Tag: PepsiCo

Cheetahpult

In March I had written about how Google had inspired developers to convert mobile phones and tablets into remote controls for desktop browsers via a simple mobile URL.

Now Cheetos, an American brand of cheese-flavored puffed cornmeal snacks has successfully tapped this technology to engage with their viewers as they watch their regular TV commercial on YouTube.

Viewers watching the new Cheetos Mix-Ups ad on YouTube received a dual screen experience in which they could fling the new Cheetos Mix-Ups snacks from their phone into a video playing on their desktop. 😎

The campaign has successfully created a new way for people to engage with the ad and get to know the product’s new shapes and colors. As a result the video has already got 8.5 million views on YouTube and people who played the game stayed for an average of 7 minutes and 17 seconds, and flung an average of 56 Cheetos per game.

For the full experience don’t forget to visit the Cheetos YouTube Channel.

Coca Cola Friendship Machine

The game of vending machine one-upsmanship between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo continues with Coke’s “Friendship Machine”.

To celebrate International Friendship Day last August, Coca-Cola in Argentina planted machines that appear to be about 12 feet tall and require that you ask a buddy for a boost to use it. As a reward the Coke machine dispensed two Cokes instead of one.

The “Friendship Machine” plays off of Coke’s “Happiness Machine” viral video, which shows a Coke machine spitting out free soda and pizzas to a group of delighted students. Coke also updated that idea in February with a “Happiness Truck” video that features a Coca-Cola truck giving out Cokes along with surfboards, beach toys and sunglasses.

PepsiCo this week has responded to Coke’s experiments with their very own “Social Vending Machine” that lets you gift free Pepsis to friends and strangers via a text message.