Wienerschnitzel hot dogs

Case Study

Transforming Wienerschnitzel Into A Social Media Juggernaut

Through a creative contest campaign and strategic social promotion, Wienerschnitzel was able to increase brand awareness and achieve 3X more landing page views than ever before.

Their Story

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Founded in 1961 by John Galardi with a single location in Southern California, Wienerschnitzel has grown to be the world’s largest hot dog chain serving more than 120 million hot dogs a year in over 11 states.

THE CHALLENGE

Reaching The Youth

Wienerschnitzel was already a globally beloved brand for making the world’s tastiest premium hot dogs, but they were struggling to build engagement and loyalty with a key target audience: youth. To reach out to new, younger audiences, the brand turned to Wpromote to help them get social.

Wienerschnitzel instagram posts

The Solution

#Wienercross Campaign

Wienerschnitzel, with Wpromote’s help, leveraged a partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing Mx for exciting motocross contest prizes, generating significant buzz and exposure.

Wpromote helped Wienerschnitzel develop their very first contest initiative, #Wienercross, to set the foundation for the kind of explosive social media growth the company was hoping to see.

  • Utilizing strategic social media advertising, outreach, and content implementation, we popularized the partnership, quickly growing the brand’s fanbase.
  • We simultaneously nurtured their email list through targeted influencer outreach and prize giveaways.
  • All contest assets were created, written, and designed by Wpromote’s in-house creative department, including landing page design, email design, social media profile updates, and social media advertising copy.
Wienerschnitzel social campaigns

VIRAL SUCCESS

In the first 3 months after #Wienercross was launched, Wpromote helped Wienerschnitzel gain a huge social media following. Wienerschnitzel enjoyed a remarkable surge in popularity with younger audiences and saw measurable gains in brand recognition across the web.

  • 10K New Email Signups
  • 1K+ Uses Of The Hashtag Across Social Media Channels
  • 15K+ Engagements Across Social Media Channels

Proof Is In The Numbers

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