Taking Auntie Anne’s 30th Birthday to a Whole New Dimension
How a 3D social campaign racked up 1 million RSVPs to the pretzel party of the year.
Challenge
This year, Auntie Anne’s is celebrating 30 years of pretzel-loving life. To kick off the big 3-0, they wanted to pull off a stunt that would grab headlines and engage fans in one fell swoop. The stunt? Free pretzels nationwide on March 3rd. But first, 1 million fans had to RSVP to the party.Solution
To reach the lofty goal of 1 million RSVPs, we created a thumb-stopping, animated campaign with three-dimensional birthday elements and strategic copy–we called it 30-D. Across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, we invited fans to RSVP to the pretzel party of the year and help us celebrate Auntie Anne’s in a big way.Why It's Useful
The final product was a natural evolution of the Auntie Anne’s brand colors and visual identity. The vibrant 3D animations and bold balloon lettering helped us connect with younger audiences and build buzz for the nationwide pretzel party. On top of visually stunning creative, a robust targeting strategy can be credited with the success of the campaign. Through our audience expansion efforts, we identified a substantial community of engaged fans who were excited to consume the next captivating piece of Auntie Anne’s content. We found that these fans were the most likely to tell their friends about Auntie Anne’s 30th birthday and then show up in-store on March 3rd for their free pretzel. And they did! On March 3rd, Auntie Anne’s showed a +10.5% increase in transactions, proving that the campaign boosted foot traffic to participating stores on top of building brand loyalty online.Results
In total, the 30-D campaign generated 2.3 million impressions across all four platforms. Those impressions, in tandem with strong click-through rates (CTRs) and low cost per clicks (CPCs), helped us spread awareness and achieve our RSVP goal.
282 %
higher than projected
112 %
higher than projected
$ 0.50 - $0.8
projected CPC
$ 0.2
actual CPC
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