Developing The Best Social Media Marketing Strategic Plan
BERLIN (Reuters) – Sportswear agency Adidas ( ) in all probability thought it had hit the advertising jackpot when Adidas-sponsored Germany beat Adidas-sponsored Argentina to win the Adidas-sponsored World Cup. But arch rival Nike ( NKE.N ) could have stolen a lot of its soccer branding thunder with quirky videos, modern boots and amusing Tweets, not to mention the odd sponsorship coup of its personal equivalent to signing up hosts Brazil. Adidas stated it had secured victory on and off the pitch” at the soccer tournament, providing the best-scoring boots and generating 22 percent more dialogue on social media than Nike.
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