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Doritos Ups The Pot For Super Bowls Ad Contest

  • USA Today, Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:29 AM
Frito-Lay is announcing today that it's adding some spice to what already seems like a Super Bowl tradition: the annual consumer-generated commercials for Doritos, Bruce Horovitz reports.

Three, rather than two, 30-second executions will be aired and the company is offering up to $5 million in prize money, rather than the $1 million that two unemployed brothers won last year by finishing first in USA Today's Ad Meter poll. This year, an Ad Meter top-prize winner will get $1 million; a second place will garner $600,000; third, $400,000. If the spots finish 1-2-3 in the polling, each will get a $1 million bonus.

"This is a new world where one person (online) can make a difference to millions," says Ann Mukherjee, group vp of marketing at Frito-Lay. "If we can trust them with our brand, they become better ambassadors than we can ever be."

But a payoff is assured only for Frito-Lay, notes Kathy Sharpe, owner of Sharpe Partners. "Even if [the ads] don't win Ad Meter, they still get buzz and engage consumers with their brand."

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