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Sam Mangan STCM 315 Social Media Strategies Pizza Hut Background: Pizza Hut has two major competitors, Papa Johns and Dominos. They are all targeting the same audience and some focus more on some of the demographics and psychographics than other ones. In this day and age social media presence for these competitors can be a game changer for popularity in the pizza industry. Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 and is owned by Yum! Brands today, which is a fast food, company and also owns Taco Bell, KFC, and Long John Silver’s. Demographics and Psychographics: The target audience for Pizza Hut with these social media strategies is men and women, 1825 years old. They tend to be college students with low income and therefore low budgets. In many dorm rooms there are little ways to make food and little space to store food. So many college students order take out and go out to eat for many meals and only store leftovers. This group also has a higher tendency of using multiple social media platforms almost every day throughout the day. They are at an age where they may not be able to help others as much as they want but like to support good causes when they can due to being in the prime age for activism and volunteering. Current Social Media Presence: All three of these pizza companies have accounts on three of the most common social media platforms, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. They all post about specials being offered and lots of pictures of pizza. Some of these pictures utilize the box as marketing. Looking at each platform for each company can show different techniques being used by these companies and could help Pizza Hut to add to their strategy. Twitter: Papa Johns tweets on a regular basis of deals that are being offered as well as codes for discounts that are available for a limited time. They have managed to show they want to interact with their customers more and started this mystery that had to be solved and would tweet clues to help figure out who the “Pizza Killer” is. It’s entertaining and makes the audience think about pizza, as well as keeps them coming back to see if more clues have been added and when they check back they might find something else that catches their eye like a product.
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Sam  Mangan  STCM  315  Social  Media  Strategies  Pizza  Hut      Background:  

Pizza  Hut  has  two  major  competitors,  Papa  Johns  and  Dominos.  They  are  all  targeting  the  same  audience  and  some  focus  more  on  some  of  the  demographics  and  psychographics  than  other  ones.  In  this  day  and  age  social  media  presence  for  these  competitors  can  be  a  game  changer  for  popularity  in  the  pizza  industry.  Pizza  Hut  was  founded  in  1958  and  is  owned  by  Yum!  Brands  today,  which  is  a  fast  food,  company  and  also  owns  Taco  Bell,  KFC,  and  Long  John  Silver’s.    

 Demographics  and  Psychographics:     The  target  audience  for  Pizza  Hut  with  these  social  media  strategies  is  men  and  women,  18-­‐25  years  old.  They  tend  to  be  college  students  with  low  income  and  therefore  low  budgets.  In  many  dorm  rooms  there  are  little  ways  to  make  food  and  little  space  to  store  food.  So  many  college  students  order  take  out  and  go  out  to  eat  for  many  meals  and  only  store  leftovers.  This  group  also  has  a  higher  tendency  of  using  multiple  social  media  platforms  almost  every  day  throughout  the  day.  They  are  at  an  age  where  they  may  not  be  able  to  help  others  as  much  as  they  want  but  like  to  support  good  causes  when  they  can  due  to  being  in  the  prime  age  for  activism  and  volunteering.    

 Current  Social  Media  Presence:     All  three  of  these  pizza  companies  have  accounts  on  three  of  the  most  common  social  media  platforms,  Twitter,  Instagram,  and  Facebook.  They  all  post  about  specials  being  offered  and  lots  of  pictures  of  pizza.  Some  of  these  pictures  utilize  the  box  as  marketing.  Looking  at  each  platform  for  each  company  can  show  different  techniques  being  used  by  these  companies  and  could  help  Pizza  Hut  to  add  to  their  strategy.    Twitter:     Papa  Johns  tweets  on  a  regular  basis  of  deals  that  are  being  offered  as  well  as  codes  for  discounts  that  are  available  for  a  limited  time.  They  have  managed  to  show  they  want  to  interact  with  their  customers  more  and  started  this  mystery  that  had  to  be  solved  and  would  tweet  clues  to  help  figure  out  who  the  “Pizza  Killer”  is.  It’s  entertaining  and  makes  the  audience  think  about  pizza,  as  well  as  keeps  them  coming  back  to  see  if  more  clues  have  been  added  and  when  they  check  back  they  might  find  something  else  that  catches  their  eye  like  a  product.              

