{"id":63529,"date":"2017-06-08T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=63529"},"modified":"2017-06-08T13:39:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T18:39:21","slug":"bombobar-uses-social-media-to-attract-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/bombobar-uses-social-media-to-attract-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombobar uses social media to attract customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Beixi(Bessie) Xu<\/strong><br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\n\u200b<\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Bombobar is a walkby window in the heart of the West Loop neighborhood. It serves customers doughnuts, coffee, gelato and more. Bombobar is active on all social media platforms. It has 23,000 followers on Instagram, 17,425 followers on Facebook and 2,129 followers on Twitter. Vivid photographs attract customers from all over the country.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>According to Jennifer Falbo, general manager of Bombobar, it serves 1,000 doughnuts week days, and 3,000 doughnuts on weekends. It also sells 2,000 hot chocolates a week. Be prepared to stand in line because of the social media effect, there is usually a 45 minute to one hour wait on weekends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"bombobar is using social media to attract customers\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/218225709?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">\u200bPhoto at top:Customers from Atlanta are taking selfies in front of the wall.(Beixi Xu\/MEDILL)\u200b<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Beixi(Bessie) Xu \u200b \u200b Bombobar is a walkby window in the heart of the West Loop neighborhood. It serves customers doughnuts, coffee, gelato and more. 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