Deliverables: A Branding & Marketing Blog

Category: Social media

What keeps people coming back to your brand?

March 18, 2013 | by Ralph Allora
Image: Starbucks

BrandChannel recently wrote about the intriguingly one-way relationship between Starbucks and its community of loyal fans. The coffee giant has managed to become one of the world’s most beloved brands despite the fact that, as BrandChannel points out, “they don’t even try that hard.” Take social media, for example. Here, Starbucks seems to break all [...]

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Cause marketing campaign case study: Stouffer’s Mac ‘N’ Cheese Truck

February 14, 2013 | by Ralph Allora
Who wouldn't want to see this parked in front of their office? (Image: Stouffer's)

As part of a recent promotion, three of our favorite things converged: social media, cause marketing, and macaroni and cheese. Over the course of three weeks, the Stouffer’s Mac ‘N’ Cheese Food Truck made the rounds throughout New York City, dishing out gourmet versions of everyone’s favorite comfort food in support of Hurricane Sandy Relief [...]

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5 crowdsourcing campaign tips, brought to you by Chicken & Waffles chips

February 11, 2013 | by Ralph Allora
New Lay's flavors, if the web is to be believed. (Image: FirstWeFeast.com)

Last year, Frito-Lay ran a social contest called “Do Us a Flavor,” in which the company asked its Facebook fans to create their own flavor of Lay’s potato chips for the chance to win $1 million and have their flavor become an actual product available for sale. It was a wildly popular campaign praised in [...]

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What makes Zillow Digs more than merely Pinterest-ing

February 7, 2013 | by Ralph Allora
Detail from Zillow Digs

Looks like Zillow, the leading real estate information marketplace, is aiming to become a full-on lifestyle resource for homeowners. The Seattle-based company has just announced the launch of Zillow Digs, a home improvement resource available on Zillow.com and through a free iPad app. According to a company press release, Zillow Digs allows home shoppers and [...]

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Super Bowl advertising: spectacle is no longer enough

January 28, 2013 | by Ralph Allora
Volkswagen's "The Force" ad: big during the game, bigger online. (Image: Volkswagen)

For years, Super Bowl commercials were self-contained phenomena — products in and of themselves. With glitzy, big-budget productions and celebrity cameos, their mission was simple: build hype and brand awareness. The call to action in these ads, if one was mentioned at all, was a standard push to retail: take a test drive at your [...]

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