MISSISSAUGA, ON,
Sept. 15
/CNW/ - Within eight weeks of its launch, the "That's My Forte" Contest campaign achieved an overwhelming response of more than thirty five million impressions. Launched on
Monday, May 25th
, the campaign gave consumers the chance to win 1 of 2 new 2010
Kia Forte
sedans through a dynamic and engaging Photo Contest hosted on Facebook. There were two ways to win a Forte sedan: The first was to have the most popular "Not my forte" uploaded image as voted by Facebook users, or the second was for Facebook users to vote for their favourite images and be entered into a random draw for the second Forte sedan. At the conclusion of the campaign there were 1,346 photo entries and more than 519,000 votes cast by Facebook users.
Natasha Sherwood-Hiltz of
Wellington
, Nova Scotia and
David Hughes
of Couteau Du Lac,
Quebec
were the winners of a brand new 2010
Kia Forte
. Natasha's "Cutting my sister's hair, not my forte" picture received an impressive 4,346 votes and David's committed voting earned him enough ballots to win the draw. The "That's My Forte" Facebook Contest campaign stipulated that contestants were limited to one vote per photo per day. Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
http://www.kia.ca/page/winner_forte
Kia Canada
Inc. (http://www.kia.ca) - is a subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation (KMC) in Korea. Founded in
Canada
in 1999,
Kia Canada
Inc. sells and services high quality class leading vehicles like the Soul and Forte through a network of 155 dealers nationwide.
Kia Canada
Inc. employs 134 people in its Mississauga, Ontario headquarters and four regional offices across
Canada
.
For further information: Kia Canada Inc. Media Contact: Shelley Tavener, Public Relations Manager, Tel: (905) 755-6351, E-mail: [email protected]
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