Abstract

Oreo, a sandwich cookie made by the Nabisco division of Mondelez International, is sold worldwide and has a history of over 100 years. With the emergence of social media, Oreo began adopting new marketing strategies to capture the imagination of its customers. Real time marketing is a new trend which depends on social networking sites. In February 2013, Oreo won the hearts of the audience with just a tweet and an image when power went off for 34 minutes during the final match of the Super Bowl, America’s highest level of professional football. The case discusses the connect Oreo established with its customers, the success of its real time marketing, and how only a few real time marketing attempts are successful while the majority fail.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• What real time marketing is
• The importance of social media in marketing
• The challenges and opportunities of social media
• Leveraging social media

Keywords

Oreo, Marketing, social media, customer connect, campaign, social media channels, real time response, buzz, real time marketing