Reckitt Benckiser’s poweRBrands™ Facebook game wins major award

Oct. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- poweRBrands™, the innovative Facebook business game launched by Reckitt Benckiser in July this year has just won its first major award.  
At this year’s prestigious National Graduate Recruitment Awards, held in London on Friday, October 22, poweRBrands™ won Best Graduate Recruitment Marketing Campaign.

Commenting on the win, Claudia Bach, Corporate Brand Marketing and PR Manager, said:  “We are very proud to have won this award.  RB created poweRBrands™ to reflect the excitement and challenges that a career at RB can offer.  It was the first virtual business game on Facebook and an innovative and exciting way of communicating our key graduate and young professional recruitment messages.
"poweRBrands™ is part of a serious initiative to make learning about industry and marketing both relevant and fun. We hope that while enjoying the game, some players will be intrigued enough to click onto our online career information and learn more about us.”

Judges commented that the RB poweRBrands™ submission demonstrated in innovative campaign with great visual impact, and had shown evidence of the way in which the game had grabbed the attention of its target audience.
The poweRBrands™ supporting online advertising focused on LinkedIn, Google search and Facebook reaching 56% of the target universe.  
Within the first month of going live, the game had already reached 92,000 monthly active users, and over 6,000 fans. Monthly visits reached more than 110,000*.  Player demographics show a tight fit with the key RB target groups.

*source: Google Analytics and Facebook insights data

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About Reckitt Benckiser:
RB is a world leader in household, health and personal care.
Its headquarters are in the UK, with operations in 60 countries. Today it is the global number 1 or 2 in the majority of its fast-growing categories.
Its portfolio is led by 17 global Powerbrands which include Lysol, Finish, Cillit Bang, Dettol.