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The UK division of Spanish auto brand Seat, which loves music as much as cars (and proves it all the time by launching new projects revolving around music), has kicked off a new campaign, celebrating the brand’s partnership with Universal Music, on social media platform. As part of it, Seat is offering its followers on Twitter and Facebook a chance to listen to up to 750,000 music tracks, presented by Universal Music—all this for visiting local dealers and booking a Seat test drive.
On July 12, Doritos, a PepsiCo’s snack brand, launched a 2-months storytelling campaign Doritos Uncut for their Brazilian fans on Facebook. The campaign, developed by partner agencies LiveAD in Sao Paolo and Night Agency in New York, gives the idea of social sharing and storytelling through an innovative application that allows multiple friends to tell one story. The story is hoped to be brought to digital life by Doritos.
Google wants to become the king of the social networking world and makes a huge step towards this goal. The Internet giant which has recently introduced the +1 button globally, launched the Google+ project created to “bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to software” and “make Google better by including you, your relationships, and your interests.” The new network, which is now not open for free registration (at this stage, users can join in only by invitations), is running in test mode and has some ‘rough edges,’ which are sure to be fixed over some time. The Google + includes a range of services, allowing people connect with their friends online, and is good just for every social-related activity performed online.
On June 22, at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Leo Burnett released the details of a new interactive ad unit created for Facebook. Designed by Leo Burnett Chicago, the new Comment ad lets brands spark conversations among friends by posting a video, photo, link or status and allowing people to respond. Via Facebook’s platform, these conversations, in turn, can engage both a brand’s fans and potential fans at scale.
On June 16, Intel launched ‘The Escape,’ an immersive, interactive thriller which allows its YouTube audience to take part in the adventure. Combination of interactive game and social networking on Facebook are the key features of the unprecedented advertising film, which is a part of the Intel’s global ‘Visual Life’ campaign. This is the way Intel introduces the visual benefits of the 2nd Generation Core processors.