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Wendy’s: Capitalizing on Emerging Social Media Trends
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In late 2020, Wendy’s was an iconic North American fast-food chain with a history of innovation. The corporation’s inventive approach to its promotions was particularly apparent in its use of social media, even more so in its unique management of the company’s Twitter account. In addition to using Twitter to provide customer support and advertise its products in an online setting – two traditional activities conducted by many a business on Twitter – Wendy’s had used the platform to regularly make fun of users and competitors, as well as respond to teasing and other playful challenges issued by Twitter users. Evaluating the company’s Twitter strategy proved difficult, however. How could Wendy’s chief executive officer determine whether the company’s approach on Twitter positively affected sales? How could he improve the company’s future social media strategy?
學習目標
This case can be used in an undergraduate- or graduate-level course in introductory marketing, advertising, marketing communications, marketing management, or digital marketing and social media strategy. This case can also be used in an introductory management course to highlight the differences between an intended strategy and an emergent strategy. After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to do the following:<ul><li>Assess a company’s social media campaign.</li><li>Identify the key elements of an effective social media strategy.</li><li>Differentiate the five major social media platforms.</li><li>Link a company’s social media campaign to its target markets.</li><li>Analyze the relationship between a social media campaign and sales.</li><li>Improve a company’s social media strategy.</li></ul>