Social Marketing Director serves as national source on Twitter’s #pepsifail outrage
When Pepsi’s AMP Energy Drink released its iPhone app: “AMP Up Before You Score” it needed to stand out from more than 80,000 other iPhone apps. It is now standing out for the wrong reasons as the controversial nature of the application has driven national attention and outrage on Twitter.
Empower MediaMarketing Social Marketing Director Kevin Dugan published his opinion on the social media crisis and was sought out as a source by the Associated Press and CNN.
Dugan was quoted in the AP story and appeared on CNN’s “Blogger Bunch” segment, providing insight and analysis of the situation along with Mashable Editor in Chief, Adam Ostrow.
Colorado Springs, CO – Representatives from Empower MediaMarketing and Undertone Networks presented a case study on Long John Silver restaurants’ first-ever digital ad campaign at the recent, invitation-only iMedia Brand Summit. Chief Marketer attended the event and reported a summary of their presentation in the article “Tips for Reaching Customers Online.”
The successful mobile coupon campaign was a multi-state test to drive in-store traffic and trial of two new Long John Silver menu items. Empower MediaMarketing’s digital director Mike Adams presented the case with Undertone Networks’ chief strategy officer Alan Schanzer.
According to Long John Silver’s senior media manager Brian Gearhart, “The mobile coupon test is helping Long John Silver measure ROI and understand the relationship between advertising and in-store sales. Empower’s integrated approach to the online strategy, offline media and creative execution was critical in the success of this campaign.”
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