Christina RivetteADV 420Fall 2012Pepsi Co.

Digital Marketing Strategy

PepsiHoliday

Campaign

WHAT

Use a holiday campaign to compete with Coke and promote Pepsi and all the brands associated with the company to build brand loyal consumers.

HOW

Through digital marketing- commercial, social media, mobile applications and website implementations, Pepsi will be able to market all the products in a creative way.

SWOT

Target Market• 18-40 year olds is the target market, those who purchase holiday

goods.• Holiday campaign will target holiday shoppers and spenders. • Outcome desired- Build brand loyal consumers and make them aware

of all brands associated with Pepsi Co.• Promotional grand prize is a trip to warm

destination.

Budget• 1.5 million to cover all marketing and media strategies.

– Social Media team and implementation– Google Analytics– Website and mobile reconstruction– Grand prize vacation destination– Promotional Team– Implementation Team (websites, commercials)

Creative Brief

• Client – Pepsi Co.

• What we want the advertising to do – Have Pepsi implement holiday spirit, by also involving all of their lines (snacks, drinks).

• Target Market – 18-40 year olds • Target Market Considerations – affordable product

that is easily available and trendy.

...Creative Brief Continued

• Advertising Tone – festive, relatable, dominant, simple, and trendy.

• Main problems the Brand is currently facing – Pepsi is not marketed enough around Christmas, as opposed to Coca- Cola. Pepsi also needs to make aware all of their product family for people that are brand loyal.

• How our advertising will address these problems – Around

Christmas, everybody pays attention to the holiday commercials. By implementing all Pepsi products, consumers will be made aware.

Mobile Marketing• Smart Phone Application

– One that provides brand and product awareness.– Is interactive and ultimately leads to a sale.– Have QR codes on all products that directly link to the mobile

application when scanned by smart phone.– Pepsi consumers have the chance to be entered in a holiday competition

to a tropical destination, along with winning smaller promotions.• Entry form for contest available through mobile application.

• Users have the option of entering PepsiCo.com or using the mobile/tablet version. The promotions will inform Pepsi consumers of all the brands that are under the same company.

Social Media• Earned media is the most important kind of media to this promotion. By targeting trend-setters, Pepsi will be able to create a following and thus, sharing the insight that Pepsi has many other brands connected to them.

• By retweeting or sharing Pepsi content, contestants will be entered to win smaller promotional items. This is an easy way for Pepsi to have more reach, for $0.

Internet Marketing

• Google AdWords: – A $150 budget to implement a campaign that

increases impressions on the first page of Google searches when relatable keywords are entered (brands of the snacks, drinks of Pepsi).

• Website Implementation and Adjustments:– Implement pictures on the entering site of website

that shows pictures of all the brands associated with Pepsi.

• Customer Representative: – Have a customer representative chat option that

customers can take their questions and concerns to, making for a positive interaction with the company.

Measurement of Success•Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all have measurements of success installed.• Facebook- “Likes”, “Shares”• Twitter- “Followers”, “Retweets”• YouTube- “Number of views”

•Google Analytics• Internet tracking system, recording the

number of impressions during the period of holiday campaign on Pepsi and social media sites.

•Customer Satisfaction• Review section on Pepsi website.• Allows customers to direct any kind of critique

or compliment to the company.

End Goal: By building brand awareness through all these digital media outlets, with a holiday theme, Pepsi consumers will become aware of all brands associated with Pepsi.