Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

Welcome to Social Media Playground, a place to discuss all things related to word of mouth (WOM) and social media marketing. Brought to you by Affinitive, a word of mouth and social media marketing, technology and strategic solutions firm located in New York City and San Francisco.

Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

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Want to add Social Media to your marketing mix? Leave it to the experts.

April 17th, 2009 · Comments

This week Marketing Sherpa asks the question “How Knowledgeable are Marketers [about Social Media] who have no Social Media experience?”
Quite an interesting question indeed. With Social Media being a super hyped little pair of buzz words, every agency, self-promoting fameball, or major brand who follows trendy little buzz words has jumped on the tweeting, wall-posting, [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Marketing · PR · Self-Promotion · Social Media · Technology

Hey @VirginAmerica, 10 Free “Viral” Twitter Ideas Here!

February 18th, 2009 · Comments

Virgin America (or @VirginAmerica to those of you on Twitter), decided to crowdsource “viral” ideas to grow their presence among Twitter users. We thought it would be a fun exercise… but hey, we are supposed to get paid for this sort of advice/consulting/creative brainstorming!! So we decided we’d post a handful of ideas here (10, [...]

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Tags: Marketing · PR · Self-Promotion · Social Media

Inspiration: White House on Vimeo

January 30th, 2009 · Comments

1/31/09: Your Weekly Address from White House on Vimeo.
In thinking about ways in this new year that I could better contribute to Affinitive’s blog, I got inspired by the blog over at everyone’s favorite minimalistic housewares company, SimpleHuman.
Their blog has become a must-read for me, not because they dish out the inside scoop on their [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Self-Promotion · Social Media

Lord of the Rings Fans Strut Their Stuff for Ultimate Fan Contest!

January 16th, 2009 · Comments

Talk about passionate fans! For the past several months Affinitive has been running “Battle For the Ring”, an enthusiast community/advocacy program we developed for the new video game The Lord of The Rings: Conquest for one of our great clients, Electronic Arts.
The game hit stores this week, and to celebrate the illustrious history of [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Self-Promotion · Social Media

Happy Holidays from Affinitive!

December 19th, 2008 · Comments

Just a quick note to wish all of our friends, families, clients, and colleagues a safe and happy holiday season! Thanks to all of you for your support, and looking forward to 2009 being our Best. Year. Ever!

Now go “elf” yourself…

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Tags: Self-Promotion · Uncategorized

Affinitive Wins 4 W3 Awards

October 21st, 2008 · Comments

The International Academy of Visual Arts and the W3 Awards today awarded 4 awards to Affinitive:

Category – Best Viral Promotion, Games & Gaming Category (Silver W3): Ubisoft’s ‘1191AD: Brotherhood of Assassins’ Campaign for Assassin’s Creed
Category – Best Site, Social Networking Category (Silver W3): Hey! Nielsen for The Nielsen Company
Category – Best Site, Branding Category (Silver [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Self-Promotion