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Three Ways Brands Successfully Use Vine

When Instagram introduced their video feature, many thought Vine would soon be on its way out. While Instagram may have the advantage when it comes to number of users, we still see great opportunity with Vine, especially for brands. Vine offers a fantastic platform for brands to connect with their audience in a whole new way. Below, we have highlighted three such ways brands are successfully tapping into their Vine following. 1) Announcing New Products

New product promotion is always incredibly important to a brand. After all, whats the point of developing the latest and greatest if nobody knows about it? Here are two examples from Twitter and Puma of how to effectively promote a new product in six seconds:

https://vine.co/v/bY5dEjLxeJd

https://vine.co/v/blFJpaPi9j5

2) Behind the Scenes

People love seeing behind the scenes footage. Whether it's from the Super Bowl or the Grammys, audiences love exclusive material that the average consumer might not get. Here is a Vine from a Kate Spade fashion shoot and one from an XBOX event:

https://vine.co/v/bQZ5aD622BL

https://vine.co/v/blrpqqxh5ZP

3) Straight Up Entertainment

One of the best ways to succeed in social media is simply create content people want to share. Regardless of topic, the more people linking your content, the bigger audience you reach. Here is a cool video from Urban Outfitters on glow-in-the-dark body paint and another one from Oreo, who may have just revolutionized your ice coffee:

https://vine.co/v/b9JLTdqpivB

https://vine.co/v/hBxZ2Z1YAhv

-Mike & Samantha

Breaking Pizza News

Starting today, April 23rd, Pizza Hut is launching an app for Xbox Live that will allow you to order a pizza straight from your Xbox console. This idea is so simple, yet so genius, it is amazing that this service has not already been created. xbox_pizzaNow, this is not the first alternative ordering method to be introduced, but it is the first time someone can order food straight from their gaming console. Some may be wondering why this is even necessary. It seems very similar to picking up the phone or jumping on Seamless.com to order food. However, if any of you know a true gamer, things like food often come second to getting that high score. From what we've seen so far, we think this new ordering system is an amazing idea considering how huge the gaming community is and how all consumer activities are quickly going digital. We can't wait to see it take off to include many new companies and restaurants.

-Mike