




On July, 5th, Domino's Pizza and Ben & Jerry invited 50 of their fans to a picnic in the French countryside near Paris.
That event is the result of the brands cleverly using the online communities. We know that brands have invaded the online communities like Facebook and try to use them to create a closest link with their audience. However not every brand knows how to successfully deals with this online tool. You my have heard about French energy brand
Veolia and its failure on Facebook (French language article)? Deciding to have a social media strategy means being active and control your image on those networks as you would do with any other communication tool.
I find the Domino's Pizza and Ben & Jerry's brand initiative a good way to make the most of the social media. First, out of the 20 000 Facebook fans, only 50 had the chance to win an invitation to the "Pique-Nique des Familles", gripping that way the attention of all the 20 000 fans! Second, turning the online community into a real one enables the brand to embody for real. Last, this was the opportunity for Domino's Pizza to make these fans taste and test their brand-new products!
To me, such a brand inititiative is a simple and clever use of the social media for brands.
Agency: Tribeca, Paris.
Source: http://www.marketing-alternatif.com/ / http://www.benjerry.fr/blog/