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- Millions sign up for McDonald's Happy Meals site
Last summer, McDonald's Europe launched a Happy Meals-themed website to target young customers, and since then 2 million people have signed up for the site. The "Happy Studio" site is ad-free and doesn't explicitly promote McDonald's food, but instead lets users collect branded virtual toys similar to those featured in the chain's real-world burger boxes. ClickZ
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- Coca-Cola offers celebrity-themed Tumblr templates
Tumblr blog templates designed by celebrities are part of a Coca-Cola outreach to teens. The 360i-powered effort taps five celebrities, including "American Idol" singer Jason Derulo. The campaign also is being promoted through social media, including a Google+ Hangout with Derulo. DMNews
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- Content marketing comes down to putting the consumer first
Content marketing can be broken down into several categories and types, with different approaches to publishing, writes Steve Masters of Vertical Leap. All need to be considered to put together an effective campaign, but producing content that "people want to read and share" is most important. "The reader should come first, not the marketing plan," Masters writes. B2C Marketing Insider
(5/26)
- Placement is key to engaging old fans, winning new ones
Once the task of creating good content for marketing is complete, the question becomes where to place it. Among the considerations, writes Smart Insights co-founder Danyl Bosomworth, should be establishing your presence and then reaching out to current fans and finding ways to win new converts. iMedia Connection
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