In 2010, the American fast food chain McDonald’s launched the “Love McWings” campaign in China, which became a huge success. Over two million Chinese people shared their love to McDondald’s spicy chicken wings online on social media after the campaign announcement the campaign. The company promised to hand out free chicken wings in seven McDonald’s restaurants for seven days, if one million people will participate on the Chinese McDonald’s website (Harward Business Review, 2010). An important trigger for the campaign to become so popular was a fan site set up by McDonald’s on the Chinese social platform QQ. After all, masses of people had to be restricted, because of the huge demand of free chicken wings at the seven shops (Portfolio, 2010).
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