  Dominos  has  utilized  Twitter  to  actually  allow  their  customers  to  order  via  sending  a  tweet  now.  A  lot  of  what  they  post  on  twitter  includes  their  deals,  and  the  photos  they  post  on  Instagram  as  well  as  interacting  with  customers  through  responding  of  tweets  about  the  company,  pizza  and  overall  experience.  They  however,  utilized  a  hashtag  that  was  about  if  pizza  could  tweet,  and  it’s  humorous  while  still  keeping  pizza  as  the  main  topic.  A  humorous  tweet  has  a  better  chance  of  someone  thinking  about  re-­‐tweeting  and  giving  the  company  even  more  exposure  as  more  people  share.                          

Pizza  Hut  utilized  part  of  their  name  in  creating  a  hashtag  for  college  game  day.  Out  of  the  three  pizza  places  they  are  the  only  ones  with  “hut”  in  the  name  and  using  #huthut  is  a  great  way  to  tie  them  into  college  or  professional  football.  Many  people  associate  pizza  with  watching  sports  and  it  reminds  people  that  Pizza  Hut  would  go  great  with  people’s  game  day  celebrations.                

       However,  Pizza  Hut  missed  the  mark  on  some  of  the  other  posts  they  made  on  Twitter.  They  made  a  post  about  football  with  three  people  watching  a  game  and  cheering  with  caption  “Three  cheers”,  there  are  three  pizza  boxes  from  Pizza  Hut  on  the  table  but  is  really  not  noticed  very  well  and  the  caption  does  not  tie  the  company  into  the  scene.  The  other  post  is  on  National  Chocolate  Day  that  happens  to  be  the  caption  showing  brownies.  They  leave  the  audience  to  assume  that  the  brownies  are  from  Pizza  Hut,  however  Papa  Johns  offers  something  almost  identical  and  Dominos  offers  a  cookie  brownie,  so  once  again  they  fall  on  connecting  to  their  brand.        

Facebook:     Papa  Johns  incorporates  the  family  side  of  the  business  in  many  ways,  whether  it’s  showing  a  picture  of  a  family  member’s  ninety-­‐third  birthday  and  talking  about  the  journey  of  coming  to  America  and  starting  a  business,  or  posting  throwback  pictures  of  moments  in  history  for  the  company.  Family  connections  are  great  and  can  really  get  support  from  customers  because  some  college  kids  may  have  grown  up  eating  Papa  Johns  and  remain  loyal  even  as  young  adults.  Another  way  to  show  the  company’s  values  to  costumers  is  how  they  get  involved  within  the  community.  On  the  right  is  a  picture  of  a  post  they  made  when  working  with  the  Humane  Society  for  a  walk  that  pet  owners  did  with  their  dogs  to  raise  money  that  would  fund  no-­‐kill  shelters.                               Pizza  Hut  posts  more  about  the  deals  that  are  offered  on  their  menu.  The  triple  threat  box  is  one  that  they  just  released  where  it  looks  like  a  wrapped  present,  however  when  introducing  it  they  just  talk  about  how  it’s  perfect  for  the  holidays  and  doesn’t  offer  as  many  incentives  to  try  the  new  special.  They  did  make  a  post  that  is  giving  back  to  others  where  they  are  fighting  against  world  hunger,  but  they  don’t  say  who  they  are  partnered  with  or  how  they  are  raising,  if  a  portion  of  the  proceeds  from  an  order  goes  or  if  a  donation  can  be  made  with  an  order.                                

