Sunday, June 12, 2011
Yiatube - Athenos Hummus
YiaTube
Back in March Athenos Hummus started running it's first-ever TV campaign for the brand. The series of hilarious spots feature a traditional greek grandmother (YiaYia) who disapproves of everything except for Athenos Hummus. Athenos has taken it a step further with YiaTube, a custom gadget that features the TV spots, but also allows users to customize YiaYia's disapproval by creating their own video. Users can either generate a subtitled video of their own featuring YiaYia (you can see the one I created while stuck in an airport after BA cancelled my flight last Friday) or they can download animated GIFs with subtitles (think Meme generator but with a Greek Grandma).
Overall just a fantastic way of taking great TV commercials extending the life of the campaign by bringing it into the digital space. Athenos is giving users the tools to create a sense of ownership by enabling them to create personalized, spreadable content that ties back to the brand presence.
Supporting Articles: Brand Channel |
Note: for some reason this doesn't seem to have gotten a lot of media mentions around the web yet.
Perrier - Le Club
Le Club Perrier Youtube Channel
'The more people that watch, the hotter the party.' That's the idea behind the new Le Club Perrier campaign. Its new YouTube channel features a video of a club scene, accompanied by a thermometer/view meter accompanying the video player. The more that people watch the video, the more scenes will get unlocked and the hotter/steamier the video will become. In total there are six levels/videos to unlock before the entire video is complete. Though it's only be going for a few days, it's already been viewed 2+ million times and has unlocked the first three videos.
It's a great mechanism to encourage viewers to both share the video and to encourage repeat views/visits as users will come back to see if the channel has progressed to the next level. In addition to prominent sharing features, the custom gadget also includes a free download of the music track featured in the video.
The campaign, developed by Ogilvy Paris, will "include a 360-degree integrated effort, including TV/digital media buy, point-of-sale materials and mobile. “Le Club Perrier” will be rolled out around the world in the US, Canada, Belgium and France and will run through the end of the summer."
Supporting Articles: Brand Channel | The Next Web | PopSop
Nike Chosen
Nike Chosen
Here’s the latest global campaign from Nike and it’s pretty sweet. It represents Nike's biggest foray into the action sports arena. Nike’s 'Chosen', brings together footage from skating, surfing, BMXing and snowboarding in a beautiful 90 second spot. The video fits within the ubiquitous 'Just Do It' theme and showcases extreme sports footage shot at night over two years in seven locations, Hawaii, Florida, New York, Los Angeles, Whistler, Aspen and Bali. Viewers are then invited to take part in a the Chosen contest...
'After the viewer is left inspired by the footage below they can then get involved in the contest on Facebook and at www.nike.com/chosen, inviting skaters, surfers, BMX riders, snowboarders and skiers to submit a video of their own. The winners, selected by fans, athletes and Nike, will have the chance to travel with the Nike team while enjoying exclusive Nike products and experiences.'
What's interesting about this campaign (developed by 72andsunny) is that it follows a similar playbook to the one that VW established with 'The Force' commercial. In this case, Nike posted the spot to Youtube & Facebook 3 days before the TV spot debuted during the NBA finals. Nike has posted an extended version of the Chosen film and will also post a 20-30 minute behind the scenes video sometime in the near future. It's also important to note that the contest is being run exclusively on Facebook and Facebook is really the hub of the campaign activity, with special fan pages setup for each of the athletes featured in the spot and the contest will in part be determined by Facebook fans and who they think should win.
Supporting Articles: NY Times | The Inspiration Room | PopSop | Creativity | TheNextWeb
Canon Project Imagin8tion
Canon Project Imagin8tion
Canon has teamed up with the director Ron Howard as part of a new user generated contest designed to inspire a Hollywood short film. Project Imagin8ion, encourages photographers to submit digital snapshots that fall into one or more of eight different movie theme categories. Howard will help pick the best and turn them into a user-generated/inspired short film. The winning photos will be selected after June 14 and the film will be shot with a Canon DSLR, eventually premiering this fall in New York at a red-carpet event. Script development will not begin until all eight photos are chosen, which is a novel approach not unlike Life In A Day.
