McKinney and EvoApp Kick Off Social Bowl 2012

DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- McKinney and EvoApp announced today the launch of socialbowl.tv, a site for marketers who want to know who leveraged the Big Game for lasting brand and social traction.

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Created as a McKinney Ten Percent project in partnership with EvoApp, Social Bowl will serve up the best, most in-depth social analysis and tackle the tougher questions marketers want to know the most:

• Who are the winners and losers in terms of netting the most social value? What did they do that other marketers should consider?
• Does teasing a spot before the big day help gain social traction?
• What effect does the creativity of the actual ad have?
• Do ads that foster co-viewing (using social and mobile and/or tablets while viewing the game) have a greater effect?

"Until now, Sunday's battle of the brands has been a buzz and popularity contest," said Jim Russell, chief innovation officer at McKinney. "With our partners at EvoApp, Social Bowl digs deeper to find out which marketers' game plan delivered the biggest social and business gains well into the off-season."

"EvoApp is uniquely suited for this project, because our technology enables us to measure and understand the sometimes nuanced impacts of social media in relation to a brand's core metrics in a way that no other company can," said Joe Davy, chief product officer and co-founder of EvoApp. "McKinney brings years of both analytical and creative experience that adds a new dimension of value to our empirical analysis."

EvoApp will track and analyze basic metrics such as trending themes, a variety of sentiment analysis and influence metrics, and share of voice, as well as more advanced metrics such as cumulative sentiment, gross impressions and change in influence. Those metrics will be analyzed to determine their impact on core brand metrics like campaign cost, customer acquisition cost, total impressions, sales impact, Web traffic and stock price.

On February 2, Social Bowl will establish a scorecard for each brand player and report which brands have maximum social momentum going into the big game. One week after the game, Social Bowl will share their preliminary findings. The final report will post in April, allowing marketers to see who succeeded and who failed. In between those milestones, the team will be blogging and posting insights as they find them.

Fans can follow the action during game week and beyond on Twitter @socialbowl and by following the hashtag #socialbowl.

About EvoApp

EvoApp makes powerful big data solutions that make analyzing big data easy.

EvoApp technology finds patterns in relevant conversations that impact businesses, and it provides easy-to-use solutions for social media marketing and customer service, as well as a developer platform.

EvoApp's real-time data mining and analysis solutions give big data meaning by correlating patterns with business metrics. EvoApp's technology has helped customers quadruple lead generation, dramatically improve customer service and accelerate product launches.

Some of EvoApp's customers include ABB, RTI, Bandwidth.com and Teleflex, as well as a number of the Fortune 500.

About McKinney

McKinney is an independent advertising agency leading the evolution of the advertising industry in a post-digital world.

Founded in 1969, the Durham, NC-based agency is recognized for having built one of the most innovative business models in the industry, one that blurs the lines between traditional and digital media. As a result, McKinney has been recognized as one of the best agencies in the country by Advertising Age and one of a handful of agencies setting the standard for creativity by ONE Magazine. The agency's clients include Sherwin-Williams, Mizuno USA, GNC, Gold's Gym, Nationwide Insurance, Big Boss Brewing, Lenovo, Meijer, Ruby Tuesday, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, CenturyLink, Brown-Forman Corporation and Zenph Sound Innovations.

Social Bowl is a project of the McKinney Ten Percent, an initiative that encourages all of the agency's employees to dedicate 10% of their time to innovation.

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