• Ford Embraces 'Social Media Geeks'

   

   

   

     

  Automaker courts mommy bloggers, eco-friendly dads at its first-ever 'Forward With Ford' conference.
• Jun 23, 2011 
• "Forward With Ford" conference, a three-day media event that explored the social and demographic trends -- such as the aging population and the green movement -- that are shaping consumer behavior.
• For three days, Ford executives, engineers and communications staffers rubbed elbows with a ragtag group of self-proclaimed "social media geeks" from all walks of life.
• we let them have a car for six months, and videotape and post pictures, and be out there on as many social media channels as possible. And we had no control over what they were saying, so if they hated the car they were going to hate it. Now luckily for us they had fun with it, and it was a great tool to get a brand new audience to look at a small car.
• When we launched the new [Ford] Explorer last year, we launched it on Facebook.
• that's a good indication of how much we value [this audience] and how we know that social media is resonating with consumers.

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