DuPont's Social Media Campaign Goes Up in Flames...




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Summary: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Fiery race car crashes, exploding oil refineries, policemen getting shoot in the chest at point-blank range -- are just some of DuPont's new social media tools. Fearing that it's losing touch with young professionals who don't read traditional media, the chemical giant developed a a social media strategy anchored in viral video. Digging into its archive, the chemical giant pulled out some of its most spectacular product test and demonstration footage. And this become the core of a series of three-minute programs hosted by video blogger Amanda Congdon and distributed widely across online video sites.