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  "headline": "\"Fan Work Is Thirsty Work\" expanded to 74-stop campus tour in 2026.",
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  "source_name": "Marketing Dive",
  "source_url": "https://www.marketingdive.com/news/coke-tackles-college-football-season-with-creator-content-fantasy-sports/828780/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PLATINUM · College-football-tied creator platform and experiential tour · Coke\n\n\"Fan Work Is Thirsty Work\" expanded to 74-stop campus tour in 2026.\n\nCoke gets that college football fans don't need Coke to be told to drink—they need Coke to be *there* when they're in the moment. A 74-stop tour sounds massive, but it's a calculated move: you hit enough campuses to get regional density and word-of-mouth, but you're not burning national TV budget. For a smaller brand, this is the template: find the tight fan moment, show up physically in a few high-leverage spots, let the content do the reach. The scarcity of your presence makes you feel premium.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/coke-2026-08-27t03-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/coke-2026-08-27t03-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/coke-2026-08-27t03-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PLATINUM · College-football-tied creator platform and experiential tour · Coke\n\n\"Fan Work Is Thirsty Work\" expanded to 74-stop campus tour in 2026.\n\nCoke gets that college football fans don't need Coke to be told to drink—they need Coke to be *there* when they're in the moment. A 74-stop tour sounds massive, but it's a calculated move: you hit enough campuses to get regional density and word-of-mouth, but you're not burning national TV budget. For a smaller brand, this is the template: find the tight fan moment, show up physically in a few high-leverage spots, let the content do the reach. The scarcity of your presence makes you feel premium.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/coke-2026-08-27t03-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/coke-2026-08-27t03-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/coke-2026-08-27t03-2",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PLATINUM · College-football-tied creator platform and experiential tour · Coke\n\n\"Fan Work Is Thirsty Work\" expanded to 74-stop campus tour in 2026.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/coke-2026-08-27t03-2",
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      "title": "\"Fan Work Is Thirsty Work\" expanded to 74-stop campus tour in 2026.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nCoca-Cola's 'Fan Work Is Thirsty Work' platform, launched in 2024, expanded its presence in 2026 to include a 74-stop campus tour during college football season, per Marketing Dive.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): a college fan during football season is in a hyper-specific mindset—fantasy lineups, watch parties, dorm talk. Coke is not selling 'refreshment,' it's selling the social friction of fandom. By running 74 campus stops, the brand becomes part of the local fan conversation, not a generic national ad. The play: pick a sport or event that owns a time-bound fanbase, then activate in the physical space where they gather. The creator content drives the social signal; the campus stop drives the word-of-mouth proof.\nWhat that means for you: Coke gets that college football fans don't need Coke to be told to drink—they need Coke to be *there* when they're in the moment. A 74-stop tour sounds massive, but it's a calculated move: you hit enough campuses to get regional density and word-of-mouth, but you're not burning national TV budget. For a smaller brand, this is the template: find the tight fan moment, show up physically in a few high-leverage spots, let the content do the reach. The scarcity of your presence makes you feel premium.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Marketing Dive: https://www.marketingdive.com/news/coke-tackles-college-football-season-with-creator-content-fantasy-sports/828780/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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