Citroën DS5 Twitter Race won Silver in ‘Social Media Campaigns’ at this year’s Lovie Awards, where Perfect Fools CEO Patrick Gardner also served in the jury (no connection, we swear!). The campaign involved live-streaming from inside a Citroën DS5 car driven according to directions tweeted by an online audience. Perfect Fools produced the campaign for Euro RSCG Amsterdam.

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Today Ad Age presented their list of the 10 Best Social-Media Campaigns of the Year, which included the ‘Twitter Race’ for Citroën made by Euro RSCG Amsterdam and Perfect Fools.

On the 17th of November Twitter users had the chance to win a new Citroën by tweeting the driver into where to go next in and around Amersfoort, the Netherlands, and then being the first one to re-tweet once the journey was up. The tool aggregated real-time tweets tagged with #ds5race, while a live videostream from inside the car was broadcast on the Citroën NL Facebook page.

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Euro RSCG Amsterdam and Perfect Fools have created the world’s first Twitter Race. On November 17 Twitters users have the chance to win a new Citroën by tweeting the driver into where to go next, and then being the first one to re-tweet once the journey is up. The tool aggregates real-time tweets tagged with #ds5race, while a live videostream from inside the car will broadcast on the Citroën NL Facebook page. The event takes place in Amersfoort, Netherlands, and is part of the launch marketing activities for the new Citroën DS5.