RRLA » application http://blog.redrocketla.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:06:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Pizza Hut rakes in the dough with iPhone app http://blog.redrocketla.com/2009/11/03/pizza-hut-rakes-in-the-dough-with-iphone-app/ http://blog.redrocketla.com/2009/11/03/pizza-hut-rakes-in-the-dough-with-iphone-app/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:20:19 +0000 Scott Posner http://blog.redrocketla.com/?p=253 Drag & drop your toppingsSeveral months ago we posted about a new Pizza Hut iPhone app that let people order their pizza and play a pizza delivery inspired game right on their phone. According to a recent article in Mashable, the pizza maker has generated incremental sales of more than $1 million dollars since the app’s introduction. The app’s success has surprised many, including Pizza Hut’s own senior director of digital marketing, Bernard Acoca.

“We always saw a steady level of growth with our mobile business via our WAP site, but to be candid it wasn’t the explosive level of growth we’ve seen with the iPhone app. iPhone applications capture consumers’ imagination in a way that WAP sites simply can’t do, so the decision to expand to the iPhone was as good one for us.”

In addition to bringing in added revenue, the app has also earned one of the highest distinctions available; it’s been featured in an iPhone TV ad.

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