The campaign (developed by Grey New York) and accompanying Youtube gadget is a nice example of how user generated content (in this case photos rather than just video) can serve as creative inspiration. The custom gadget integrates various social feeds and allows users to upload photos from their computer or connect with Facebook or Flickr. The Youtube community also is given the opportunity to vote for the photos that they like, which which will help to inform Howard's selections.
Supporting Articles: LA Times | Inspiration Room | Creativity
BONUS: Viral Hit Of The Week
T-Mobile Angry Birds Live
We've all heard the incredible usage numbers behind Angry Birds, ie. collectively users play 125 years of Angry Birds every single day. T-Mobile has taken it a step further and developed a smartphone controlled live action gameplay of Angry Birds. Check out the video which has gathered millions of views in just a few short days.
We've all heard the incredible usage numbers behind Angry Birds, ie. collectively users play 125 years of Angry Birds every single day. T-Mobile has taken it a step further and developed a smartphone controlled live action gameplay of Angry Birds. Check out the video which has gathered millions of views in just a few short days.
Intel - Museum Of Me
Intel Museum Of Me
Intel has been doing some great stuff lately as part of their efforts to shift their messaging away from processor speeds, tech specs and instead focus on how Intel technology enables our digital lives. Museum of me follows on the heels of The Chase film and the Visual Life Youtube contest that recently wrapped up. Museum of Me turns your social life and Facebook presence into a museum showcase:
'If you haven’t stumbled upon Intel’s Museum of Me yet, you really need to give it a go. A showcase of everything that’s brilliant and creepy about the social Web, it hooks into your Facebook account to build a museum… of you. Within seconds of authorising your account, you’ll be taken on a video tour of the museum, which has rooms dedicated to your life, your friends, places you’ve been, things you’ve liked and even a huge screen displaying words from your status updates.
Kaiser Chiefs - Create Your Own Album
Kaiser Chiefs
The Kaiser Chiefs (in conjunction with W+K London) have created a really cool DIY music concept for the release of their new album, 'The Future Is Medieval.' The idea is that users can create their own bespoke version of the new Kaiser Chiefs album and then promote/sell their personalized version. Fans listen to all the tracks, then choose 10 tracks for their personal album, design the album artwork and finally sell it. For each version of 'their' album sold the fan keeps £1. Really cool concept that you could see living on Youtube at some point in the future (policy issues not withstanding). Check out the blog post from W+K London for more info.
Supporting Articles: Adverblog | Campaign Live | Variety
Monday, May 16, 2011
Skoda Puzzle
Skoda Puzzle Youtube Channel
Supporting Articles: Campaign | Creativity Online | The Drum
Skoda is inviting viewers to solve an interactive mystery for the chance to win a Skoda Rs. The interactive mystery/puzzle will unfold over 10 weeks with users having to solve a new clue each week.
Skoda is a major sponsor of crime drama programming on Channel 5. As part of a cross-media interactive campaign they are promoting the Skoda puzzle campaign through the Skoda idents on Channel 5. The idents drive users to skodapuzzle.com (which itself redirects to the Youtube channel). Users must successfully find the clue and answer a question on the Youtube channel each week. Finding each week’s clue builds an online trail that will eventually lead to where the Skoda Rs is hidden on Google Street view. They’re also heavily utilising their Facebook page and Twitter feeds to help users share clues as well as run smaller giveaways/challenges.
It sounds a bit complicated, but it actually works. It’s a nice way to create a sustained campaign that encourages participation over the entire campaign lifecycle by having a big prize at the end. It’s also notable that they’re incentivizing participation for less dedicated users by running smaller accompanying competitions/giveaways via Twitter & Facebook. We’ll have to see what the actual numbers are at the end of the campaign.
It sounds a bit complicated, but it actually works. It’s a nice way to create a sustained campaign that encourages participation over the entire campaign lifecycle by having a big prize at the end. It’s also notable that they’re incentivizing participation for less dedicated users by running smaller accompanying competitions/giveaways via Twitter & Facebook. We’ll have to see what the actual numbers are at the end of the campaign.
