This document provides an overview and strategy for TGI Fridays' social media presence and content plan. It looks back at their previous static social media posts and implementation of short videos. It proposes shifting to a more meaningful voice on social platforms and building relationships. Ideas are presented for social platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram including videos, employee takeovers, competitions, and influencer collaborations. A 2021 marketing calendar is also included with relevant dates and holidays to consider for campaigns. The goal is to increase engagement and followers through more dynamic content.
2. Overview
• Brand journey social media space: Looking back
and now
• Way forward: Social media strategy
• Building meaningful relationships: Shifting voice
5. • Communication: Product based, dining experiences and campaign
related
• Frequency of posts: On an average, 4 posts per week and daily stories
Looking Back
7. Social Media Life Cycle
INITIATE
ACQUISITION
CREATE
AWARENESS
BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS
INITIATE
DEVELOP
RETAIN
E N G A G E M E N T
• Creating
awareness of
the brand in
social space
• Build on fan numbers
• Open gate to everybody
• Reach threshold fan base
for organic growth
• Like ‘You’ for who ‘You’ are
• ‘You’ are now part of their social network
• Fans initiating and leading conversations with
‘You’
• Stage of Retention & Friendship
• Fans are encouraged to generate content
MOVE FROM BEING A MERE VOICE TO SOMETHING MORE MEANINGFUL
21. SNAPCHAT
STRATEGY
2. Featuring customers in stories
Designate a day of the week when you only put
up images of your restaurant guests in your
Snapchat story. Patrons like to be acknowledged.
Featuring them in your stories will give them their
moment of recognition. Ask them to talk about
their experiences, as well as what makes them
come back every time to eat at your restaurant
(that’s some great word of mouth right there).
22. SNAPCHAT
STRATEGY
3. Influencer Takeover
Designate a day of the week when you only put
up images of your restaurant guests in your
Snapchat story. Patrons like to be acknowledged.
Featuring them in your stories will give them their
moment of recognition. Ask them to talk about
their experiences, as well as what makes them
come back every time to eat at your restaurant
(that’s some great word of mouth right there).
29. Recommendations to increase followers and
engagement
• The following recommendations will help increase followers and awareness for all social
media channels of TGI Fridays
• The focus is to achieve this with the help of reinforcing current messaging of ‘Friday
Feeling’ and building customer loyalty.
30. Past competitions - Results
Results from running competitions – month of June 2020
31. Run competitions to increase followers
• Mechanism: Run sponsored ad Instagram competitions to increase followers and
engagement.
• Idea #1: Create awareness for new activations and offers
• Mechanism: Ask audience a question regarding an upcoming offer like Big AF
burgers
• The audience has to name all 5 burgers of the campaign and they win a meal for
two.
32. Idea #2: Memories at TGIF
• Mechanism:
• Participants will submit their photos of their favorite memories from TGIF
Fridays. It’s a great source of user-generated content and can be used in future
marketing campaigns to show how much people love TGIF.
• Mechanism: Audience has to upload their memories on story/post and tag the
Instagram handle
33. Idea #3: Celebrate a loved one
• The idea is to promote the Friday feeling and giving back
• Mechanism: Audience has to tag their mom/dad/significant other.
• Winners will win a free dinner for their mom/dad/significant other.
34. Engaging Content
• Push engaging content via Instagram stories
• This can be interactive quizzes like: What are your plans for the
weekend?
• Launching a flash pop quiz about TGI Fridays via Instagram Story
35. Instant gratification
• From time to time we create stories and Instagram posts with quizzes via Instagram Stories
enticing users to interact with it to receive a meal on spot
• The quizzes will be posted multiple times throughout the month
• We randomly pick a winner who gets all the answers right: this could be the first one to
comment, first one to tag a friend, the 10th fan to comments the right answer, the one who likes
the post first on first day of month etc.
36. Intimate Social Gatherings
• Host intimate social gatherings with an
influencer
• The influencer will then bring 5-6 of his
influencer friends
37. Reinforce messaging with the influencer campaigns
• Collaborating with existing and new influencers to reinforce messaging for the
brand
• Giveaway competitions – asking them to promote the TGI social accounts to gain
followers from their page followers
38. Collaboration with kid influencers
• The objective of collaborating with kid influencers
would be to highlight their kids menu and birthday
parties
• Kid influencer recommendations are as follows:
• Name: Jayden Joshua
• Profile Link:
https://www.instagram.com/jaydenjoshuadiab/
• Following: 33.2K
39. Kid influencer – Chef Aysha
• The Youngest Emirati Chef
• Winner of Kidzania MiniChef 2018
• Currently studying at ICCA - International
Centre for Culinary Arts
• Number of followers: 76.5K
• Link: https://www.instagram.com/chefaysha/
40. Kid influencers – Noushie & Kikki
• Number of followers: 5,362
• Link:
https://www.instagram.com/noushieandkikki
/
42. How to implement GIF Stickers
Create Instagram GIF Stickers for TGIF
Step 1: Become A Verified Brand on GIPHY
Step 2: Upload Stickers To GIPHY
Step 3: Test Sticker On Instagram Stories
It usually takes a minimum of 2-3 hours for the sticker to be discoverable on
Instagram Stories.
