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Marketers Have Found a Way to Use Vine Box-office yields

Marketers pushing summer blockbusters are aggressively seeding Vine, Twitter’s nascent mobile app for six-second videos, into their social media fieldwork. For instance, Regal Entertainment Group this week plans to promote Monsters…

June 16, 2013, 10:05 PM EDT

Hanes' 'Destruction' Videos Generate 8 Million Views Brand lead talks about underwear maker's digital push, including 2.7 million Facebook fans

Hanes chief branding officer Sidney Falken has been with the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based firm for 23 years, originally starting out as an assistant marketing manager for its boys underwear division when…

June 13, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT

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Myspace Relaunches With $20 Million Ad Campaign Can the social network make a comeback with help from creatives?

Wednesday marks the official relaunch of Myspace, and the once-dominant social media property has invested in a $20 million ad campaign to reintroduce itself to the masses. The campaign will run…

June 12, 2013, 12:30 PM EDT

Taco Bell Promises 'Swift Action' After Employee Tongues Tacos on Facebook Silly and disgusting pic goes viral

Well before the Internet, the quick-serve restaurant industry was challenged by disgusting tales or urban legends of what possibly happens to customer food before it's on the table. Social media…

June 3, 2013, 2:41 PM EDT

Ben & Jerry's Lets Subways, Cabs and Spoons Help Vote for Ice Creams Food truck-based initiative entails cool social twists

Ben & Jerry's social-media-minded summer campaign allows consumers to vote online for potential new ice cream flavors. Yeah, that's not exactly new. But while brands like Lay's have been running…

June 3, 2013, 12:02 AM EDT

Is Hulu Really Worth 45% Less Than Tumblr? Analysts and marketers chime in

Now that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has Tumblr in the bag for a cool $1.1 billion, AllThingsD reports that she may buy Hulu for between $600 million and $800 million.…

May 28, 2013, 6:11 PM EDT

Pepsi Re-Ups Protagonist, Keeps Getting Social Experts weigh in on the brand's direction

In recent years, Pepsi has basked in the glory of industry-lauded moves like sponsoring Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime show and the social-media-and-goodwill-focused Pepsi Refresh Project. For all the splash, though,…

May 27, 2013, 9:57 PM EDT

Pinterest Plays Coy on Ads, but Expect Commerce to Lead CEO Silbermann preaches a native, user-friendly commercial approach

A coy Ben Silbermann wasn’t saying much today about how he plans to incorporate advertising into Pinterest, the site he founded back in 2009. But it’s a good bet Pinterest…

May 21, 2013, 7:25 PM EDT

Gevalia Aims for a Buzzy Social Partying Weekend Swedish coffee brand looks for more American market share

It stands to reason that caffeinated folks are unusually active on social media. Gevalia can only hope that's the case this Saturday when 3,000 so-called consumer advocates host parties in…

May 17, 2013, 1:22 PM EDT

JP Morgan Chase's Claire Huang Talks Digital and Mobile Financial exec dishes on 'brand refresh' strategy

JP Morgan Chase named Claire Huang its first-ever CMO last August, poaching the marketing veteran from an executive position with competitor Bank of America. Huang has since attempted to reinvigorate…

May 16, 2013, 3:17 PM EDT

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