Supporting Articles: Campaign | Creativity Online | The Drum
Lynx Stream
Lynx Stream
Ever wanted to document your night out with friends? Wouldn't it be great if you could get a nice summary of your night in one place? The Lynx Stream mobile app is to allow users to do just that. The Lynx Stream mobile app allows users to create an event and invite all their friends who will be partying with them. Check out the demo video. Once invited, each person will be able to tweet, shoot video and photos, and comment all within thelynxstream.com. The next day, you just login, view the stream, and cring at the previous nights debauchery. You can then share the stream out to your various social networks (and course it includes the ability to delete individual items in the stream).
This idea will be familiar to anyone who has used MemoLane for pulling together all of their own personal activity across various networks into one place and one timeline. This shifts the concept and adds a social element focusing on pulling all of digital breadcrumbs from one place/event rather than just one person. Great example and execution of creating a branded tool that integrates into the audience lifestyle/behavior.
Supporting Articles: Contagious | Mashable | Marketing Week
Ever wanted to document your night out with friends? Wouldn't it be great if you could get a nice summary of your night in one place? The Lynx Stream mobile app is to allow users to do just that. The Lynx Stream mobile app allows users to create an event and invite all their friends who will be partying with them. Check out the demo video. Once invited, each person will be able to tweet, shoot video and photos, and comment all within thelynxstream.com. The next day, you just login, view the stream, and cring at the previous nights debauchery. You can then share the stream out to your various social networks (and course it includes the ability to delete individual items in the stream).
This idea will be familiar to anyone who has used MemoLane for pulling together all of their own personal activity across various networks into one place and one timeline. This shifts the concept and adds a social element focusing on pulling all of digital breadcrumbs from one place/event rather than just one person. Great example and execution of creating a branded tool that integrates into the audience lifestyle/behavior.
Supporting Articles: Contagious | Mashable | Marketing Week
Pepto Bismol Pinata Smash
Pepto Bismol Pinata Smash
In honor of the Cinqo De Mayo holiday, Pepto Bismol launched the new Pepto Bismol Pinata Smash gadget. First a bit of background...Pepto Bismol is a medicine to relieve stomach problems (heartburn, indigestion, nausea, etc.), many of which are associated with overeating. They’ve recently been undertaken a marketing overhaul that aligns their marketing activity around overeating occasions (July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and now Cinqo De Mayo). The tagline is “Pepto’s got you covered.”
In this case, users create a custom video experience by select one of four piñatas, one of three food fillings, and finally a “smasher” to obliterate their creation. All in all there’s 19 different options/videos. It’s sort of like Tippex meets Chrome Destruction Labs.
The campaign was also supported by a masthead execution and a TV segment during the Jimmy Kimmel Live. Overall a clever execution from a brand that isn’t normally associated with compelling video content. Also interesting to note:
“Another facet of the plan is a complete reversal of Pepto’s ad spending breakdown. Previously, up to 90% of the brand’s ad budget went to traditional media like TV; now that figure is as low as 10%. Most of the rest goes toward digital media. The company claims that since the switchover, sales have improved.”
In honor of the Cinqo De Mayo holiday, Pepto Bismol launched the new Pepto Bismol Pinata Smash gadget. First a bit of background...Pepto Bismol is a medicine to relieve stomach problems (heartburn, indigestion, nausea, etc.), many of which are associated with overeating. They’ve recently been undertaken a marketing overhaul that aligns their marketing activity around overeating occasions (July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and now Cinqo De Mayo). The tagline is “Pepto’s got you covered.”
In this case, users create a custom video experience by select one of four piñatas, one of three food fillings, and finally a “smasher” to obliterate their creation. All in all there’s 19 different options/videos. It’s sort of like Tippex meets Chrome Destruction Labs.
The campaign was also supported by a masthead execution and a TV segment during the Jimmy Kimmel Live. Overall a clever execution from a brand that isn’t normally associated with compelling video content. Also interesting to note:
“Another facet of the plan is a complete reversal of Pepto’s ad spending breakdown. Previously, up to 90% of the brand’s ad budget went to traditional media like TV; now that figure is as low as 10%. Most of the rest goes toward digital media. The company claims that since the switchover, sales have improved.”
Note: gadget was taken down, but can still be found here
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