Showing posts with label Volkswagen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Volkswagen. Show all posts

Feb 16, 2013

Marketing campaigns and articles of the week

                            



As you may have already noticed they have been some changes in the blog format. Today is the first post where it will be made a week's summary of the best advertisements campaigns and general marketing articles. These choices aren't based on a rigorous scientific criterion, the criteria is the campaign humor, shock, creativity, and utility when choosing an article. 



Let's start first with the advertising campaigns chosen: an arcade beer game, a really sweating  stress test,  a distracted masked traveler,  and an alternate universe.  


Beercade, "The Last Fighter"



The Big Boss campaign by McKinney, they built a arcade game where the prize is a Beer, 
Beercade is the first ever beer-dispensing arcade game that takes the snore factor out of beer sampling.





Nivea Deo, "Stresstest" 


Nope it's not a cheerful flashmob but a "shockmob".  Nivea puts people through a fearing stress test while waiting they wait for their flight. 





Volkswagen, "Mask"

 Suddenly a masked guy enters in a convenience store, is he gonna rob the store, shot by the owner, only passing by, or about to discover his true love? 




 Dell, "Meet Thomas: Creator of an Alternate Universe"


Meet Thomas M. Wilks. A imaginative district manager who have dreams while tripping in a train, which makes wonders to his writing.






Secondly the Print or outdoors best campaigns: A Toyota muddy band, You Nap, You Lose, and the Chidren Heart disease outdoor awareness campaign


Toyota Tundra AWD, "Music"


Mud, Toyota speakers and rock'n roll.





Itau Cafe, "Nap"


Never feel asleep again during important moments with Itau Cafe.







HeartKids, "Open heart"


Heart Kids interact with the streets to make people aware of the heart problems in new born children. 





To finish, the chosen articles:

Feb 14, 2013

Marketing Picks of the Day


Campaign of the Day: Volkswagen, "Mask"


Classification: Creativity: 4,5;  Call to action: 4;  Empathy for the Brand: 4,5 Total: 4,3





Credits 
Agency:
Deutsch Los Angeles
CCO:
Mark Hunter
Client:
Volkswagen
GCD:
Michael Kadin
GCD:
Matt Ian
Senior AD:
Paul Oberlin
Senior Copywriter:
Matt Sherman
Director of Integrated Production:
Vic Palumbo
Director of Content Production:
Victoria Guenier
Executive Integrated Producer:
Jim Haight
Prod. Co.:
Biscuit Filmworks
Director:
Noam Murro
EP:
Shawn Lacy
Head Of Production:
Colleen O'Donnell
Line Producer:
Jay Veal
Editorial:
Spot Welders
Editor:
Haines Hall
Asst Editor:
Kai Yu
EP:
David Glean
Producer:
J. Patrick McElroy
Post:
The Mill
Sound Design:
740 Sound Design & Mix
Audio Post:
Lime



Print & Outdoor pick: Itau Cafe, "Nap" : You Nap you Lose










Credits:
Advertising Agency: RC Comunicação, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Executive Creative Director: Guilherme Araújo
Art Director: Eduardo Araújo
Copywriter: Gustavo Costa
Photographer: Blink Images
Art Buyer: Bruno Retes
Typographers: Eduardo Araujo, Geraldo Fernandes
Account manager: Maria Raquel Lima
Retouching: Carlos Brandão



Article of the Day:


Brand Building And Fear by  (click to read)



Unfortunately, fear is still the primary motivator among humans. I say unfortunately because I would hope that one day we would transcend our fears and be motivated primarily by our highest dreams and visions. It would lead to a much more utopian world....

Nov 3, 2011

Volkswagen: Fanwagen

Classification: Creativity: 4,5;  Will to buy: 4,2;  Empathy for the Brand: 4,7
Total: 4,5


Volkswagen Netherlands launched a new campaign entitled Fanwagen, which gives fans the possibility  to decide which Volkswagen classic model they wish to revive, the Transporter or the Beetle.
To do that you have to go to the Volkswagen Fanwagen Facebook page and vote with a like in your favorite model, after all it's "Made by fans, Built on Likes, and win the chosen vehicle as a reward.




The Volkswagen FanWagen is social media equiped, you can update your status, print your news feed among other social features.




   









Credits
Advertising Agency: Achtung!, Netherlands

Oct 25, 2011

New Volkswagen Beetle: Juiced Up Interactive outdoor campaign

Classification: Creativity: 4;  Will to buy: 3,7;  Empathy for the Brand: 4

Total: 3,9



The new Volkswagen Beetle has grown a par, the previous Beetle model was too effeminate to be a big hit like is predecessor.   

 I don't know what kind of consumers Beetle wants to attract with this new model, maybe girls with a taste for fast cars. If the purpose of Volkswagen is to compete with the new Mini and Fiat 600, a more masculine target , Volkswagen takes the risk in cannibalizing the consumers from the Golf brand. One thing is certain with this new model the brand will most likely lost the women target. 



Volkswagen Beetle 2011 Super Bowl XLV television commercial



OK, this new Beetle is more powerful and masculine, but that's not enough to be an icon like the original one. The original one was the people's car, simple, cheap, easy to maintain, a economic car, an angle unexplored by this new expensive and exquisite Beetle. Strange because we are now facing a crisis and cheap car with a great tradition behind will certainly be a huge hit, you know like his predecessor. 


But truth said this new Beetle has a beautiful design, and this new campaign is worthy of the Volkswagen previous wonderful and effective campaigns. Let's wait and see, if the new design with the excellent campaigns, are capable of bringing back the Beetle fever.  


Advertising Agency: Red Urban, Canada
Creative Director: Christina Yu
Writers: Matt Syberg-Olsen, Jon Taylor
Art Directors: Damian Simev, Liam Johnstone
Producers: Andrea Hull, Sam Benson
Account Director: Nicole Milette
Tech Consultant: Joe Dee
Production: Pixel Pusher
Animation / Design: Bully! Entertainment
Video Director / Editor: Tyler Williams

Oct 13, 2011

Commercial Volkswagen - Art Heist


Classification: Creativity: 4,4; Will to buy: 3,6 ; Empathy for the Brand: 4,6
Total: 4,2