Monday, April 28, 2008

Heineken Launches Viral ‘Star Final’ Campaign

This post has been contributed by ViralBlog via CBN

Heineken is doing great brand and sponsorship activation with it’s Star Final campaign. The 360 campaign is fuelled by an online campaign, a viral video, social media optimization, an interactive game and a buzz toolkit.

Football fans all over the world are invited to take part in Heineken’s exciting Star Final competition to celebrate the UEFA Champions League. The online game lets fans ‘kick’ a personalised football from Iceland to South Africa. The people who get their football there fastest, will have a chance to join Heineken in South Africa to watch the UEFA Champions League Moscow Final 2008 under the stars!

As sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, Heineken knows how popular this Grand Prize will be. The UEFA Champions League is the most highly regarded international club football competition in the world. It is enjoyed by millions of passionate, proud fans from Asia to Africa, and from Europe to South America. That’s why Heineken is bringing the game alive with an online game that people all over the world can play.

The fact that Heineken really understands the power of social media, is proven by this Buzz Toolkit, that facilitates bloggers and social influentials in a smart way.

Heineken’s Star Final campaign, site, game and viral videos are created by creative agency Fabrique. Viral tracking is done by ViralTracker and social media optimization by LaComunidad.