Red Apples Solutions: Houston Social Media Marketing

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10.15.08: I LOVE THIS GAME 2.0 - (DIGG)ING TO BE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE HOOPS SOCIAL NETWORK
The official launch of ilovethisgame2.com and the NBA season are here and we are very excited about both. ILTG2 will not only become the ultimate portal for NBA and basketball media (news, video, images) but will take a new approach to affiliations and partner advertising.

Each affiliate/partner can host their own existing blog/website within the ILTG umbrella. Everything these content producers/distributors do on their simple blogs and youtube profiles can be done more effectively on ILTG2.

ILTG2 will not only provide a lot of exposure for each site owner but they will provide free marketing by submitting the content to target forums, groups, communities as well as digg like sites (digg, ballhype) for them. ILTG2 also had two YouTube channels. One for daily new videos and one for rare retro footage. Each also boasts one of the most creative looking YouTube layouts and are some of the first channels on YouTube to effectively use "interactive YouTube videos."

Results from the soft launch has has seen the sites's traffic increase 500% in 4 days and has already created a buzz among the hoop community including some major sports publications and figures. Some of the highlights of ILTG2 include

The latest updates (scores, news, videos, images) from the best and most popular hoop sites
An IMDB like showcase for basketball editors aka Mixmakers
The rebirth of two of the most popular basketball sites of the 90s: Thedunk.com and Gotvinsanity.com
Thedunk.com 08 will focus on retro videos (80-90s)
Gotvinsanty.com 08 will focus on Vince Carter between 95-00
The largest database of basketball ads
and many more features and exclusives

I Love This Game 2.0: Hoops Social Media Website
I Love This Game 2.0: YouTube Retro
I Love This Game 2.0: YouTube Daily New

10.03.08: IS DOPEHOUSE RECORDS HOUSTON'S MOST POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORK?
We launched the official social network for the latin hip hop label DopeHouse Records a little over a month ago and the results have been great so far. Here's a few numbers

Half a million pageviews
6K registered members
5,750 uploaded photos
846 uploaded videos
The average time spent on the site is 10 minutes

SO HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES HOUSTON?

DopeHouse Records

10.01.08: SOCIAL MEDIA BLAH, BLAH, LET'S SEE SOME SEO/SEM APPLES
So everybody knows Red Apples Solutions specializes in social media marketing with real live success stories and examples (unlike many companies that provide social media marketing services). But, we get asked a lot "what about traditional SEO/SEM stuff?" What about it? Not only do we do that "stuff" but we use social media and new technology to improve and maintain high rankings in search engines. Here's a recent example.

Calvary Alarm is a Houston alarm company and wanted to rank near the top for variations of the phrase "houston home alarm" or "houston home security" and didn't want to use adwords. So it's all about getting some red apples in the organic results. This is where they are on Google (as of October 1st, 2008).

Houston Home security: #1
Houston home alarm: #1
Houston alarm home security: #1
Houston alarm companies: #1
Houston alarm free: #1, #2 & #5
Houston alarm installation: #1
Houston alarm inspection: #1 & #2
Houston home security tips: #1
Houston alarm satisfaction: #1 & #4
Houston home security monitoring: #1
Houston free security: #1
Houston security equipment: #1 & #2
Houston alarm video: #1 & #2
Houston alarm security: #2 & #3
Houston home security services: #2
Houston alarm: #3 & #5
Houston alam deals: #2
Houston home systems monitoring: #2
Houston security installation: #2
Houston security: #3
Houston best alarm: #3
Houston monitoring company: #3
Houston alarm tips: #4, #5, #7, #10

SO HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM (SEO/SEM) APPLES

Calvary Alarm - Houston Alarm Home Security Systems

09.19.08: RED APPLES SETS UP HURRICANE IKE RESOURCE PAGE ON FACEBOOK
Based out of Houston and evangelists of communication via social networks, we thought it was only fitting that we setup a news and resource page about Hurricane Ike on Facebook. The page pulls RSS feeds from up-to-minute Ike trackers on Twitters and video links from mainly phone captured footage uploaded to YouTube. The news stories and features are from click2houston.com and there's also links to many resources for any and everybody that has been or could be affected by Ike or Hurricanes in general.

THE OFFICIAL HURRICANE IKE NEWS/RESOURCE FACEBOOK PAGE

08.20.08: RED APPLES GENERATING HIGHER RATINGS FOR ESPN SHOW CITY SLAM
When CitySlam came our way, it was a dunk contest event that for two straight years never generated any buzz before, during, or after the show. For the 2008 event, Red Apples developed a marketing campaign that included a customized social network for the show so the fans and the contestants could interact, YouTube contests to give "amateur filmmakers and video editors a chance to have their work shown on ESPN, and a Facebook/Myspace Widgets that helped each contestant gain support from their fans as well as serve as a poll and countdown to the show's airing.

This year's event has easily become the most anticipated in the history of the show and we are expecting the viewers to be atleast twice as much as last years due to our campaign.

After three days, the site had over 500 registered members and 10K page views - so how do you like them apples?

CitySlam Official Site/Social Network

08.015.08: RED APPLES CLIENT GETS HIS MUSIC HEARD BY OVER 30 MILLLION TV VIEWERS
SIN AKA SIZZERB is one of the top selling hip hop artists in other countries but isn't a house hold name in America yet. Red Apples has been developing cutting edge customized social networks and mobile content to compliment his music and push his latest singles. One of those singles was heard and liked by the creators of the Fox show So You Think You Can Dance. Sin's single Boom was the opening song for this season's finale. The top 20 dancers danced to it and over 30 million people at home heard it - so how do you like them apples?

Sin - Myspace
Sin - Official Site
So You Think You Can Dance 2008 Finale - Opening Dance to Boom

RED APPLES TESTIMONIALS

“(red apples) designed a dynamic, high-energy site that exceeded our clients' expectations for an American Basketball Association league team. Using multiple forms of high-impact media, (they) created a relevant and exciting site perfectly suited to the client's audience.”
Yvonne Esch, Director, Parthenon Management & Consulting

“(red apples) work is absolutely AWESOME. If you want an "out-of-the-box" creative experience, then look no further than Red Apples Solutions. Thanks David for all of your great work!”
Albert Estrada, President of Sangrita Real & CEO of Fision Entertainment

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