Southwest Airlines Tests Facebook Video Contest

CLICKZ — In the weeks leading up to the travel-busy holiday season, Southwest Airlines was eager to ramp up awareness of its complimentary luggage policy while increasing its Facebook presence. Setting out to kill two birds with one proverbial stone, the airline ran a video contest from Oct. 26 to Nov. 16 in a first-time effort. Southwest worked with the Lafayette, Calif.-based firm Votigo to allow contest participants to register, upload videos, browse other submissions, vote for favorites, and share videos with friends via e-mail and on Facebook. The effort included a video-screening tool that helped weed out inappropriate content...