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Awesome Integrated Campaign #2 AD 216: Class 10, 10/28/14 Gina Collura, Creative Director

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Awesome

Integrated Campaign

#2

AD 216: Class 10, 10/28/14

Gina Collura, Creative Director

Background

+ Challenges

In 2007:

- There were 261 beer brands

advertising on TV in the US

- The combined media spend in the

US $1 billion+

- A little known Mexican beer brand

called Dos Equis almost no

brand equity

- They needed to outwit the

competition, not outspend them

- It tasted like all the other beers

The

Strategy

+Insight

Looking at the broad swathe of beer

commercials, it became apparent that

many advertisers believe that images of

buxom ladies, tailgating and foaming,

frosted glasses are the best way to sell.

Even premium brands assumed a fairly

low degree of intelligence among their

audience.

Consumers were more than a little irked at

the clichés and potty humor that are a

staple of the category. They felt

misrepresented and misunderstood.

Probing further, [the agency]

discovered 2 important truths:

1. What guys wanted more than anything,

was more than hot girls + designer toys.

2. They wanted to be seen as interesting.

They were terrified of being seen as

boring.

That was the white space for Dos

Equis.

The

Strategy

+Insight

The Big Idea

The Most Interesting Man in the World

The Big Idea

The Most Interesting Man in the World

Integrated

Campaign

Campaign launched in local

markets in 2007 + nationally

in 2009

TV was the main media

channel to bring his

personality to life

(30 TV spots)

Agency: Euro RSCG

(now called HAVAS)

A distinct

brand voice

He once had an awkward

moment. Just to see how it feels.

He lives vicariously through

himself.

The police often question him

just because they find him

interesting.

His organ donation card also lists

his beard.

He is an older gray-bearded man

actively engaged in a variety of exotic,

adventurous, and dangerous pursuits:

• running with the bulls

• ski jumping

• arm wrestling the police

• releasing a grizzly bear from a trap

• piloting a motorboat full of beauty-

pageant winners

This is

how a

brand Zags

A distinct

brand voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bc0WjTT0Ps

A characterthat Zags

His actions + personality:

He hangs out with pygmies.

He’s a teacher.

He’s a sage.

He’s a shaman.

He’s a fantasy.

He’s an illusion of things past.

http://current.effie.org/winners/sh

owcase/2009/3496#

An example

of humor + exaggeration

Call the Most Interesting

Voicemail in the World

“For my easy, low-fat blueberry

muffin recipe, please press 5.”

“That was a test. You have failed.

Please try again.”

[Return to main menu]

“Interesting”

Campaign

Extension

Fun

Print

Print

Print

Print

Web

Web

Web

Event

He

joined

FB in

2008

FB

FB

Digital

Digital

Digital

Results:

Did it

work?

• Dos Equis has become the

#6 imported beer in US

• Since campaign started, sales

have increased by nearly 30%

• Dos Equis is the first beer in the

world to reach 1 million “likes” on

Facebook

• Won Gold Effie, 2009 + 2013

Behind

the

campaign

• http://adcglobal.org/the-most-

interesting-man-in-the-world/

When an

idea is big,

it lasts

https://www.youtube.com/user/dosequisbeer

He’s

part

of

pop

culture

He’s

part

of

pop

culture

He’s

part

of

pop

culture

He’s

part

of

pop

culture

https://screen.yahoo.com/tres-equis-ii-000000238.html

Re-Cap

Integrated Campaigns rely on a Big Idea

- If you create a unique personality + voice for a brand,

it can stand the test of time

- It can win industry awards

- It becomes part of pop culture

- A Big Idea can start with TV and extend into other media

channels (print, Web, events, PR, etc)

- When a category is cluttered with a lot of competition,

you must ZAG!

Next Week: 11/4

Class 11

Using your product from Quirky.com and part of your

Integrated Campaign:

Create 3 TV Story Boards for 15 second (:15)

TV Spots:

- Based on your Big Idea, bring it to life with 3 scripts

- Include descriptions of visuals and write the dialogue