Carbonated drink brands put male into focus this fall—a few weeks ago, Dr Pepper rolled out its Ten version for machos across the U.S., and now Pepsi MAX, another brand targeting male consumers, is stepping out with the new marketing activity revolving around male friendship. For the new digital campaign dubbed Top Mates, which has been launched on Facebook, the brand teamed up with advertising agency Clemenger BBDO Sydney. The promotion, which is supported by TV and radio elements across the country as reported by www.bandit.com.au, will be running for a month, but the brand is going to continue using this idea for further fan engagement.

Twitter has launched Twitter Stories, a new entertaining and marketing initiative that explores the ways people use Twitter. The social media company follows its last year’s Twitter Tales success. While ‘Tales’ was an effort to present «a series of quirky and inspiring articles» based on users’ answers to the question, ‘How do you use Twitter?’, this years Stories tells how Twitter has helped people to overcome problems or gain success. 

Kohl’s Department Stores has launched the ‘Love to Give, Happy to Save’ Facebook contest. The contest’s aim is to inspire people to share their stories of giving and let them decide how to allocate half a million dollars from Kohl’s to Feeding America, an organization dedicated to fighting hunger in America through a national network of food banks and Toys for Tots, a program through which  new, unwrapped toys are collected and given as Christmas gifts to children in need.