On Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ilhan Omar introduced two bills to eliminate the entirety of the student loan debt in the U.S., following another student loan debt relief plan from Senator Elizabeth Warren released in April. But presidential candidates aren’t the only ones interested in doing something about mounting student loan debt; increasingly, brands want you to believe they are too, mostly so you can buy more of their stuff with the money you save.
student loan debt relief plan from Senator Elizabeth Warren released in April. But presidential candidates aren’t the only ones interested in doing something about mounting student loan debt; increasingly, brands want you to believe they are too, mostly so you can buy more of their stuff with the money you save.
Offering to pay off even just a little bit of your student loans is the hot new marketing trend among brands aiming to build cache with millennials, according to afrom NBC News. Burger King, for example, tweeted “got student loans? what’s ur $cashtag?” last month; the company told NBC News it actually sent money to 800 people who responded.
It’s a nice gesture, but it looks like it was just a set-up to get people to download the Burger King app and use it to order food: Burger King then followed up the tweet by announcing their new marketing campaign, Whopper Loans. The idea is fairly simple and seemingly innocuous: buy some food through their app, enter your information and the amount of your monthly student loan payment, and you could be eligible to win. One person will win up to $100,000, and 300 people will get $500 for their loans.$7.1 billion.
But it seems these types of selective campaigns—whether they’re by millennial-baiting corporations or benevolent millionaires—are increasingly the norm; NBC News points out that beer company Natural Light has twice offered to give away $1 million to 25 people who make the best video “proving they bought the beer and discussing their college experience.” A game show on TruTV last year invited people with student debt to come compete for money to pay off their loans.
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