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See Three Great Social Media Campaigns From Brazil, China and Hungary
Work Includes: Crowdsource Fiat's Car, Copy Facebook Updates on a Billboard for T-Mobile and Make Canon's Runner Omnipresent in China

By: Irina Slutsky Published: May 06, 2011

[+] Share | Email| Buy Reprints| Print| Comment| RSSConsidering that billions of people around the world who use social networks speak a language other than English, it's no surprise that social-media marketing successes aren't limited to the United States. This week in San Francisco, the Bees Awards http://www.beesawards.com/ recognized some of the most innovative international players from 33 countries. Ad Age picked three social media campaignsthat demonstrate unusual and successful means brands used to get recognition and customers.

T-Mobile and Facebook
What is it? The Chinese Forest Gump: Canon's 2010 Beijing International Marathon Campaign. Winner of Best Use of Micro-Blogging category.

Who created it? Weber Shandwick China

Why it worked: To promote Canon's fourth year of sponsoring the 30th Beijing International Marathon,the agency came up with the concept of a real-life version of Forrest Gump who invites people on the street to take a run with him. The Chinese runner -- who ran non-stop during the day -- used Weibo http://weibo.com/, a Chinese Twitter-style platform, to post his location and other updates. His messages became so popular that Canon created an official account to handle the overflow andcommunicate with people who replied to his posts and asked questions. He was invited to run in the marathon, creating more buzz and ending up as a big story in traditional media outlets as well as online and on Weibo.

The campaign was designed to embody Canon China's slogan -- which translates to "Delighting You Always." By joining technology to real-life events, the campaign used social media in arelevant way that was clearly successful -- all over Beijing's streets.

What is it? T-Mobile: Taking Facebook to the Streets, a finalist in the Best Use of Alternative tools category.

Who created it? Saatchi & Saatchi (Hungary) http://www.saatchi.hu/

Why it worked: Saatchi used Facebook and 800 magic markers to promote T-Mobile in Budapest. An entire T-Mobile Facebook page was brought to thestreets in the form of a 13-foot tall billboard -- but it was no typical LCD display. Instead, artists created analog versions of users' Facebook status updates by hand on the paper billboard, including replicas of their profile pictures, with the 800 markers. The billboard's location in a busy Budapest square created huge buzz, enticing passersby to access Facebook on their cell phones, post tothe project's Facebook page, and watch their status being re-created right in front of them. The ads that normally appear on the right-hand side of a Facebook page described T-Mobile products.

The campaign combined the technology inherent in social networking with IRL ("in real life") experiences. It employs some of the best traits of social media, like the invite to consumers to participate, tohelp them get to know the brand and have fun. The mix of digital and analog kept users interested and wanting more. The magic marker action was amplified and scaled through the web, with a live-stream of the event posted on the Facebook page, alongside T-Mobile messaging. And the throw-back magic markers add an interesting statement on modern times, harking back to the days we wrote everything...