Mashable posted a fascinating article today about how McDonald's spent a modest $1,000 on a pilot Foursquare campaign resulting in 33 percent more foot traffic in one day, more than 50 news articles, and 600,000 people opting to follow and fan the brand on social media sites. McDonald's Foursquare Day on April 16 used 100 randomly awarded $5 and $10 gift cards to lure Foursquare users into McDonald's restaurants to check in. Foursquare is a mobile … [Read more...]
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McDonald’s Foursquare Success: $1,000 Pays Off Big
September 17, 2010 by Monica
Filed Under: Communications, Miscellaneous Tagged With: campaign, domino's, foursquare, mashable, mcdonald's, mobile, public relations, social media
Exciting or Scary? Rise of Social Media Swarms
May 24, 2010 by Monica
Today, we are on the verge of a massive shift in the way we communicate and inspire action. Social media is creating a new kind of communications fluidity, a fully immersive experience enabling conversations to be hijacked in ways unimaginable in decades past. Up until the 1980s, totalitarian governments, superpowers, media cartels, and leading brands had dominant control over national and even global dialogues because of superior resources and a monopoly … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Relief & Development Tagged With: bees, buzz, crowdsourcing, foursquare, mobile, social media, swarm, twitter