What if we hired a fake tryhard social intern?
CHALLENGE: Back Yard Burgers social media has little engagement and even more irrelevance.
Here’s the idea of Chaz: Back Yard Burgers tweets low-hanging-fruit humor (e.g. “burger is bae”), then immediately replies with an apology from Back Yard Burgers in a more corporate voice saying that intern Chaz is still learning how to build a brand. As Chaz’s background backstory evolved, so did our niche audience in Memphis.
![Chaz_Kanye](https://chrisjardieu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BYB_Chaz_Kanye-580x2003.png)
The threads became longer, building layer upon layer of the Chaz lore. His story had everything—office drama, ineptitude, heartbreak—and was only told in the background.
![Chaz_Elmo](https://chrisjardieu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BYB_Chaz_Elmo-580x4831.png)
At one point, Chaz gave himself the title Social Media Guru. But after several demotions and promotions, the title became fuzzy. So we asked for some help.
![Chaz_Forrest](https://chrisjardieu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BYB_Chaz_forest-580x1651.png)
The idea of Chaz lived for about a year on the Back Yard Burgers twitter account. And about a year after his last appearance and mention, the legend lives on.
![Chaz_Austin](https://chrisjardieu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BYB_Chaz_Austin-580x1198.png)
The idea of Chaz is dead.
Long live Chaz.