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Travel Channel's Kidnap

Within 3 months of launch Travel Channel's Kidnap application grew to over 2.5 million users, making it the most popular branded app on Facebook. As of today over 45 million people have been "Kidnapped."

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Microsoft's bing-a-thon

We incorporated real-time social interactions into a live televised event for the Bing launch. Our social toolbar made it easy for users to share the bing-a-thon with friends and made it the number one trending topic on Twitter while the show was live.

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McDonald's Monopoly®

McDonald's Monopoly® is a national tradition and Context Optional helped bring it to Facebook in 2009. Our application handled scalability and security for a program that generated millions of clicks with millions of dollars at stake.

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BarbieTM Holiday

Context Optional and Mattel delivered fabulous, fashionable holiday fun for this doll's legions of adoring fans. Some of the best looking tabs on Facebook use our tools and only their hairdresser knows for sure.

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Microsoft's Office Poke

Context and Microsoft launched Office Poke in 2007. Over 4 million branded pokes were sent in the first 60 days of the campaign and hundreds of thousands of pokes each month were sent in the months that followed creating ongoing engagement for one of the word's best known brands.

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October 9-14, 2010: DMA 2010

When: October 12, 11:30 a.m.
Where: The Moscone Center
What: Our CEO, Kevin Barenblat will be speaking on a panel titled, “13 Tactics to Super-Charge Your Social Media Marketing Efforts.” Stop by and say hello!
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September 1, 2010: Social Media Insider Summit

When: September 1, 11:15 a.m.
Where: Hyatt Regency, Lake Tahoe
What: Our CEO, Kevin Barenblat, will be moderating a panel titled, “Engaging a Brand’s Fans: How to Partner With the Consumers Who Love You the Most.” Kick off your social summer with this intimate, brand-heavy event.
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Out of Context

Smart Stuff from the Out of Context Blog

Five Reasons Brands Should Care About Facebook’s Open Graph

Posted September 2, 2010

Facebook’s Open Graph seeks to connect different corners of the web in an attempt to make it, in the words of CEO and Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, “smarter, more social, more personalized, and more semantically aware.” The initiative, which was announced at the Facebook Developer conference F8 in April, is slowly changing the way users [...]

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Going Back to School with Facebook: Universities on Facebook Launches Deals Aimed at College Students

Posted August 30, 2010

Our Back-to-School Week has come to a close with an exciting project for Facebook: We’ve launched a special tab on their  Universities on Facebook Page that allows college students to receive special discounts from a variety of vendors including Eddie Bauer, Alice.com, Chegg.com and more.

While Facebook has grown to a population [...]

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Social Meets Back-to-School: Coupons Are This Year’s Hottest Back-to-School Supply

Posted August 25, 2010

This post is part of our continuing series on social + back-to-school.

If you’re a retailer, take note: this year, more and more people are turning to the Internet and social media to accomplish their back-to-school shopping needs—another reason why you should be paying attention to your social presence.

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