Ford seeks influence with 100 bloggers
There are plenty of things I don’t like about the car industry. They are out of date and have failed to innovate. Still they are embracing social media in interesting ways. Their campaigns could inspire others to follow these patterns.
Ford is loaning its new Fiesta to people who applied online and they are being encouraged to share their views online.
All content ie reviews etc is being aggregated.
Take a look. Ford is trying to create a groundswell of popular support for the new Fiesta. They are trying to leverage social media to do their marketing for them. To get their customers do their marketing for them.
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It will be interesting to see how Fiesta gets on. A lot will depend on the quality of the Fiestas people are testing out.
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