Bud Light vs Heineken on Instagram
Bud Light
· Posts roughly twice per week.
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Does not follow the 50/50 rule; however, some
posts promote Bud Light more than others. On Instagram, Bud Light just posts
pictures for awareness rather than promotion.
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Its most successful recent post (within the last
10 posts), was posted 6 weeks ago. The post was the launch of its promotional
campaign “The Bud Light Party”. The picture consists of Seth Rogen and comedian
Amy Shcumer on a podium holding a Bud Light bottle. The picture is in black and
white except the bottle which has a radiant blue glow hinting their liberal
idealisms. The reason this post was so successful was because of two main
reasons:
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The celebrities: Seth Rogen and Amy Shcumer.
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The political party reference to the current
political hype that is taking place in the US.
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The picture received 2,000 likes.
Heineken
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Heineken does not post avidly; its most recent
post was 18 weeks ago.
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Scrolling through Heineken’s Instagram, you can
easily perceive their brand. Their previous ad campaign #headingoutwith gave a bohemian perception; enticing consumers to
head out and experience new, strange situations and companions alongside their
beer. After that campaign, their Instagram launched another campaign targeting
a different psychographic; they posted drawings of characters that appeared on
bottles. After 8 posts, they launched another campaign with their current
slogan “open your world” and began posting content related to the sponsorship
of the movie Spectre (James Bond).
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Their page does not follow the 50/50 rule
either. Heineken posts very little about their brand, instead, their posts
focus is more about the message that they want to deliver to the viewer.
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Their most successful post was their most recent
post of which is directly related to the latest James Bond movie. Given its
large fan base, the relation to the movie attracted attraction to the post and
as a result brought the post more likes than their other posts.
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The picture received 1,135 likes.