB profile page, newsfeed, links, etc……
“Making Sense of IWOM” 3: How Brands Can Participate in Online Communities
Today, CIC released its latest white paper Making Sense of IWOM – “Topic Three: How Brands Can Participate in Online Communities.” This white paper is the final installment in a series of three white papers, including two earlier studies, “The Role of Internet Word of Mouth in Purchase Decision” and “How IWOM is generated and disseminated.”
Topic 3 looks to evaluate consumer online behavior and provide suggestions for how brands can participate in online communities based on these consumer preferences. Below are some top-line findings and highlights from the study……
EYES ON ME: Monthly Highlight of China Viral Video (Oct 2009)
EYES ON ME is a post series on IN2marcom. It is a monthly highlight of popular Chinese viral brand videos in the period.
Following last month’s heavy podcast, automobile brands like FAW Volkswagen and Shanghai Volkswagen still actively took advantage of viral videos to promote their new models in October. The other two major product launches in this month were the Windows 7 and China Unicom’s iPhone, of course Microsoft, China Unicom, and Apple won’t forget to made viral clips to catch as much attention as possible. At the same time, Unilever’s Lipton brand contributed some cool videos……