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Case Study: How a University Embraced Social Media and Scored Millions in YouTube Views

by Nettie Hartsock
Published on 5/13/2008

Company: Carnegie Mellon University
Contact: Jay Brown, Associate Director of Marketing for Web Communications
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Higher Education
Annual revenue: Confidential
Number of employees: 4000

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In October 2006, Carnegie Mellon completed a Web 2.0-focused Web site redesign, created with the help of digital marketing agency Barkley REI, based in Missouri.

The redesign put in place the foundation for a plan to create and execute an ongoing social media campaign in Fall 2007. The campaign's goal was to increase the visibility of Carnegie Mellon online and increase brand awareness among students and alumni.

The university intended to highlight its professors, alumni, students, and curriculum by launching a series of online videos. It also hoped to connect on a deeper and viral level with its 70,000 plus alumni to help build the university's presence and outreach, offline and online.

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