Dr. Pepper Dangles Tuition Money In Front of College Students

“Dr. Pepper is changing lives” is not the kind of promotional come on we’re used to hearing from a large packaged goods brand. Which makes this “marketing as a service” campaign from the beverage brand sort of interesting.

But does it sell more soda? You be the judge…

Here’s a new entry in the brand’s 2011 $1,000,000 Tuition Giveaway consumer generated media contest, which is presently the featured on the DrPepper.com home page.

I’m happy to see Dr. Pepper stepping up in this way to help, but I am troubled by the fact that the majority of our nation’s young people can not afford a college education.

About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17 (she went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time). Today, I live near Portland, Oregon and spend my days building brands for companies that matter.