3 Ways to Tap Into the Hottest Marketing Tactic Right Now
Ryan Holmes
CEO at Hootsuite
Southern Biscuits and Gravy is one of the more interesting potato
chip flavors to hit American snack aisles recently. Last month, Lay’s
announced
that the unique new taste was voted into production by millions of fans
across the country, as part its annual Do Us a Flavor contest. How does
it work? Every year, the chip manufacturer invites customers to share
their ideas online for new Lay’s flavors. A winner is then chosen from
four finalist flavors by public vote via social media and text, with the
person who submitted the top idea awarded a whopping $1 million.
So far, the 3-year-old marketing campaign has proven to be an enormous success for the 83-year-old snack manufacturer.
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Rising trend of “fan-sourced” campaigns, which puts the customer in the limelight.
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Apple’s recent “Shot on iPhone 6” promotion is another great case in
point. Instead of going the traditional advertising route, the company
combed through social media and Flickr, and found 162 photos taken by
real iPhone 6 users. Then they blew them up into impossible-to-miss
outdoor billboards.
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