Tuesday, May 17, 2011

#Winning on Twitter: The Top 10 Promoted Tweets

VW, Papa John's—and Twitter—win by 'keeping it real', using links and launching new products.

VW
Engagement:
52%
Why it worked: Linked to a live unveiling of the New Beetle, teased during Super Bowl.










Google
Engagement:
38%
Why it worked: New tech products resonate, and Google used Twitter to launch Google Instant, NexusOne and Chrome.










Old Spice
Engagement
: 36%
Why it worked: Connected paid tweet to existing social campaign. Brought Old Spice guy out of retirement on Twitter.










Ford
Engagement: 34%
Why it worked: Auto category strong on Twitter. Linked to exclusive “spy photos” of the Mustang Boss 302.










Papa John's
Engagement:
34%
Why it worked: Good timing and a social component encouraged users to submit and retweet photos of people receiving a heart-shaped pizza.




















Hollywood Records
Engagement:
27%
Why it worked: Another product unveiling, this time a Selena Gomez record release, which name-checked a retail partner (iTunes) and latched onto a popular hashtag.











IamROGUE
Engagement:
26%
Why it worked:: This wasn’t the launch of a show but a key part of building buzz for the build-up, with first images of the new “Wonder Woman” series.










Twitter
Engagement:
25%
Why it worked: Twitter users have a keen interest in, well, Twitter. Here, Twitter uses its own platform to promote its new web client. This tweet earned 5,971 re-tweets.











Xbox
Engagement:
25%
Why it worked:Contests, giveaways and premieres tend to perform on Twitter. Microsoft had already successfully seeded organic conversations for #gears3beta, which became a Trended Topic.




Source: Storify


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