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The Top 100 Social Brands of 2009

Prediction: The small-to midsize ad agencies that make social media central to their business model will find success and thrive in spite of the recession.

Social media marketing is projected to grow at an annual rate of 34%, faster than any other form of online marketing (Forrester Research: US Interactive Marketing Spend 2009 to 2014 Report issued Summer 2009). The Fortune 500 companies not using social media has dropped dramatically – from 43% now to only 9% (eMarketer).

Virtue, a social media management company, has released its second annual ranking of the most social brands, The Vitrue 100, derived from their daily analysis of over 2,000 popular brands on the social web.

“The Vitrue 100 helps provide the industry with overall trends. We issue the list to highlight the most social brands and help demonstrate the value of social media marketing.”

The Vitrue 100 of 2009 1. iPhone 2. Disney 3. CNN 4. MTV 5. NBA 6. iTunes 7. Wii 8. Apple 9. Xbox 10. Nike 11. Starbucks 12. NFL 13. PlayStation 14. Adidas 15. BlackBerry 16. Sony 17. Mercedes 18. Microsoft 19. Samsung 20. BMW 21. Nintendo 22. Best Buy 23. ESPN 24. Ford 25. Honda 26. Ferrari 27. Gucci 28. Nokia 29. Major League Baseball 30. Dell 31. Coca-Cola 32. CBS 33. ABC 34. iPod 35. Mac 36. Turner 37. Nissan 38. Toyota 39. eBay 40. Amazon 41. Victoria’s Secret 42. Nutella 43. NASCAR 44. Disneyland 45. Audi 46. NHL 47. Red Bull 48. Verizon 49. Intel 50. Subway 51. Hewlett-Packard 52. Puma 53. Kia 54. Fox News 55. Porsche 56. Jeep 57. Dodge 58. Pandora 59. Walmart 60. Zappos 61. Suzuki 62. McDonald’s 63. Krystal 64. T-Mobile 65. Skittles 66. KFC 67. Volkswagen 68. NBC 69. Sprint 70. Pixar 71. Motorola 72. IKEA 73. Pepsi 74. Cisco 75. REI 76. LG 77. AT&T 78. Converse 79. The Gap 80. Chevrolet 81. Luis Vuitton 82. Toys”R”Us 83. H&M 84. Philips 85. General Motors 86. Pringles 87. Visa 88. Prada 89. Panasonic 90. IBM 91. VH1 92. Hulu 93. Oracle 94. Burberry 95. SEGA 96. Sears 97. Avon 98. Jet Blue 99. Lacoste 100. Comcast Many ad agencies are still behind the curve when it comes to social media marketing. Barbara Bacci Mirque, executive vice president of the Association of National Advertisers, ANA, recently observed that, Read more at fuelingnewbusiness.com

 

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