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Jeep's use of microsites and social media sparks heartfelt messaging

Jeep is creating a social media dialogue with fans through a microsite, user-generated content and a celebrity spokeswoman to celebrate its 75th anniversary and solidify a positive, uplifting image.

Using the hashtag #MyJeepStory, social media users are encouraged to share stories regarding the brand and how it made a difference in their lives, which Jeep will showcase alongside many of its marketing efforts. Jeep is using a mobile microsite to help weave together a larger story of the heart of the brand, as created by fans and motivated by new spokeswoman, musical artist Ciara.

“The My Jeep Story campaign is a fantastic vehicle to engage passionate Jeep owners to celebrate the 75-year anniversary of Jeep,” said David Naumann, director of marketing at Boston Retail Partners. 

“Over the years, Jeep has developed a cult like following of brand zealots that are proud to own a Jeep and, for many, it is a part of their personality. 

“Avid Jeep fans will be excited to share their Jeep story so all their friends can live vicariously through them – and maybe envy their experience,” he said.

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Will Snapchat's high engagement rates pull ad spend away from Facebook?

With Snapchat revealing this week that it has 100 million daily users and 8 billion video views per day, the platform's potential to pull advertisers away from Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms is being realized.

Snapchat’s CEO reportedly revealed key usage data to investors this week, underscoring its success at reaching and engaging a younger audience, with users spending about 25 to 30 minutes on the platform each day. Snapchat’s video views, usage and expansion of advertising packages should be a cause for concern for other social channels competing with the platform for advertising revenue.

“Snapchat is gaining market share quite quickly which is cause for concern for social media platforms like Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter,” said Carrie Middlemiss, U.S. director of marketing at Metia. “Facebook attempted to buy Snapchat a few years ago.

“Many felt this was a strategic attempt early on because they recognized Snapchat's potential for growth,” she said. “As Snapchat continues to roll out plans to build its ad business definitely is cause for concern the other industry leaders.”

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Pizza Hut adds math problems to blog for Pi Day contest

Pizza Hut adds together math and pizza for some mobile fun in a Pi Day contest on its blog challenging consumers to solve several problems for a chance to win 3.14 years of free pizza.

The math problems will appear on the Hut Life blog at 8 a.m. ET on March 14, which is informally recognized as National Pi Day, celebrating the irrational number whose first three digits are 3, 1 and 4. The chain chose its blog for the contest to make it easier for consumers to engage.

“Our Hut Life blog is a hub of activity for the Pizza Hut brand worldwide,” said Courtney Moscovic, senior associate manager of public relations at Pizza Hut. “We are always sharing unique stories about our restaurants and employees on the blog, so it is a great place for customers to see what life at Pizza Hut is all about.

“We wanted to use that platform to share the Pi Day problems because it will make it easy for fans to find and answer the problems as opposed to having to scroll through news feeds on social channels,” she said.

“We’ll be directing our social followers to blog.pizzahut.com to see Professor Conway’s problems and all submissions will be received via the blog comments, which are time-stamped to verify the winners.”

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How to effectively take advantage of carousel advertising

Instagram and Facebook are leading a mobile advertising revolution with their carousel advertising platforms, but marketers must entice users by weaving a story that makes consumers want to continue scrolling. 

As consumers are inundated with content on mobile, it is important for advertisers to create content with which users want to interact that is different from a traditional interrupting ad experience, and carousel ads are proving worth it as its showing an average 20 to 30 percent lower cost per installs. Instagram and Facebook have established their place as the front-runners in mobile carousel ads, but marketers must create a unique storytelling experience and continually adjust their content or risk wasting the format’s massive potential.

“If built right, almost every brand with a mobile property could benefit from [carousel ads],” said Gil Regev, chief marketing office at Marfeel. “It is a unique way to tell a story and get users involved.

“That being said, these have only been out for a few months, which could be part of the reason why they are seeing such user interest,” he said. “However, I do believe that the mobile ad industry is set for a change and this is definitely a shot in the right direction, as far as formats.”

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