Tim Hortons Fan Pages

Tim Hortons:

Facebook:

There are many unofficial Tim Hortons coffee Facebook pages for their readers where they post and share video, images and also review about the brand. The Tim Horton Coffee shop is one of the best fan page on Facebook. It has 2335 likes. This page also shows the fan of Tim Hortons post their personal picture while drinking coffee and visiting store. The link for this page is given below. 

Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Hortons/131255036897693

Twitter:

Tim Hortons also has Twitter fan page. This page is named a Tim Hortons U.S which has 20.3K fans. In this page every reader share their views by tweeting about Tim Hortons brand. Moreover, in this page many people share their personal review and promote it with Tim coffee products and also pictures. The link for this page is

Twitter Page

 https://twitter.com/TimHortonsUS

Instagram:

There is also one the best Instagram fan page which include the picture and short video shared by them as Tim Horton brand. This page is known as timhortonsgcc. The link for this Instagram fan page is

Instagram Page

https://www.instagram.com/timhortonsgcc/

Tim Hortons vs 7-Eleven on YouTube

YouTube is biggest social media sharing tool. It allow the users to watch different kind of videos and share to public. In business world companies uses this media to share video about their brand. Tim Horton AND 7-eleven also has huge presence on YouTube channel. This post describe the each brand YouTube strategy.

Tim Hortons:

Tim Horton has 13,495 subscribers and 21,073,626 views on their YouTube channel. By looking last 5 -10 videos we make observation regarding their brand as below:

• Tim Horton does not frequently update their YouTube channel. They had last video update that was 3 weeks ago.
•  The video shows the content that related to brand commercial, celebrity spots or industry related events.
•  In their videos description area they put the link of their different social media accounts, unique #hashtags, like Tim Horton, #WarmWishes, cup of deeds or many more.
• The most successful video that was updated by Tim Horton was Tim Hortons #WarmWishes | The Cup of Good Deeds. It was update three month ago. This video had 1,096,206 views, 559 likes and 70 comments.

YouTube Channel

This video was so successful because Tim Horton promote the real life experience by providing gifts to their customers. It was also make customer happy to have this kind of surprise in real. So this video went viral when Tim Horton update it on YouTube.

7-Eleven:

7-Eleven has approximately 920 subscribers and 1,492,836 views on their YouTube Channel. While looking their channel we have observe many things as below

• They had post their last video 3 weeks ago. Which is based on their product commercial.
• There video many based on commercials, industry related events or their new apps.
• There content included special keywords, links to other social media account, special #hashtags like #Cupheads, 7Rewards, 7 eleven, 7 eleven Slurpee etc.
• Their mostly watched video was 7Rewards Commercial | Calling All #Cupheads.
• This video had 600,775 views. But I also had no comment. Moreover they also had other short videos but not much successful.

YouTube Channel

So, we can say that 7-eleven had to look at their videos and make it more interesting which will help them to enhance their popularity in future time. 

Tim Hortons vs 7-Eleven on Instagram

Instagram is one of the popular media among people as sharing things. It is also used by many companies to promote their brands. Tim Horton and 7-Eleven also use Instagram as social media. The comparison of two brands on this media is given below. 

Tim Hortons:

Tim Horton has 137K followers on their Instagram account. They has more than 445 post on it. By analyzing their last 10 posts the detailed answers of question are below.

• Tim Horton frequently post on Instagram account. They basically post one picture with content every day.
• Their brand post consist of promotional, discounts, events, games and videos etc. These post also include hashtags.
•  They use the 50/50 rule but not much.
• Most of their posts contain #hashtags like #SpreadTheLove, #Timbitshockey etc. to attract people.
•  Their most popular picture on Instagram was five weeks ago. It was new promotional program started by Tim Horton which was RRRoll Up the Rim to win is back! It's time to roll out your RRRoll Up rituals. #RollUpTheRim.
•   It had more than 3600 likes and 230 comments.

Instagram 

The reason to get popular this post is because this basically Tim Hortons new sale promotion strategy. They also attract people with many different prizes which build interest in people to get know it better. By that reason people like this and also comment on it.

7-Eleven:

7-Eleven has 67.7K followers and 499 posts on their Instagram account. We also looking their last 10 posts to understand how often they use this media to promote their brand.

•  7-Eleven post new content every week on Instagram. Some time they post twice a week.
• There post include the pictures of the food items, promotional, games and also discounts. They post some video of celebrities to promote its brand.
• They use links and #hashtags in their description to attract people. These include. #regram, #Slurpee50, #HacksOnSnacks and many more.
• They will not using the 50/ 50 rule and simply promote their brand.
• There recent successful post was picture of donuts that include the hashtags and link with @softcorefoodprn description.
• They had more than 1000 likes and 75 comments. 

7-Eleven

The reason for the success of this post because they launch this new menu item with attractive picture. Moreover, the visual of actual product also build interest among people. So, with this media 7-eleven cleverly use this media to improve their presence on people mind.

Tim Hortons vs 7-Eleven on Twitter

Twitter is another powerful social media to attract people around the world. In this post we are going to provide information about Tim Hortons and 7-Eleven using twitter for their brand.

Tim Hortons:

Tim Hortons has approximately 553K followers and 45.1K tweets on their twitter account. By looking at the last 25 tweets we has analyzed the brand presence on it.