 Instagram:       Papa  Johns  has  made  posts  showing  some  of  the  celebrity  athletes  they  team  up  with  for  spokesman  campaigns  that  can  be  very  entertaining  to  audiences  while  reminding  people  that  pizza  goes  great  with  watching  sports,  another  way  they  tie  in  sports  is  offering  special  codes  for  different  sports  events  that  are  going  on  in  the  country.  They  also  once  again  show  partnerships  with  organizations  like  The  Salvation  Army  during  the  holiday  season  and  even  make  a  clever  post  suggesting  the  cookie  they  are  selling  with  proceeds  going  to  the  Salvation  Army,  should  be  left  out  for  Santa  Claus.                                               Dominos  also  does  a  good  job  of  using  their  pictures  on  Instagram  to  tie  in  with  partnerships  they  have,  for  example  they  made  the  post  on  the  left  about  St.  Jude’s  Children’s  Research  Hospital  and  is  making  the  connections  of  pizza  and  kids  because  most  kids  love  pizza.  They  took  the  opportunity  to  help  by  donating  a  dollar  for  every  unique  post  on  Twitter  or  Instagram  that  tags  both  Dominos  and  St.  Jude’s  with  the  use  of  the  hashtag  #pizzamemories.  Dominos  also  posts  about  current  trends  like  in  the  fall  many  get  pumpkin  flavored  things  like  pumpkin  spice  lattes,  so  it’s  nice  and  playful  with  humor  for  their  customers.                

  Pizza  Hut  seemed  to  post  more  random  pictures  that  had  pizza  in  them.  This  post  has  the  caption  “sweater  weather”  and  doesn’t  tie  into  how  pizza  in  connected  to  this.  Although  they  still  had  some  popularity  in  the  post  it  could  have  been  executed  much  better.  They  also  continue  to  post  the  pictures  of  the  deals  that  are  offered  from  their  menu  like  the  triple  threat  box,  but  don’t  offer  promo  codes  for  special  discounts.                            Strategy  Suggestions:  

• Telling  more  of  a  story  within  posts  that  create  a  better  connection  of  what  it  has  to  do  with  the  company  as  well  as  provoke  thinking  by  the  consumer,  similar  to  how  competitors  have  done  so.  

• Finding  a  new  face  of  Pizza  Hut,  with  spokesmen  that  are  either  characters  people  can  relate  to  or  some  type  of  celebrity.  

• Offering  more  deals  like  coupon  codes  within  posts  that  are  offered  for  limited  time,  not  just  deals  like  the  triple  threat  box  that  anyone  can  get,  ones  that  only  the  social  media  followers  can  use  to  promote  more  people  following  the  brand  on  social  media.  

• Create  more  calls  to  action  for  customers  by  partnerships  with  good  causes  and  non-­‐profit  organizations,  and  clearly  define  how  the  cause  or  non-­‐profit  group  will  be  benefiting.  

 Pizza  Hut  should  be  posting  on  all  three  social  media  platforms  discussed  and  should  be  doing  so  on  a  regular  basis  i.e.  3-­‐8  times  a  week,  where  it  pans  out  to  be  at  least  every  other  day  to  the  limit  of  maybe  every  day  with  two  posts  in  one  day.    6-­Month  Calendar  Plan:  2016  Pictures  should  accompany  all  of  these  posts  when  on  Instagram,  and  some  for  Twitter  and  Facebook.    June  3-­10   “School’s  out,  

what’s  on  your  summer  bucket  list?  

June  5th:  “15  years  and  15  days  ago,  we  were  the  first  

Picture  of  slice  of  pizza  with  sunglasses  on,  “I’m  tasty  and  I  

 

Pizza  party  with  friends.”    

to  deliver  pizza  to  the  International  Space  Station.”    

know  it.”  

June  11-­18     Promo  code  offered  for  one  day  only  through  social  media.  

  June  17th:  National  Eat  Your  Veggies  Day:  “Why  not  eat  those  veggies  on  some  pizza?”  

June  19-­26     First  day  of  summer  June  20th:  “What’s  your  favorite  summer  toppings  for  pizza?”  

June  24th:  Spaceballs  came  out  in  1987  and  one  of  the  bad  guys  is  named  Pizza  the  Hutt,  show  with  picture.  

 

June  27-­July  4  

“Summer  is  nothing  without  the  three  P’s:  Pool,  parties  and  pizza.”  

