The document summarizes five companies that effectively use social media for marketing: Walt Disney Co. engaged users on Twitter with a hashtag campaign that generated over 300 tweets in three weeks; The Coffee Groundz began hosting "tweet-ups" after their first to-go order was placed on Twitter, generating publicity; General Mills reached 25,000 Facebook fans through unexpected customer interaction; Intel held an animation competition on Facebook that engaged 56,000 fans from 101 countries; and Forty used staff photos on social media rather than logo ads, gaining over a million impressions costing less than $400.
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1. Three Social Media F-Words (& Five Companies That Use Them)Ann HandleyChief Content OfficerMarketingProfs@marketingprofs on Twitter
8. Walt Disney Co.Throughout the whole campaign, Disney trusted me and let me take the lead. They always appreciated the fact that I know how to talk to my audience and how to engage them.- Melanie Notkin
12. Began hosting tweet-upsThe Coffee GroundzMy advice to businesses (using Twitter) is to just be yourself. That will take you farther than you could ever imagine.J.R. Cohen
23. Forty13,000 people in targeted audienceStaff photos better than logo ads1 million+ impressions (~80/person)Fortys team more recognizableLess than $400
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