Spin the Agencies of Record

[Second Life, big in Japan, via BrandRepublic]

This edition of Spin the Agencies of Record doesn’t contain anything that looks like a monster retainer, but interesting account wins nonetheless:

The Refrigeration School chills with SSA PR

SocialWise chose Bite to give teeth to their launch of BillMyParents.com. It’s paypal with veto power for Mom & Dad

Fantasy sports site OnTheRecordSports bets on JHG (formerly JHG Townsend)

Linden Lab/Second Life flys to the island of Japan with Lewis PR

Help for Homeowners of America shacks up with French/West/Vaughan (FWV) to get the word out about their workshops designed to help people learn how to deal with banks to modify their loans

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.