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User-Generated Content: How to Use It for Good and Avoid a PR Crisis

Contently

Here’s an example of when it’s bad: United Breaks Guitars is a song and music video that musician Dave Carroll created in 2009 after United Airlines damaged his guitar during a flight. After failing to receive satisfaction from the airline, Dave wrote and recorded a song about his experience and posted it on YouTube.

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What Pisses off the Man Who is the Face of 3D Printing

Chris Koch

Viral How-Tos. Indeed, when he began uploading the videos to the internet (this was pre-YouTube days), they got tens of thousands of views. From that base emerged MakerBot in 2009, which was co-founded by Pettis and two others. Not that Pettis was a bad teacher. Bringing Playfulness to Schools.

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7 Creative Stunts People Used to Land Their Marketing Dream Jobs

Hubspot

If you want a creative job in a competitive industry, sometimes the traditional resume and cover letter combo just doesn't cut it. For your inspiration and amusement, we've put together a list of seven creative approaches used by real job seekers in the marketing and advertising industries. Image Credit: Alec Brownstein via YouTube.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Twitter feeds need updating, Facebook pages need commenting, blog posts need editing, and YouTube videos have to be tagged. Sales reps are sharing webinar recordings with prospects, the CEO is blogging his latest thoughts on the industry, the human resources manager is updating the company’s LinkedIn page. Does it sound familiar?

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What’s So Funny About Social Media and Online Marketing?

Webbiquity

From social media cartoons and contextual advertising gone wrong to dysfunctional agency-client relationships and the best (and worst) online ads, here are some of the most amusing, creative and remarkable blog posts and videos of 2009. Billy Mays’ Resurrectifier Commercial – YouTube. The gold standard of viral videos.

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A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website A Blogging Style to Call Your Own by Achinta Mitra on April 28, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing Creating a blog is not too difficult but building an active community around it is.

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The 17 Best Advertisements of All Time

Hubspot

It was a breaking story across the marketing and advertising industry. The Always brand hit a home run with this advertisement, not because it went viral after the commercial ran in the 2015 Super Bowl, but because it was a groundbreaking message that hundreds of millions of people repeated long after the campaign was over.