45. January
Focus on Grill kit campaign:
Price: Starts from AED 99
2 premium grade 100% beef patties, 2
slices of American cheese, lettuce,
pickles, tomatoes, sliced onions and 2
brioche buns 1 caesar salad choice of 2
sides and 2 sauces.
46. Overview of competitor activity for Grill Kits
Brand: BBQ Box
Link: https://www.instagram.com/bbqbox.ae/
47. January – Overview of competitor activity for Grill Kits
Brand: BBQ Box
Price: Starts from AED 205
Box of 6 burgers with sauces, cheese
and coffee at an extra cost
48. Overview of competitor activity for Grill Kits
Brand: Salt
Link: https://www.instagram.com/bbqbox.ae/
49. Brand: Salt
Price: Starts from AED 210
10 wagyu beef patties, 10 buns,
lettuce, cheese slices, jalapeno,
pickles, chopped onions, tomato slices,
original salt sauce, fire salt sauce, bbq
sriracha sauce, salt and pepper.
January – Overview of competitor activity for Grill Kits
50. Overview of competitor activity for Grill Kits
Brand: Double Patty
Link: https://www.instagram.com/doublepatty.ae/
51. Brand: Double Patty
Price: Starts from AED 360
Single Patty box with 12 patties
January – Overview of competitor activity for Grill Kits
55. January
Focus on Grill kit campaign:
The focus on January will be the Grillkit campaign.
The campaign will be amplified by:
- Social Media Campaign push
- Sponsored ads
- Influencer campaign
- Creative video campaign
- Photography which shows sand dunes and more
lifestyle oriented content
59. Calendar - January
January 01: English New Year,
January 01: Global family day
January 01: World Peace Day
January 10: World Laughter Day
January 20: National Cheese Lovers Day
January 25: Revolution Day (Egypt)
60. Calendar - February
February 5: World Nutella Day
February 6: Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
February 11: Make a Friend Day
February 14: Saint Valentine's Day
February 25: National Day (Kuwait)
February 26: Liberation Day (Kuwait)
61. Calendar - March
March 8: International Women’s day
March 10: International Day of Awesomeness
March 20: International day of happiness
March 21: Mothers day (Middle East)
62. Calendar - April
April 1: April Fools day
April 3: Find a Rainbow Day
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 12: Easter
April 22: World Earth Day
April 29: International Dance Day
63. Calendar - May
May 1: World Laughter Day
May 1: Labour Day (Egypt and Bahrain)
May 2: Baby Day
May 2: Brothers and Sisters Day
May 11: Eat What You Want Day
May 20: Be a Millionaire Day
May 24: Eid Al Fitr
31 May-6 June: National BBQ Week
64. Calendar - June
June 1: World Milk Day
June 4: National Cheese Day
June 7: World Food Safety Day
June 7: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
June 8: Best Friends Day
June 11: National Corn on the Cob Day
June 21: Father’s Day
65. Calendar - July
July 1: Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
July 1: International Chicken Wing Day
July 1: International Joke Day
July 7: World Chocolate Day
July 17: World Emoji Day
July 23: Revolution Day (Egypt)
July 30: International Friendship Day 2021
July 30: Eid al-Adha 2020
66. Calendar - August
August 1: Eid al-Adha
August 8: International Cat Day
August 9: Book Lover's Day
August 2: Eid al-Adha
August 19: World Photography Day
August 19: National Potato Day
August 23: Islamic New Year
67. Calendar - September
September 4: Bring Your Manners to Work Day
September 4: International Bacon Day
September 9: Teddy Bear Day
September 12: Chocolate Milk Shake Day
September 12: Grandparent's Day
September 13: Fortune Cookie Day
September 13: Positive Thinking Day
September 13: International Chocolate Day
September 21: International Peace Day
September 21: World Gratitude Day
September 23: Saudi National Day
68. Calendar - October
October 1 – International day for the elderly
1 October: World Vegetarian Day
8 October: World Egg Day
14-19 October: Chocolate Week
October 15 – World Students Day
October 16 – World Food Day
25 October: World Pasta Day
29 Oct - Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
31 October: Halloween
69. Calendar - November
November 2: Look for Circles Day
November 3: National Sandwich Day
November 5: Men Make Dinner Day
November 6: National Nacho Day
November 13: World Kindness Day
November 14: Children’s day
November 17: World Student day
November 18: World Adult day
November 21: World Hello Day
November 26: Thanksgiving
70. Calendar - December
December 1: Commemoration Day (UAE)
December 2: National Day (UAE)
December 3: National Day Holiday (UAE)
December 8: National Brownie Day
December 13: Ice Cream Day
December 16: Bahrain Independence Day
December 18: Qatar National Day
December 24: National Chocolate Day
December 25: Christmas Day
December 31: New Year’s Eve
72. Collaboration with media
• Media coverage with popular food channels highlighting dining experiences in Dubai
BBC Good Food Middle East
73. Inviting media to events
• Inviting media to our branches like Rove Downtown for a media event
• The theme of the event could be to sample the new menu like Big AF burgers