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B.o.B. Showed us how to drive purchase with Digital Media

On May 1 Atlantic Records recording artist B.o.B. will released his 2nd CD “Strange Clouds”. The people over at Atlantic apparently have solid social media chops. There tactic combined an exclusive preview of B.oB.’s new CD and social media to drive purchase and digital media buzz.

1. Advance Premiere: A simple Facebook milestone post on the Atlantic Records Facebook page directed fans to “Listen to the Whole Album” 4 days in advance.

2. Tweet-gating: The Facebook link leads us to a Twitter tactic! To unlock the album you have to tell your Twitter followers all about #StrangeClouds. 

 

3. Log-In with Twitter: Very standard Twitter log-in process. This is familiar and easier to use.

4. Share with Your Friends: Simple copy tells the story. “To unlock the full stream, tweet a message”

4. Unlock Album Preview: In only 4 steps fans can listen to B.o.B.’s new album. While listening to the album you can Pre-Order from Target, iTunes, and B.o.B.’s website. And of course you can share your opinion via Google+, Twitter, and Facebook buttons.

7 Tweeps to Follow in the Startup Space

tekfreq:

As a startup fan and all things tech aficionado I love Twitter for it’s ability to allow me to connect to the thoughts of a lot of insiders in the startup/entrepreneur/tech space. Here are some of my favorites!

1) Brad Feld (@bfeld)
According to his bio, Brad Feld is a VC with Foundry Group…

Tumblr Tops Pinterest and Twitter

Pew: Social Media Not Yet Driving News Traffic
Article recommendations from your friends on Facebook and Twitter aren’t a major source of traffic for news websites, according to Pew’s State of the Media 2012 report — but they have potential to become one. The annual release focuses on trends in the world of journalism but as news continue…

Twitter, the Startup That Wouldn't Die - Businessweek

During this year’s Super Bowl, 8 out of 42 TV advertisers included a Twitter hashtag in their commercials. Last year only one, Audi, did so.”


courtenaybird:

The time spent on social networks 

AHEM….@BeverlyJohnson1 Just Followed Me

Beverly Johnson followed me on Twitter and I felt the need to share it with the entire world.

Thanks

- Jeremy 

Facebook's U.S. Growth Slowing, But Twitter's on a Tear [STUDY]

Facebooks U.S. Growth Slowing, But Twitters on a Tear [STUDY]
Facebook’s growth in the U.S. will drop for the first time to the single digits this year, but Twitter’s presence will expand by 20% or so, according to a report. EMarketer estimates that Facebook grew 13.6% in 2011, which comes after a 38.6% surge in 2010. By contrast, Twitter grew 31.9%, whi…

Cool social media sweeps by Taco Bell

Cool social media sweeps by Taco Bell

Social Media Cheat Sheet

Social Media Cheat Sheet