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Smart Social Media Campaign – Heinz Ketchup’s Selfie for Good

February 23, 2017 by Sue Painter Leave a Comment

social media campaign Heinz KetchupHow can you be smart and use a social media campaign to gain visibility and reach? For 5 months, from last November to March, 2017, Heinz Ketchup held a Selfie for Good campaign. Heinz used November’s Giving Tuesday (November 29th) to announce their social media campaign. Heinz donated up to $1.57 to Stop Hunger Now for each selfie posted between November and March, 2017. (Stop Hunger Now has since rebranded to Rise Against Hunger.) Heinz announced it would donate up to $200,000 to Stop Hunger Now if enough people “donated” a selfie of themselves with the Heinz Ketchup bottle they found at participating restaurants.

Here’s what you see on each side of the Heinz Ketchup bottles used in restaurants. 

 

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social media campaignsHeinz required that you take a selfie with the ketchup bottle, text it to them, and then post the link they sent you on social media. The company donated up to $200,000 during this campaign, $1.57 at a time. According to their website, Heinz met their $200,000 goal.

Heinz smartly crafted a social media campaign that blended marketing and social good. How could you use a social media campaign to increase your visibility and reach? And is there a way to tie it to a social good?

If you use a similar campaign for your business, keep these tips in mind:

  • Have a start and end date for your campaign
  • Be sure you can handle the administrative back end tasks for the campaign you set up
  • Get buy in from the organization you want to benefit, and ask for their help in spreading the word
  • Create a campaign that is a no-brainer for participation – in this case, Heinz had restaurants help spread the word by simply putting the ketchup bottle on their tables – something they were already doing. They weren’t asked to do anything else, and they also got pictures of their restaurant on social media for free.
  • Decide how you will publicize your campaign (Heinz tied theirs to a nationally known date).

I’m betting you could come up with a way to build your list using a social media campaign. I talk about how to build a list that is responsive to you in my online course, List Building for Success and Impact – How to Build a List of People Who Actually Buy What You Offer.  

I think Heinz was smart and contributed to social good, as well. What do you think? Share your response below.

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