Pepsi launches Refresh Project

The Pepsi Refresh Project, a social-media/cause marketing hybrid intended to replace the soft-drink giant's conventional Super Bowl ad campaign, is to be formally rolled out later today. Users can log on to a dedicated Web site to submit and vote on proposals for community-development projects, with Pepsi pledging $20 million to fund the winners. "Our idea was that this year we'd try to shift the marketing and communications to something that's truly walking the walk," said Pepsi's ad man.

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