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10 inspiring digital marketing campaigns from Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola has achieved notable successes in digital marketing, not least its massive following on social media and various polar bear campaigns. Let’s delve into 10 of its most interesting digital initiatives, some of which involve massive global campaigns while others are unique local examples. And remember, Econsultancy offers excellent digital marketing training and a wealth […]

17 marketing campaigns with a positive message for women

The marketing and advertising industries have historically been more about fantasy than reality, and female idealisation rather than empowerment. Today, however, we’re seeing a sea-change in the way brands represent and market to women, fuelled by social and political movements. There’s still work to be done, of course. That beach body campaign wasn’t all that […]

How to integrate search & social: It’s all about curating audiences

The integration of search and social used to be about PR (social media driving link building) but now it’s increasingly about conversion.

With both Google and Facebook offering highly targeted advertising, the ability to build lists across search and social is changing the marketer’s approach.

Marty Weintraub, founder of Aimclear, spoke at this year’s SAScon about psychographic targeting and curating audience-based remarketing pools. Here are some of the tactics he extolled.

How three top betting sites handle social content

Social content is – or at least should be – entirely driven by a brand’s tone of voice. And that tone of voice should be driven in turn by the brand’s target audience and the image it wants to achieve. 

Betting companies are interesting because they get away with stuff that a lot of other brands wouldn’t (everyone remembers the ‘last one to sign up to a Paddy Power account is a t***’ banner ad).  

I thought I’d look at three of the top UK betting sites to see how they handle social content and what other brands can learn from their success. 

12 best branded Instagram videos from March 2016

If your brand is on Instagram and you’re still not posting videos, you’re not using the platform to its full potential. 

Hopefully some the following clips will inspire your own Instagram video efforts, although obviously launching a rocket into space is not going to be an option for every brand. 

Do you need to be on that new social media platform?

Not too many years ago brands were deliberating on whether to embrace social media at all, and for those that did there were relatively few platforms to choose from. 

Now, however, it seems there’s a new social media platform to get excited about every month.

The landscape has completely changed, and it can be daunting for brands to take the plunge and plough resources into something that isn’t guaranteed to return any value. 

11 of the most memorable ‘brand’ #hashtags of all time

Twitter celebrated its 10th birthday this week, and despite all its problems it has arguably become as important a technical feature of society as the TV or the telephone. 

Not a single campaign or significant event goes by without having a hashtag attached, and Twitter quite often becomes the primary source of news for individuals and high-profile publications alike.  

In light of all that, I thought I’d celebrate some of the very best uses of hashtags I’ve seen from brands over the years. 

What brands can learn from Chipotle’s Twitter fiasco

Bad news for Chipotle last week, as a judge ruled it was at fault for firing an employee who tweeted a negative comment about working there. 

But while the fajita-flogger might not be happy about the situation, I think brands could certainly learn a few things at the expense of Chipotle’s misery.

Nine incredibly helpful influencer marketing tools

One of the most important parts of any content marketing strategy is identifying and approaching influencers that can help amplify your message to the right audience. 

But with so many people active on social media and many of them claiming to be influencers when they’re actually anything but, where the hell do you start?

Amazingly, 84% of marketers in a recent Econsultancy and Fashion & Beauty Monitor survey say they carry out influencer research manually.