2. BURGER KING
• AMERICAN GLOBAL CHAIN OF HAMBURGER
FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.
• FOUNDED IN 1953
• HEADQUARTERS IN MIAMI, FLORIDA
• ACTIVE IN VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS
TWITTER , INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE.
3.
4. BURGER KING STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO BRING
BACK THEIR PRODUCT, FUNNEL FRIES, WHICH
WERE DISCOUNTINUED BY THEM IN 2010.
THEY USED A CONTROVERSIAL YET GENIUS
METHOD TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
BURGER KING WENT ON A SPREE IN WHICH THEY
STARTED LIKING RANDOM TWEETS OF FAMOUS
SOCIAL MEDIAL INFLUENCERS AND TARGETED
TWEETS WERE FROM THE YEAR 2010.
THE INFLUENCERS WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS
STEP.
THIS MYSTERIOUS STEP CREATED A LOT OF BUZZ
IN THE MARKET.
5. ONCE INFLUENCERS FOUND OUT BURGER KING WAS LIKING
THEIR OLD TWEETS, THEY TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
BURGER KING THEN FOLLOWED INFLUENCERS THAT TOOK THE
BAIT TO BEGIN A RELATIONSHIP.
THE INFLUENCERS TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA IF BURGER KING HAS
SKIMMED ANYONE’S ELSE OLD TWEETS.
THE YOUTUBER CASEY NEISTAT, EVEN TWEETED TO HIS LARGE
FOLLOWINGS ABOUT IT , UNKNOWINGLY HELPING TO PROMOTE
THE CAMPAIGN.
NEISTAT OWN TWEET GENERATED NEARLY 500 COMMENTS, 290
RETWEETS,AND 14,000 LIKES.
THIS ENGAGEMENT EXTENDED THE REACH OF BURGER KING’S
CAMPAIGN AND ADDED FUEL TO THE STORY’S FIRE.
6.
7. AFTER THIS THE BURGER KING REVEALED THE TRUTH,
WITH A SIMPLE TWEET.
BY KEEPING THE THINGS SIMPLE, BURGER KING KEPT THE BUZZ
FOCUSED.
PLUS IT ENGAGED THE INTERNET IN SOLVING THE BIG MYSTERY.
8. CONSUMERS AND INFLUENCERS SENTIMENTS.
THIS RISKY CAMPAIGN TURNED OUT TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS FOR
BURGER KING.
THE WHOLE INTERNET WAS AMAZED BY THE LEVEL OF CREATIVITY
THEY HAD PUT IN KEEPING EVERYONE ENGAGED IN THEIR
CAMPAIGN.
THE TARGETED INFLUENCERS WERE ALSO HAPPY WITH IT AS IT
ALLOWED THEM TO BE IN LIMELIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN
PUBLICATIONS LIKE MASHABLE AND EATER THAT PICKED UP THE
STORY.
IT EVEN OPENED FUTURE BRAND DEALS FOR THE INFLUENCERS
WITH THE BRAND.
SO THE CAMPAIGN WAS A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH, BURGER KING AND
INFLUENCERS.