{"id":7409,"date":"2018-03-26T10:18:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/lays-increases-sales-by-asking-customers-to-do-us-a-flavor\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:18:37","slug":"lays-increases-sales-by-asking-customers-to-do-us-a-flavor","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/lays-increases-sales-by-asking-customers-to-do-us-a-flavor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lay’s Increases Sales by Asking Customers to “Do Us a Flavor”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cappuccino, Wasabi Ginger, and Mango Salsa flavored potato chips\u2026 has Lay\u2019s lost its mind? No, in this smart marketing play, Lays has used crowdsourcing to encourage less-engaged millennial customers to dream up new flavors and vote for their favorites. Lay\u2019s started the competition in 2012 and has seen great results. Fans can submit flavor ideas on Lay\u2019s Facebook page and the winning flavor will win $1 million or 1% of the chip flavor\u2019s sales for that year.<\/p>\n

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In this campaign, Lay\u2019s is creating value by driving traffic to their Facebook page and making the previously declining brand, a very relevant topic of conversation for their target millennial customers. Beyond building brand equity, this creates value by producing new chip flavors that might not exist otherwise. These creative flavors have become fan favorites, driving Lay\u2019s sales up and serving new customers. In its first year, for example, the winning chip flavor, Cheesy Garlic Bread, drove an 8% sales increase for Lay\u2019s in the three months following the competition. Value is created for consumers as they have a new fun activity in brainstorming flavor ideas and feeling like they are contributing to America\u2019s favorite chip brand. Finally, this successful program sets an example for other struggling CPG brands searching for a way to connect with customers through crowdsourcing.<\/p>\n

Lay\u2019s captures value by enjoying increased sales and positive brand equity. In 2014, Lay\u2019s received 14.4 million flavor submissions and ad recognition and purchase intent both increased during the campaign.<\/p>\n

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However, as Lay\u2019s enters its sixth year of the Do Us a Flavor campaign, the company must be creative in maintaining customer engagement and excitement about the submission and voting process, as well as actually purchasing the new flavors. Reports of fake submission ideas have flooded the website over the years as flavor ideas like \u201c7th<\/sup> Grade Locker Room\u201d make it to the top of the site. Additionally, as the brand produces more of these flavors, they must continue to innovate and find new creations that are delicious and receive high customer ratings.<\/p>\n

Lay\u2019s has evolved the competition over the years and in 2015 took steps to turn the submissions into a two-way conversation with fans. Partnering with digital shop, Deep Focus, the brand listened to customer conversations on twitter and created funny response videos on YouTube to react to their comments. Set in a puppet show theme featuring two potatoes, the Taste Spuds, Lay\u2019s uses this medium to further engage with top influencers and extend the buzz of the competition. Additionally, the company set up a heat map to track what ingredients of most popular in submissions from each state.<\/p>\n

Lay\u2019s has enjoyed the success of crowdsourcing in an industry that is not typically driven by the creativity of its customers. \u00a0Through this competition, they\u2019ve incentivized customers to participate in crowdsourcing with the opportunity to win $1 million, and in return, the company has captured far greater benefits. We will have to watch how Lay\u2019s innovates on the competition in the upcoming years, but with the evolution and speed of digital platforms, the opportunities for Lay\u2019s to strengthen its connection with its customers are endless.<\/p>\n

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Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brandindex\/2014\/10\/11\/crowdsourcing-campaign-appears-to-boost-brand-perception-for-lays\/#1aacc27d571d<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/digital\/lays-crowdsourcing-chips\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.mainstreethost.com\/blog\/four-examples-of-clever-crowdsourcing-campaigns\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/uproxx.com\/viral\/best-lays-do-us-a-flavor-parodies\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/digital\/how-lays-adding-more-social-zest-its-popular-flavor-creation-campaign-163173\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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