Showing posts with label Pepsi Refresh Everything. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pepsi Refresh Everything. Show all posts

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Epilogue: Pepsi Refresh Effort

An article that appeared in Ad Age Feb 8, suggests that 'pass or fail' the effort will be one for the textbooks. Kevin Keller, author of our text, had this comment:


"Pepsi has been wonderful for years at entertaining us," said Kevin Keller, professor of marketing at Dartmouth College. "This [program] is reflective of the times and the realities that people love entertainment but also care and have concerns about the world as a whole. But I would hate to see them stop entertaining us altogether.....Added Mr. Keller, "the one thing becoming more and more true is the importance of cause marketing for any brand, but particularly a brand that has a more youthful target and appeal, which Pepsi clearly has."


The article goes on to say that "in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, Pepsi was the second-most discussed advertiser associated with the Super Bowl... according to Nielsen.