The Promoboxx Blog

At Promoboxx HQ, our platform has always provided brands a way to easily target local consumers by executing co-branded marketing campaigns with local retailers. Since launching several successful campaigns – from Chevy’s latest “Diamonds & Dreams” Campaign to Trek’s Tour de France “Summer Giveaway” – our team has been busy designing new ways to further […]

Welcome to Pboxx HQ! Check out this fresh new video as we take you “Behind the Scenes” at Promoboxx. Meet the team, watch us have an incredibly awesome time at work and see some of our cool office toys! As always, we would love to hear from you! Your friends, Team Pboxx @Promoboxx

Manufacturing brands are looking to innovate the retail marketing experience for consumers through locally-targeted online promotions, but unlike many of those brands, Reebok Classics is engaging its retailers in the action. About The Campaign Reebok Classics is utilizing Promoboxx to create co-branded online giveaways with hundreds of their boutique urban retailers across the United States. […]

Every brand would love to see buzz around its products and services. When customers are discussing your brand among themselves, this chatter provides an organic form of word of mouth marketing. But how can brands generate buzz from their customers online? Marketing campaigns designed for social media are a great place to capture this huge […]

It’s a rather simple question: how will mobile technology impact local retailers? In this post, we’ll try to analyze the mobile retail landscape as a whole before understanding some of the major players and our predictions for the future. By The Numbers According to the 2012 Deloitte Retail & Consumer Spending Survey, Smartphones will influence 19%, […]

It’s official: Pinterest is more than a passing fad. With a highly active community of 15.6 million monthly active users, brands and retailers cannot ignore these eyeballs. At a basic level, Pinterest is a visually-oriented social bookmarking tool—a “virtual pinboard”  if you will. Users can aggregate visual content from around the web onto their boards. These boards, or collections, are public […]

Though e-commerce is an established, rapidly growing industry, traditional brick & mortar retail isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, sales made offline still dramatically outnumber those made through e-commerce. For this reason, brands and retailers need to find ways to target consumers online who may then purchase products in-store. More than 9 out of […]

It’s official: the web has just sent Pitbull to Kodiak, Alaska. Across the web people are commenting on the failed promotion between Pitbull, the multi-platinum recording artist, and Sheets, the dissolvable tongue strips brand. At the center of the promotion is Walmart, which teamed up with Sheets to highlight “My Local Walmart” on Facebook. In […]

This summer, Chevrolet is partnering with its 3,000+ dealers nationwide to promote the “Love It or Return It” Chevy Confidence guarantee. The offer, running from now until September 4, 2012, aims to give consumers complete peace of mind with their Chevy purchase. To get the word out on Chevy Confidence, Chevrolet recently launched a series of co-branded campaigns with […]

We don’t hide the gratitude we have for TechStars. Katie, Reed, and David took a huge chance on Promoboxx, and we’re forever indebted. In fact, if they ever asked me to join a Lord of Rings style war for Accelerator Earth, I’d be like that crazy old dude leading the battle of Helm’s Deep. And while they haven’t asked, nor will […]

At Pboxx HQ, we’re always looking for the next best thing. Right now that happens to be a Senior Software Engineer! So, if you – or someone you know – wants to join a small, yet fast-moving 2011 Boston TechStars startup, here’s your opportunity. Promoboxx is based in the South End of Boston. We’re looking […]

For some products, it’s a win just to end up on retailers’ shelves. But in reality, product placement is just the first step towards increasing sales and adoption by consumers. Today’s sales environment requires that brands actively engage retailers by providing the means to promote your brand. Fortunately, social media marketing provides many ways to […]