• Tim Hortons tweet three time every single day.
• They tweet basically about their promotions, games, offers, images or events to attract customers.
• Tim Hortons follow the 50/ 50 rules whenever they tweet on their account.
• They uses many keywords in their tweets which are #SpreadTheLove, #Timbitshockey, #RolluptheRim etc.
• The successful recent tweet by Tim Hortons was some love stories are simply meant to be. We're officially back together with Nutella! #SpreadTheLove. It was published in March 9, 2016. This tweet had 656 like and 300 retweet.
• Another post was Do you RRRoll with care or rip and tear?  Tell us you’re Roll Up rituals #RollUpTheRim.it was tweeted on February 6, 2016. This tweet had 825 likes and 170 retweet.

successful post

successful post

The reason that these tweets was so successful is due to it being about the new prize event held by them and people show interest for winning that event. Usually the most liked or retweeted things on twitter are either Pictures of Roll UP The Rim winners, or different menu items. People like to stay updated with what new things are happening around the world and this caught many people attention.

7-Eleven:

7-Eleven has approximately 97.9K followers and 24.8K tweets on their twitter account. By looking at the last 25 tweets we has analyzed the brand presence on it.

successful post

• 7-Eleven does not tweet regular basis on their twitter account. They basically tweet once every week or two week.
• Their tweets basically include their menu, discounts or images to attract customers.
• They are less use the 50/50 rule in their tweets.
• 7-Eleven uses different keywords in their tweets. These are basically #HotDogDemocracy, #Slurpee50, #HacksOnSnacks etc.
• The recent tweets achieve success were Kings selling hot dogs? What's next, dictators selling Slurpee? LOLOLOL. It was published on February 23. This tweet had 84 likes and 54 retweet.
• Another tweet was @BurgerKing - In the great hot dog war, there can only be one Weiner. It was tweeted on February 23. It had 59 likes and 43 retweets.

The reason of attaining likes and retweets on these tweets because people love the discounts on food and these tweets basically for combo offers that were directly buzz in consumers mind. And they will try this in 7 eleven stores. 

Krispy Kreme Social Media Networks

Krispy Kreme Social Media Strategy: -

Krispy Kreme is one of the most famous coffee chain in North America. Krispy Kreme is famous for its different coffees as well as for different kind of Donuts provided by them to the customers. Moreover the main positive for the Krispy Kreme is their huge social media presence, which helps them to attract more and more customers.

The various Social media sites which shows the presence of Krispy Kreme are: -

1.       Facebook

2.       Twitter

3.       Instagram

4.       YouTube

5.       LinkedIn

And many more,

Through this post one can easily know how Krispy Kreme uses social media to promote their products and to attract more and more consumers:

The official page of Krispy Kreme on Facebook is Krispy Kreme Donuts. They have 5,118,850 likes on their Facebook page. They seems to be very active as well as they post almost every day. In their post they usually talks about the main products they launch as well as the new programs they started. Apart from that they also comments on their post to answer consumer’s question and to tell people more about that. They also uploads videos to tell people more. Moreover the recent post on their page will tell you about the opening of their new store as they promoted on their page.

            

Krispy Kreme

The Krispy Kreme also have a huge presence on the twitter. As they have 233K followers on Twitter. They are very active on twitter as they post almost every day and in their latest posts they are promoting their new spring donuts which helps them to attract more customers and provide information to the customers about their new products.

                 

Krispy Kreme

They uses the Instagram very often and posts about their new products and the promotions. On Instagram they have 457K followers. They are very good users of Instagram as they posts almost twice a day to attract more and more customers. On Instagram they also posts the pictures of their customers enjoying their donuts as well as coffees, which is a really good strategy to attract customers.

              

Krispy Kreme

Social Media Strategy- Starbucks

Starbucks Social Media Strategy:

Starbucks is an international Coffee Chain which manages global operations and maintains its brand distinction in vastly competitive industry. The company is well aware of the importance of Social Media and thus has a strong presence on all major Social media channels.

Let’s have a look how they manage and perform on various Social media giants:

·        Facebook:

Starbucks have pretty impressive fan following of 36,140,085 people on Facebook. The Company knows they value of keeping direct contact and communication with the consumers. Therefore Starbucks posts 1 post on average of 2 to three days. They also stay engaged with users through their previous posts by commenting on user comments and feedback. They wish people on special occasions and also promote some of their products on these occasions.

Facebook

·        Twitter:

Starbucks also cash from its strong presence on twitter. The Starbucks Main Page on Twitter has 11.7 Million Followers and Starbucks Canada page has 311,294 followers. Starbucks main page on Twitter has 60,903 tweets so far, which is an impressive amount of tweets. Starbucks tweet on twitter on an average of one post per two days. They Post really catchy pictures of their products and services and special tweets on special events. They also promote their special promotions time to time.

Twitter

·        YouTube:

In Case of YouTube, the activities regarding posting new stuff for users slow down a bit because of efforts and resources required to make interactive videos. However, Starbucks Channel maintains 90,653 Subscribers on YouTube and has posted 372 videos so far. They basically post the video’s to promote their products which include consumer views sometimes. They usually post 5-8 videos per week on their channel.

YouTube

·        Instagram:

Starbucks Have 7.9 million followers on Instagram and are pretty active on this social media channel. They have 1,011 posts so far and they usually post one post per day. Just like other social media platforms they promote their products and services, special events and promotions through pictures and video’s on Instagram.

 

Instagram