By: Aaron Mann

Socialarc is helping Tiki Brand Torches with their Dance video contest.  This is a great social media campaign because they are using a wide range of engagement platforms - primarily YouTube, Blogs, their Microsite, Twitter and a Facebook Fan page.  Through "Momentum Mapping" we make sure that all these elements reinforce and amplify each other.

Lamplight Farms (the folks behind this fun Tiki promotion)  are also offering great weekly prizes and a $25 Visa cash card  for the first 25 eligible submissions.

What better way to get the Tiki Brand Video Dance contest kicked off  then to have some fun showing people how its done.

So my daughter Ivy and I decided to make our own video (no, we don't win anything).  We used the director's kit available on the contest website to make masks.  Then we went to our front yard and collected fronds to make an authentic (well Berkeley-authentic) grass skirt for Ivy.  Here is our vid (in HD, takes a few to load):

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc6RPvQxkIM]

Much as I like ours, for obvious reasons, the creativity in  submissions is just starting!!

Check out PartyonaStick.com to submit your own video or to check out the featured vids.

Oh, and even though Ivy and I aren't eligible to win, throw us a 5-star rating on YouTube anyway!