T.G.I.F! To wrap up the week, we thought we’d offer a wee list of our favourite finds on Twitter this past week:

Follow Invoke for top news stories involving: social media marketing, agency, tech, mobile, widgets, design, and more:

quikness: Wild chart of Facebook absolutely crushing the competition http://ow.ly/1wfMU
Invoke: Fist Pump: Super Fly T-Shirt Displays How Much E-Mail You Have [VIDEO] http://ow.ly/1vcLq
mashable: 20 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed http://ow.ly/1uP8Q

Follow memelabs for the latest in video advertising, video contests, UGC, viral videos:

memelabs: Favorite viral video of the week. Standing Cat – Mon chat se tient debout tout seul http://ow.ly/1wevZ
juliaroy: In 2010 some universities accepting 1min YouTube submissions in lieu of a traditional college essay – http://ow.ly/1vjpo
memelabs: If you’re an educator please promote this: Win a Chance to Ring the NY Stock Exchange Opening Bell http://ow.ly/1vlmY
BBHLabs: How do u persuade community to participate in a collaborative creativity project? @edwardboches muses: http://ow.ly/1wDcF

Follow vidrollr for insight into social TV, interactive TV, branded advertising, audience commenting, and participatory media:

tremor_media: will present the “State of the Industry: Video Report” NYC 4/12 LA 4/14 http://ow.ly/1wDhL
Vidrollr: Here we go. http://ow.ly/1uLfn Hulu Headed For iPad

Happy Friday! To wrap up the past week, we thought we’d offer a wee list of our favourite finds on Twitter this past week:

Follow Invoke for top news stories involving: social media marketing, agency, tech, mobile, widgets, design, and more:

Kardbaord   @invoke May. The. Best app. Win. /Shatner
mashable: Twitter Hits 10 Billion Tweets – http://bit.ly/a7KKcD
mashable: HootSuite Rolls Out Android Apps and iPhone App Upgrade – http://bit.ly/cRHqXW
eMarketer: With social media, brands can own their audience – http://bit.ly/cQB8jn (Via @daisywhitney @SamsonAdepoju)

Follow memelabs for the latest in video advertising, video contests, UGC, viral videos

memelabs: PBS hits Vancouver for video contest help via @Techvibes Blog. – We’re always happy to help! #videocontest #ugc http://ow.ly/1bkEd ^KL
mashable: Pepsi Refresh Wants to Give You $50,000 For Your Digital Pro-Social Idea – http://bit.ly/aGkdYR
memelabs: This Week’s Viral Video: OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass� http://blog.memelabs.com/this-weeks-viral-video-ok-gos-this-too-shall-pass/
mashable: Slow Motion Dog Treat Commercial Beguiles Internet [Randomly Viral] – http://bit.ly/dArn2a
DanZarrella: New Blog Post: Data Shows that Facebook is Better for Video Marketing Than Twitter http://bit.ly/9dekzM

Follow vidrollr for insight into social TV, interactive TV, branded advertising, audience commenting, and participatory media.

mashable: American Idol Strips Contestants of Social Media Accounts – http://bit.ly/d8AMe1
mashable: TiVo Introduces New Internet-Connected DVRs – http://bit.ly/cMpa4M
adage: Is Content King? Then Distribution Is Crown Prince: In the next decade, we will see significant changes to the way… http://bit.ly/cG72KK
eMarketer: Case you missed this stat: US social media users are 7.7% more likely than average adults to watch video/TV online. (Via RAMA)

Attention all knowledge-hounds and fans of memelabs’ video contests!

PBS has engaged memelabs to bring you the “YOUR PBS Video Contest,” — and you best be ready to discover something new, surprise your friends and, possibly, win great prizes….No other media company does more to provide an independent voice in today’s media marketplace, and now, PBS is hosting a video contest to give YOU a voice. With the “YOUR PBS Video Contest,” PBS wants to know what has been the most surprising thing you’ve found at PBS.org? Was it the breadth of web content on PBS.org or a conversation you struck up through PBS’s Twitter or Facebook areas? Have you been floored by what you can do and discover with PBS on iTunes or elsewhere on the Web??  Be clever, engaging and don’t shy away from being innovative or cheeky! [Read more on the memelabs blog]

Check out the PBS video contest and watch the introductory video to see how PBS wants you to learn more, share more, and be more.

Memelabs is one of the world’s leading video contesting platforms. Now, we’re adding photo contesting to our arsenal.

Built on an award-winning platform used by Fortune 500 companies, our photo contest delivers a flawless user experience and better image quality than you’ll find anywhere else.

Unlike most existing photo contesting platforms, we work with companies to make sure that their brand is articulated in every element of design. Memelabs offers a range of options, from slick design templates to fully integrated white-label contests.

Our customizable Memelabs photo player makes it a breeze to view, scroll through and share images without compromising branding.

Our accessible CMS lets our customers easily run their own contests, from launch, through moderation to contest close. Memelabs includes simple-to-use tools for site content updates, contest monitoring, fraud detection, and promotional tools including client database controls and a newsletter manager.

An accurate and comprehensive reporting system ensures that our customers can monitor success, and gain valuable insight about their online audience.

To explore our first photo contest, please visit www.memelabs.com/theblock

Memelabs is part of Memesuite, an agency toolkit with solutions for audio-visual delivery, contesting and client database management.

Posted by Jenn Lowther

The winners for the annual Advertising Age Davey awards have just been announced. Invoke was nominated for 3 awards and won 2 for the memelabs Wells Fargo Someday Stories campaign. Invoke won Silver in the Branded Content: Video/Films/Movie category and Silver in the Not-for-profit category. This award follows up the New Media BC’s People’s Choice 2008 Popvox Award for Best User Generated Content or Crowdsourced Content Site for memelabs that Invoke won this past April.

The Wells Fargo Someday Stories Campaign launched in May 2008, as an essay based contest generating over 10,000 submissions from across the United States. The theme of the essay was to share their ‘Someday Story’ – how they would use the $100,000. The campaign has been a phenomenal success with over 10,000 entrants, over 90,000 votes cast for the finalists, and over 500,000 unique page views.

The 5 finalist stories from the over 10,000 submitted were chosen by a panel of judges: Danny from Colorado wants to be physiotherapist; Erin from Arizona wants to open a used bookstore; Evelyn from MA wants to help her daughters magazine expand; Mary From Colorado wants to help her Mom open a hospice; and Tiffany from Nevada wants to become a doctor. Each of the 5 finalist have already won $10,000 to help get their dream started.

In conjunction with the 5 finalists, the contest also supported 3 charities that were chosen by Wells Fargo. During the run of the campaign, when people voted for their favorite video submission, they also got to choose from one of the three charities. The charities that were selected were the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Junior Achievement, and Habitat for Humanity. The first place charity will receive $250,000, second place will receive $150,000 and third place will receive $50,000.

The campaign is in the final stages of voting with the winners being declared on November 17th. In total, Wells Fargo will be giving away $550,000.

Invoke is extremely proud to win this modest award, especially due to the nature of the campaign. We love? supporting non-profits and you can expect many exciting projects similar to this to be announced in the future.