Social Influence

BrandBowl – complete rankings of the brands on Super Bowl XLIV

Mullen and Radian6 wanted to share the final rankings of all the brands that were evaluated in BrandBowl2010.
The rankings below were captured during the period of 6:00 – 11:00 PM eastern time on Super Sunday (that was game time). The methodology we used to calculate the rankings is explained on the BrandBowl site. The rankings [...]

How to win the BrandBowl

Doritos, Google and Focus on the Family.
They were the three brands left standing on the podium at the conclusion of BrandBowl2010. Why you ask? Isn’t it obvious, I say? Simplicity. Buzz. And dialogue.
Of course, we all know pulling off effective campaigns is a lot harder than it looks. It’s much easier to be an armchair [...]

Doritos wins the BrandBowl. Budweiser Select 55 is biggest loser.

According to the 63,000+ Twitter users whose comments were captured in BrandBowl2010, Doritos was the most effective brand to advertise on the Super Bowl telecast on CBS this year. Budweiser Select55 was the least effective brand.

Mullen, and Radian6, a leader in social media measurement, created BrandBowl2010, a Twitter/Super Bowl experience that [...]

The ultimate Twitter/SuperBowl experience, brought to you by Mullen and Radian6

Let’s face it, if you’re in advertising you watch the Super Bowl primarily for the ads. In fact that’s why a lot of people watch the game. And what’s better than watching the ads?  That’s right. Talking about them. Playing armchair critic. Comparing your opinions to those of the millions of other eager ad analysts [...]

How the “Martha Machine” fits in a Twitter box

It was inevitable; Twitter has changed the way I eat.
As if social media networks haven’t shortened my attention span enough, I now seek recipes and cooking tips that are more pithy than verbose. And I’m not alone.
For the past four months, we’ve been posting frugal-living tips to Live Solid, part of SunTrust’s initiative to help [...]

Soon everything will be social, a presentation about consumer habits and social media

We give a lot of presentations as you would imagine. Here’s a recent one that we thought might be relevant. A take on the consumer’s changing habits, her transformation from spectator to participant, and some examples of how brands (some Mullen clients, some not) are engaging.
Following are basic notes from the presentation, along with the [...]

Mullen Bloggers Recap: Posts from the Week of January 4th

There’s no shortage of fun, insightful, conversation inducing posts from Mullen bloggers last week. Over at The Lost Jacket, Stuart Foster ponders the meaning and opportunity of “meta” content and shares some thoughts about the challenges that franchises encounter in localizing content.

TweetSwell — the newest player in Twitter applications

It’s hard not to get your feelings hurt when someone un-follows you on Twitter. Just like being un-friended on Facebook, it feels like an undeserved snub. As many who work in social media know, it especially hurts when it’s your job to gain followers for a client.
Twitter is like a more-manic version of Facebook networking [...]

Breaking Bread

Sometimes social media doesn’t start with social media.  It starts with a print ad that in and of itself is social because it inspires participation and conversation. Such was the case with this new execution for  Panera Bread that recently ran in USA Today. We were tasked by our clients Rick Vanzura and Michael Simon [...]

Victorinox Swiss Army selects Mullen for integrated marketing

In the ranks of the passion brands, Victorinox Swiss Army is one of the all-time greats. So it’s with great pride we announce that Mullen and Victorinox Swiss Army will be working together on integrated marketing programs for North America.Victorinox Swiss Army picked Mullen following a competitive review. The plan is for Switzerland to set [...]