Cause Marketing
FedEx Delivers a Social Media ‘STEM’ Strategy
FedEx challenged some of the world’s brightest young minds to complete a social media-based battle of wits as part of its sponsorship of the FIRST Championship, an international STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) competition that took place in April in St. Louis, MO. A sponsor of FIRST competitions since 2002, FedEx has long provided...
Walgreens Leverages Clown Noses and In-Store Selfies
Walgreens has launched a five-week campaign that has consumers buying and wearing red rubber clown noses then snapping silly selfies for a chance to attend a televised Red Nose Day fundraising event in New York City. NBC will air the three-hour special, which will take place on May 21 and feature comedians, musicians and Hollywood...
Community Marketing: Towns Vie For Kraft Hockeyville Title
Kraft Foods Group this January kicked off for the first time in the U.S. a community marketing program that has hockey fans vying for the title of Kraft Hockeyville. The initiative is based on a Canadian program by the same name that the brand launched nine years ago to find that country’s most passionate hockey...
Disney Gives Back to Generous Consumers
In order to build buzz around its Give a Day, Get a Disney Day program, in which volunteers who spent eight hours working in their communities receive a free day at a Disney park, the iconic family brand took to the country’s highways to “drum up” some support.