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Suburban Subaru Awards XBox 360 with Kinect to Keith Albrycht

Suburban Subaru, a full-service Subaru dealership located in Vernon, CT, partnered with SocialUPs in December 2010 to manage their Facebook fan page and has subsequently increased its fan base 23 times over to 6,008 Facebook “likes.” The dealership recently awarded an XBox 360 to Keith Albrycht.

by Staff
October 6, 2011
2 min to read


 

San Diego, CA – Suburban Subaru is a full service Subaru dealership located in Vernon, CT.  Suburban Subaru partnered with SocialUPs to manage their Facebook fan page. The partnership between Suburban Subaru and SocialUPs started in December of 2010.

Suburban Subaru had 251 Facebook “likes” when they partnered up with Social Ups. Ten months and three contests later Suburban Subaru has increased their fan base 23 times over to 6,008 Facebook “likes.”

October 3, 2011, Suburban Subaru awarded an Xbox 360 with Kinect to Keith Albrycht.  Mr. Albrycht scored 79,200 points on Freddy’s Fishing Fun game to qualify himself for the drawing. In order to be eligible for the XBOX 360 with Kinect contestants must have earned a score of 30,000 points or higher.  All of the game contestants had to be 18 years or older to play. 

About Suburban Subaru 
Suburban Subaru is located on Route 83, on the Manchester/Vernon line in Vernon, Connecticut and founded in 1987. The dealership continues to sell and service Subarus in Greater Hartford area. They hold over 350 new and certified pre-owned cars, trucks, vans and SUVs.

The dealership is owned and operated by Peter Krause. Mr. Krause is a lifetime member of the auto industry, minus his short stint with the United States Military Academy at WestPoint.  The Management team is handpicked and trained by Mr. Krause and been together for 20 of the 25 years Suburban Subaru has been in business. 

 Suburban Subaru’s many awards include membership in Subaru of New England’s Presidential Club as well as being a Charter Member of Subaru’s Chairman’s Roundtable. 

About SocialUPs
SocialUPs is a full service Social Media Development and Marketing Firm. They are strong believers of building relationships and offer their clients comprehensive services to help cultivate their market. 

The numerous services include;  Account Management, Graphic Design, Inventory, Media Branding, Coupon Publishers, Testimonial Manager,  Twitter Traffic  Builder, Media Branding, Contest Systems, Inventory Integration, Form  Integration, and Tiny URLs. All of these solutions can be found on www.socialups.com.  SocialUPs understands that different clients have different needs and offer various service packages.

10/05/11

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