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| October 06, 2000 | Arnold, Wayne | COPYRIGHT 2000 Haymarket Business Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Wayne Arnold, the campaign director of Profero, looks at Budweiser.com.

We are often asked by clients how best to amplify their offline marketing strategy with a supporting online campaign, and one of the best examples I have seen recently was generated via a link that arrived in my inbox from a friend with the subject "whassup".

Within minutes, the office was full of people screaming "whassup". I was, of course, on the Budweiser. com website. It is a clean guide to the world of Bud, supporting the brand image in almost all aspects of drinking culture from watching sport as portrayed in the TV commercial, through to listening to music and sending Bud postcards.

The area that really kept me interacting with the brand was the "whassup" microsite. Here, the user can view and ...

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