TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/20/11 — today partnered with to launch a national Facebook marketing program across five brands in the L-Oreal Canada portfolio: , , Shu Uemura, and .
“Syncapse will deliver an increase in fan engagement and campaign effectiveness for L-Oreal Canada,” Syncapse President & CEO Michael Scissons said. “Bottom line, Syncapse Platform will maximize L-Oreal-s return on investment in social media marketing.”
The is the industry-standard social media management solution for enterprises. For Fortune 500 clients like L-Oreal, that platform is the category leader in building and managing Facebook tab content, maintaining a detailed content publishing calendar, controlling access and workflow, and measuring performance on each brand-s Facebook page. Initially, L-Oreal Canada will be deploying the Syncapse Platform across the five cited brands. Later it plans to roll out the platform for the other brands in its 25-brand portfolio.
“Partnering with Syncapse will improve our ability to communicate with consumers on the world-s most popular social network,” L-Oreal Canada VP, Chief Marketing & Corporate Communications Officer Marie Josee Lamothe said. “The ability to manage communications and measure engagement across multiple brands, communities and stakeholders will ensure L-Oreal Canada-s investment in social media marketing are optimized and have a positive impact on our overall business objectives.”
Canadians are among the most dedicated users of Facebook in the world(i): . In leveraging the Syncapse Platform, L-Oreal Canada will capture increased mindshare of this highly engaged audience. The Syncapse Platform also enables clients to extend their marketing program across the social Web to other popular social networking sites, including Twitter and YouTube, as well as blogs on MovableType and WordPress.
L-Oreal Canada will use the Syncapse Platform-s measurement capabilities to understand key measures of marketing performance, such as earned media value, fan engagement, community health, and brand favorability across its owned social media presence – insights that are exclusive to the Syncapse Platform.
“Syncapse-s technology and strategic services will enable us to provide our consumers with the best possible value out of their relationship with our brands on Facebook,” says Alexandre Allard, Garnier, Maybelline NY and Essie Digital and CRM Manager.
About Syncapse Corp.
Founded in 2007, Syncapse Corp. is a global leader in enterprise social media management with offices in Toronto, London, New York, Portland, and San Francisco. The Syncapse Platform is a comprehensive, cloud-based software platform where brands can create their social media presence, manage the communication, and measure the engagement across multiple markets, stakeholders, and channels. The Syncapse Platform is supported with a complete suite of client services to ensure successful implementation and execution, so companies and their brands can embrace social media as a key element of their marketing mix. Syncapse is a member of Facebook-s Preferred Developer Consultant program and employs a team of passionate social media professionals worldwide. To learn more visit .
About L-Oreal Canada
L-Oreal Canada, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of L-Oreal Group, the largest cosmetics company in the world. Headquartered in Montreal, L-Oreal Canada had sales of $858 million in 2010 and employs 1,200 people. The company-s prestigious brand portfolio of over 25 brands includes Kerastase, L-Oreal Professionnel, Redken, Matrix, L-Oreal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, Ombrelle, Lancome, Biotherm, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Kiehl-s Since 1851, Victor & Rolf, Laboratoires Vichy et La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Pharmaceutique. Most recently, L-Oreal acquired The Body Shop, Yves Saint-Laurent Beaute, Roger & Gallet and Stella McCartney.
(i)Source: 6S Marketing, Facebook Usage in Canada Infographic, May 3, 2011.
Contacts:
Syncapse Corp.
Meg Sinclair
Manager, Corporate Communications
+1.646.578.1628
L-Oreal Canada
Virginie Hotte-Dupuis
Manager External Relations & Philanthropy
+1.514.287.4618
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