Sconnie Nation, a T-shirt company started by local University of Wisconsin-Madison students, has recently gained national attention with their “We’ll Never Forget You, Brent” T-shirt poking fun at ex-Packer Brett Favre. By creating a unique Facebook page for “Brent Favre,” Sconnie fans are able to engage with each other through photos, videos, and stories venting…
Sconnie Nation helps fans organize around their favorite shirt
Lululemon invites fans to share photos of themselves from around the world
Lululemon — a company that makes yoga clothes — is asking fans to submit photos of themselves doing yoga poses around the world. Each month the photo challenge changes, and past challenges have ranged from asking people to submit photos of their reusable Lululemon shopping bags in different worldly locations to taking action shots of…
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How Johnny Cupcakes has nothing to do with cupcakes (and why people talk about it)
What started as a nickname for Johnny “Cupcakes” Earle has blossomed into a multi-million dollar apparel business. Founded in 2001, today Johnny Cupcakes (the business) employs more than 30 people and had 2008 sales of $3.8 million. One of the keys to Johnny Cupcakes’ success: Earle’s philosophy of shopping as entertainment — the kind you…
For the love of cows, eat chicken (and tell your friends)
For their fifth annual “Cow Appreciation Day,” Chick-fil-A invited fans to come dressed as cows to their locations for a free meal (a reference to their long-running campaign of cows imploring folks to eat more chicken). It’s the perfect, low-cost stunt that everyone can get into — friends, family, coworkers — all that good stuff….
Need word of mouth? Just use the secret password…
California-based Hugo’s Tacos ran a special promotion during the month of June, offering a free combo with the purchase of an entree. Though the “free combo” special isn’t too exciting, they turned an otherwise mundane promotion into something worth telling by adding the secret password: Molly. The result is that their announcement about the promotion…