McDonalds Lebanon Social Media Case Study, Think Media Labs
Ayman Itani, Founder and CEO, Think Media Labs
Karim Miknas, Managing Director, McDonalds Lebanon
ArabNet Digital Summit 2013, June 24-26, Dubai UAE
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In 15 April 2013 McDonald's Lebanon introduced new
elements to their menu.
Not only one burger, but three burgers with different
themes and ingredients under the“ ”
Campaign.
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Joey Audi Case
Joey is a 15-year old boy who
participated in McDonald's
competition to win a trip to
Mexico.
So he created his own Facebook
Page, as well as a video describing
how bad he wants the trip and
asking people to vote for him.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.ph
p?v=10201062936841422
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Joey created TWO more videos to thank McDonald's and
to share his experience above Lebanon
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1
0201259737441314
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?
v=10201324100810358
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• Always have a backup
plan in case the business
situation changes (ex:
sold out)
• Be transparent when
updating Terms and
Conditions
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• It helps to have a“Straight Talk”element to your Terms
and Conditions where you explain the competition in
widely-understood terms, then follow it with the
detailed legal part which is typical of Terms and
Conditions.
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• During the competition a team was ready to cover
24hours all Social Media Platforms
http://www.cumedicus.gr/eng/services/24_hours_
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• Make sure the competition you run is mobile friendly
especially that there is an offline aspect of the
competition. Have full mobile supports (apps, ads,
content,…)
http://myxenforohelp.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-make-
your-xenforo-mobile-friendly.html
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• The online community will tell you almost as fast as
your internal team what is going on in your business
(ex: products are sold out)
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• Brief well your employees and involve them with the
fun (even if they can’t win for transparency and being
customer-first driven)
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• Visit the offline stores and observe users when
participating for improving the process
http://www.profkrg.com/kids-are-lovin-it
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• Enjoy the competition with the user !
http://momitforward.com/mcdonalds-tuesday-gno-
twitter-party-volunteering-family/ronald-mcdonald-kids
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