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Who would have known the launch of a chicken sandwich would be the QSR story of the year? Apparently, not even Popeye's own marketing team. Brand Lead Lisa O'Brien shares what happens when consumers take over your launch, blow up the media plan, and create success and PR challenges that were truly unprecedented.

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"Knives Out" Cuts Through Box Office Clutter with an Integrated Puzzle Sweepstakes
How does a new film attract the attention of moviegoers when it's competing with a franchise that garnered more than one BILLION dollars at the box office? Lionsgate Films had to contend with just that when they released their murder mystery "Knives Out" on the same Thanksgiving weekend as "Frozen 2". Not only that, they're also both family-friendly films competing for much of the same audience. Their solution? A "gamified transmedia" experience. In partnership with AvatarLabs, Lionsgate created puzzles for fans to solve using the "Knives Out" marketing materials; including its trailer, posters and red carpet events. Each puzzle was …

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Truman Reinvents Cleaning Solutions via a Hyper-Focused Customer D2C
Do we really need another cleaning product? In an industry that's already over saturated, is their an opportunity for a new company to survive? That's the challenge Alex Reed faced when he and his co-founder, Jon Bostock, launched their D2C cleaning subscription service, Truman's, in February 2019. In such a cluttered market they needed to find their voice and that's exactly what they did.

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Mini USA Brings Retail To Consumer, Bumps Test Drives With Invitation To Tweet
It was the first ever, on-demand social media pilot that gave consumers control on what time, day, where, and how they would get to experience their MINI test drive; all with a simple Tweet.

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TBS Gets Heavenly Results With Social Campaigns
When some of the main cast was a little less socially active, TBS armed its many fan accounts with exclusive content and first looks, to act on its behalf.

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HBO Celebrates 'Sopranos' With Mob Nicknames
The Twitter tipping point occurred when actors Lin-Manuel ("Lin the Man-uel") Miranda and Ben ("Jean Ralphio") Schwartz engaged in an exchange over their nicknames.

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Frank's RedHot Sauce Tweets Its Way To Red-hot Results
People were invited to use emojis on Twitter to pair the chili emoji with an emoji representing all 57 Super Bowl advertising brands -- putting that s#!t on everything -- with #FranksSweepstakes.

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Xfinity's 'Project Dead Zone' Takes Best In Show
A paranormal investigation powered by Xfinity xFi Pods on Twitter Live was staged at the Winchester Mystery House, a haunted house in San Jose, Calif., known for its crazy number of rooms and stairways.

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Xfinity Scares Heck Out Of Millennials To Demo Its Product
With Halloween approaching, it staged "Project Dead Zone," the first-ever live paranormal investigation controlled by the internet and powered by Xfinity xFi Pods on Twitter Live.

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Kraft Heinz Puts Cheez Balls Fans On The Hunt
Planters Cheez Balls were an icon of '90s snack food. Since being discontinued in 2006, passionate fans have pleaded for their return on social media. There was even a petition.

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The Great American Showman: How KFC Reinvented Itself By Returning To Its Heritage
To be relevant again, the brand had to get back to what it stood for when it was at its best. Col. Sanders was front and center, whether it was the bucket, the restaurant or the advertising.

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Kraft Heinz Whips Up A Twitter Frenzy For Its Mayochup Sauce
They followed up with a debate about the name, with nominees like "tomayo" and "fry sauce," and an interactive experience that designed containers with these different names.

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