When trending a sponsored topic backfires for a brand

“Great Minds think alike”, this famous phrase comes to life during recent Reliance Jio Twitter campaign


Some publishers applauded the recent launch campaign of India’s largest private sector company Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) 4G internet service “Jio” on Twitter with the power headlines as “RIL’s #CelebratingJio beats the best of Twitter campaigns” while some found quoted #CelebratingJio: Reliance Jio 4G launch event sweeps Twitter” . Not just impressive but these headlines seems realistic aswell since the hashtag holds the number 1 spot for so many hours as a trending topic on the micro blogging website. Also, if we go by the engagement, reach & impressions numbers of the tweets containing the official hashtag #CelebratingJio, undoubtedly campaign looks like a mega success.

                   But the question arises here “what is unusual about it” ?

So, the answer to the curiosity is that this is the first time when the influencers responsible for creating this trending topic, caught red handed for tweeting almost similar content. These influencers were none but the famous & popular Bollywood celebrities having verified Twitter handles. Take a look into the complied image containing all the tweets


But as always Twitterati immediately responded to this collective endorsement by kicking it in their own style

 


So, it can said that endorsing something is good but "mass endorsement" can sometimes be risky"