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You'd never wish for Christmas to be cancelled, right?  Sadly, that's what happened to thousands of kids in 2013. Record snowstorms mixed with record e-commerce sales created the worst peak season on record for UPS. Planes and trucks were grounded. And with them millions of packages. Santa's helpers in brown couldn't deliver. The headlines said it all: UPS ruins the holidays!  It was a PR nightmare. Here's how we helped them win back social sentiment.  

EVERY DELIVERY STARTS WITH A WISH. 

WHAT'S YOURS? 

WISHES DELIVERED
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#WISHESDELIVERED 

This campaign relied heavily on social participation. We advertised on FB, Twitter, and IG, asking users to submit their wishes to #wishesdelivered. For each submission, UPS donated $1.00 to one of three charities. In the first weeks, we received over 18,000 wishes. All were posted to our site. Some, like Carson, were made into fuller content pieces. They received over 65 million views. And 2.8 million likes and shares. 

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IT PAYS TO PAY IT FORWARD.   

In year two, we granted even more wishes. But this time with a twist. We asked people to pay their wish forward to someone doing good in the world. 

WISHES DELIVERED AGAIN

Turns out there are lots of do-gooders in the world who deserve a wish (videos not clickable) 

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And, of course, Carson had a few wishes of his own to pay forward. 

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GOOD BEGETS GOODIES. 

Cannes shortlist, 3 Bronze, 1Silver Effie, OMMA Awards, Echos, Caples, Best of Ogilvy Award.

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