This summer, New Belgium Brewing has been running the Zag On campaign. The social media-focused campaign urges people “who pedal their own path, who zag when others zig” to share their #zagging stories.
The campaign kicked off with a series of videos, entitled “Zealots of Zag,” which highlight the unconventional accomplishments of several people, such as Johnnyrandom, who makes music from found objects, and a couple who made what they call “The Story Bike,” an enclosure on the back of the bike designed to privately record people’s personal stories.
Collectively, the videos have been viewed over one million times on YouTube.
On social media, the brand is inviting people to tag videos and photos which showcase living in an unconventional but purposeful way with the hashtag #zagging.
A photo posted by Jillian and Sam Liebl (@riftvalleyskills) on Jul 25, 2015 at 2:51pm PDT
A photo posted by Michelle Snodgrass (@mrsnodgrass) on Jul 22, 2015 at 2:38pm PDT
The Onion is helping out as well:
Using your burnt pizza as a plate for the delivery pizza. Now that’s #zagging, just like @newbelgium. pic.twitter.com/NJGuQUidDX — Onion PR (@TheOnionPR) July 16, 2015
There’s also a chance to win a trip to Belgium by creating your own #zagging video, visiting the Summer Zag page (while logged in) or Beer mode app, or by telling New Belgium’s social media traveler, Nic, what you’d like to see him do on the road by tagging posts #MakeNicZag on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
@newbelgium #MakeNicZag by going for a cruise w/ a beer balanced on his head. #Cruiser — Katrina (@Katrsrose) July 23, 2015
Pedal the bike upside down on top of a car while a mullet man cheers you on! #makeniczag — Hayden Powell (@haydentheconq) July 19, 2015
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