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Percolate: when brands become publishers
- 11/07/2012
Percolate collates information from multiple sources to create a brand identity
Percolate (2012) ©Scope
After spending the past few years growing audiences on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest, brands are turning to curation to keep people engaged – filtering masses of web content into a concise stream that resonates with audiences, while giving themselves some added cultural clout. Percolate, a new software service, is built around this challenge, and is already helping brands such as American Express and General Electric find their inner publishers. -
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