Euphoria for ya: Instagram powers new campaign

Burlington, Vermont – Ben & Jerry’s has launched Capture Euphoria, a global marketing campaign that crowdsources photos from the brand’s more than 120,000 Instagram followers.

The company has used the word ‘euphoric’ to describe reactions to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for decades, giving the word a place in the brand’s heritage. The new campaign encourages people to submit Instagram photos documenting moments of pure joy, tagged #captureeuphoria, whether they involve ice cream or not. The best photos will be used in local advertisements created by agency Silver + Partners.

More brands, including Giorgio Armani, Red Bull and Whole Foods Market, are using Instagram to crowdsource photos, recognising their customers as creative content producers.

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