The first campaigns on Pinterest
Pinterest is one of the most talked about and fastest growing social networks of 2012. What makes this social site different from the others is its pinboard-styled social photo sharing feature that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections.
Since its still very new, a lot of major brands out there don't know what to make of it. However, a couple have already found creative ways to exploit the potential of the new social media destination…
Women's Inspiration Day by Kotex
In Israel, Kotex found 50 inspiring women and looked at what they were pinning on Pinterest. These women were then sent virtual gifts. If they re-pinned it, Kotex would send a real gift via mail. Smoyz, the agency behind the effort, claims nearly 100% of the women posted something about their gift, not only on Pinterest, but on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram...
Puzzle by Peugeot Panama
Peugeot's Panama unit ran a contest that awarded fans who completed their Pinterest puzzle. The brand's Pinterest profile featured images of cars running over two or more boards. In each case, a board was missing. To get the missing pieces, fans had to go to Peugeot Panama's website.
Color Me Inspired by Guess
Guess challenged its fans to create boards based on four spring colors: Noir Teal, Hot House Orange, Red Hot Overdue and New Plum Light. The participants were asked to title their boards as "Guess My Color Inspiration" and pin at least five images (each tagged with #GUESScolor) in them. Four winners were then chosen by fashion bloggers Kristina Bazan of Kayture, Michelle Koesnadi of Glisters and Blisters, Jennifer Rand of Belle De Couture and Samantha Hutchinson of Could I Have That.
Pinterest Lottery by British Midland International
British airline "bmi" launched a game of chance to engages its fans. With "Pinterest Lottery", bmi encouraged fans to re-pin upto six images of its seven travel destinations Beirut, Dublin, Marrakech, Moscow, Nice, London and Edinburgh. At the end of each week, the company choose a number at random and the users who had re-pinned the image with that number would qualify for a chance to win a free return flight.
Windows of Opportunity
Got backseat boredom? DVD players and Game Boys are so five years ago, but a new concept in rear seat entertainment technology that uses the windows themselves could replace squirminess and snoozing with interactive scribbling, sweeping and pinching. 
General Motors Research and Development put up a challenge before researchers and students from the Future Lab at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel. Their task was to conceptualize new ways to help rear seat passengers, particularly children, have a richer experience on the road.
Here is the outcome even though GM has no immediate plans to put the smart glass technology into their vehicles…
When facing distress dial 1201
Here is a nice campaign from ERAN, the National Crisis Intervention Hotline (Emotional First Aid by Telephone) in Israel.
To make people aware of their 1201 hotline, agency McCann Erickson contacted the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. At the museum they identified paintings that expressed a deep feeling of distress and then changed its audio guide number to 1201, the same number as from ERAN. Dialing this number would then give the visitors a customized message...
User Generated Orange Juice
Prigat, a leading company in the Israeli fruit juice market, has come up with one of the most innovative Facebook campaigns you are ever likely to see.
A unique Facebook application was developed by Publicis E-dologic, who gave it the fitting name of "User Generated Orange Juice (UGOJ)". The application enabled internet users to squeeze real fresh orange juice simply by smiling at a webcam. It used face recognition technology that digitally activated a real giant juicer whenever a user smiled. The juicer could be viewed live 24/7, allowing users to actually see the outcome of their smiles.
The Facebook page got 30,000 new likes, over 20,000 photos were uploaded and a whopping 40,000 fresh oranges were squeezed!
Apple Releases the iBoy
Eretz Nehederet, a show on Israeli channel 22, has aired a parody video report announcing the release of the iBoy. 
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