  July  4th:  “Fireworks,  bonfires,  pizza.  Why  not  have  them  all  tonight?”  

 

July  5-­12   “Find  your  summer  love  with  Pizza  Hut”  

  Try  something  new,  like  a  new  pizza  crust  flavor.  

 

July  13-­20     “Why  not  go  on  a  picnic  with  pizza?”  

   

July  21-­28   Picture  of  a  night  sky  with  a  pizza  replacing  the  moon,  saying  “that’s  amore”  

  Picture  of  someone  bringing  pizza  to  the  table  with  caption  “surprise  the  family  with  pizza  for  dinner”  

 

July  29-­Aug.  5   July  29th:  National  Chicken  Wing  

     

Day:  “Try  our  Wing  Street  Wing  meal  with  waffle  fries!”  

Aug.  6-­13       Throwback  Thursday  talking  about  how  Pizza  Hut  started  

 

Aug.  14-­21     Transformation  Tuesday:  showing  the  transformation  of  TMNT  but  note  that  their  love  for  pizza  hasn’t  changed  one  bit.  

   

Aug.  22-­29   GIF  of  rolling  dough  out  with  caption  “they  seem  me  rolling,  they  hating”  

  Postcard  of  box  full  of  pizza  on  the  beach  saying  “wish  you  were  here”  

 

Aug.30-­Sept.6     Celebrate  the  first  day  of  school  with  a  family  favorite  for  dinner.  

  Sept.  5th:  National  Cheese  Pizza  Day:  “Celebrate  with  a  large  cheese  pizza  for  free  with  purchase  of  any  large  2-­‐topping  pizza.”  

Sept.  7-­14   “How  you  eat  pizza  can  say  a  lot  about  you,  so  how  do  you  eat  pizza?  Send  us  your  pictures  and  say  why  you  eat  pizza  the  

  The  crust  can  define  a  pizza,  what  crust  is  your  favorite?  

 

way  you  do.”  Sept.15-­22   Twitter  

hashtag,  “why  college  kids  love  pizza”  

  Sept.  20th:  National  Pepperoni  Pizza  Day:  Picture  of  Michelangelo  from  TMNT  with  pizza  and  words  saying  “Pizza  Time”.    

 

Sept.  23-­30   Yearbook  picture  of  pizza  with  caption  “stay  in  touch”  

     

Oct.  1-­8          Oct.  9-­16       Oct.  15th:  

Sweetest  Day:  “Show  your  sweet  you  care,  let  them  pick  the  toppings”  

 

Oct.  17-­24     Picture  of  delivery  car  with  caption  “Not  all  super  heroes  drive  the  batmobile”  

   

Oct.25-­Nov.1   National  Red  Ribbon  Week:  Repost  pictures  of  TMNT  with  slogan  “Say  no  to  drugs  and  yes  to  pizza”  

  Oct.  31:  “Treat  yourself.”  

Nov.  1:  “Missed  out  on  the  treats  last  night,  make  up  for  it  today  with  a  cookie  added  to  your  order  of  pizza.”  

Nov.  2-­9       Nov.  7th:  “Elf  came  out  on  this  day,  and  you  sit  on  a  throne  of  lies  if  you  say  you  

 

don’t  like  pizza”  with  picture  from  the  movie.    

Nov.  10-­17   Nov.  11th:  Veterans  Day:  Partnership  with  Wounded  Warrior  Project  where  a  portion  goes  to  their  proceeds.  

Nov.  12th:  National  Pizza  Day:  “Share  pictures  of  your  favorite  kind  of  pizza  with  chance  of  winning  a  free  pizza.”  

   

Nov.  18-­25     Nov.  23rd:  “Take  a  break  before  cooking  your  Thanksgiving  feast  tomorrow,  let  us  make  dinner  for  you.”  

  ‘Tis  the  season  for  pizza  and  memories.  

Nov.26-­Dec.  3   Cyber  Monday:  Order  online  and  get  10%  off.  

  “Looking  for  a  way  to  make  everyone  smile  in  holiday  cards?  Bring  pizza  into  the  picture.”  

 

 


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