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Archive for the 'Social Media Schwag' Category

True Fans of Skittles

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Experimenting with social media campaigns has become common for large corporations and small businesses alike. Social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have helped businesses leverage the networking capabilities of these sites to increase brand loyalty and awareness while establishing more links to company websites; a critical component of Search Engine Optimization. For [...]

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MySpace gears up for summer

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Props to MySpace for capitalizing on the changing seasons at Tuesday night’s D: All Things Digital event by putting a promotional beach towel,  water pistol, and a CD in the event’s infamous goodie bag of schwag. The social networking site sure provided the makings for a fun summer with friends. To see a complete list [...]

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Failure’s Not So Bad When You Have Fail Whale

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Check out these “Fail Whale” t-shirts, the first of what is expected to be a long line of Twitter-related schwag.
The image of birds straining under the weight of a whale they are trying to support appears on the Twitter main page when the site is experiencing server overload. Twitter users lovingly dubbed it the “Fail [...]

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So now there is an easier way to make friends on Facebook all you need is a promotional t-shirt and a W-41 application on your mobile phone. The logo on the shirt is programmed with your URL and all your friend needs is a cell phone with the application to recognize the URL.

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As you may or may not know Google has been contending with companies utilizing the paid links concept like the notorious newcomer PayPerPost.  Some state that PayPerPost’s “Get Paid for Blogging” theory is posing a threat to Google Adsense; others say the PayPerPost model is unsustainable. Both platforms earn you money; PayPerPost connects bloggers with [...]

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YouTube Balloons

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Here is a promotion I have not seen, YouTube promotional balloons. I think this is the first time I have actually seen YouTube schwag or at least this is the first schwag from YouTube that I know of. I’m glad they actually got into the promotional schwag universe, I hope I can find some more.

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