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March 2008
How to get some jam on your 'bread and butter' work
Mail & Door Drops
Atmosphere
Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel
A letter to travel agents dramatising the eco-friendly CO2 emissions of Virgin trains – by ‘printing’ the text in ‘air’ itself.
Back To Black
Tribal DDB GmbH
The agency was asked to develop a marketing promotion for men with greying hair that would communicate the benefits of Schwarzkopf Re-Nature, arousing curiosity about the product and generating as many requests for Re-Nature samples as possible.
Big Envelope
Aim Proximity
A direct mailing for Vodafone’s land-line service designed to stick in the mind of small businesses when a follow-up cold call occurred. The mailing encouraged the recipient to send back their previous phone bill, and provided a massively oversized envelope in which to do so.
BMW Aftersales Program
Shackleton
A three-pronged DM program to keep BMW car buyers from migrating to non-affiliated service providers after their warranty period ended.
Bushel
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A very large A1 mailpiece sent out to 6,000 Decision Makers in large Corporates (more than 100 employees) which folded down to A4 for posting. Upon unfolding, the paper read in large lettering 'It’s hard to miss a text message', intending to raise awareness, acceptance and usage of Business Text Messaging from O2.
Cannes Book
Action Ambros
A ‘smuggled’ letter written on the back of a movie poster and contained in a hollowed book to invite AIG clients to a showreel from the Cannes International Advertising Awards.
Christmas Cashback Campaign
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A mailing to Abbey credit card customers to encourage them to use the 5% cashback offer on their card to get themselves a little present during the festive period. To express the point, the mailing itself was the paper to wrap the present up in.
Defender Rough Smooth
Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel
A textured mailing demonstrating the on- and off-road capabilities of the New Defender.
Empty Envelope
Singleton OgilvyOne
A mailing designed to encourage FOXTEL’s Business Account customers to take up a direct debit payment method. To highlight the decrease in paperwork this switch would cause, the customer was mailed an empty envelope with the direct debit information printed on the reverse.
Facebook As Direct Mail – The Media With Bigger Possibilities
Åkestam Holst
A mailing to members of the ad and media industry to express the personal nature of direct mail and invite them to an event. The mailing took the form of a mailed Facebook ‘friend request’, with several key Facebook staples interpreted physically.
Keep Your Fingers
Roi Division
In order to draw attention to the fast turnaround of their tailor-made envelopes, Swedish company Bong Ljungdahl promoted a website based competiton through a series of mailings.
Lopetegui Deposit 'Lopetegui Faints'
Shackleton
In order to advertise its new interest rate on deposits, Banco Gallego produced an integrated campaign around a viral video revealing the reason for ex-Spanish national goalkeeper Julen Lopetegui live on-air faint.
Positions Vacant
OgilvyOne London
A mailing designed to look like the IT recruitment page of a newspaper, sent to MDs of start-up companies to encourage them to sign up for the BT Business One and IT Manager package.
Return To Sender
GOSS
A Christmas card that appears to have been unsuccessfully delivered to a homeless man named Lasse. The card arrived at the target recipient's address because theirs was the ‘return to sender’ address printed on the back of the envelope.
Shhh…No One Will Know
Wunderman ME
A mailing to IT Decision Makers of medium to large sized companies promoting Microsoft's new server and tools system. Designed to help the recipient cover for the newfound sense of freedom the technology would afford them, the mailing contained a small mirror designed to be attached to their computer monitor - warning them of approaching workmates
Something’s Afoot On Islay
Story
A ‘scary’ short story booklet mailed to The Ardbeg Committee – 40,000 evangelical members in over 100 countries worldwide – launching the 'Airgh Nam Beist' whisky.
Something’s Afoot On Islay
Story
A ‘scary’ short story booklet mailed to The Ardbeg Committee – 40,000 evangelical members in over 100 countries worldwide – launching the 'Airgh Nam Beist' whisky.
Stealing Staff
TEQUILAJohannesburg
A guerrilla mailing for TBWAHUNTLASCARIS in order to bolster their creative department.
Tea Party
Wunderman/YR Brands
A mailing/poster campiagn for Land Rover using an iconic event in history to simplify a rather dull and complicated subject, the business tax code, targeting small business owners and persuading them to purchase.
Test The Service Of Vedior
I DO
Direct mail campaign for temping agency Vedior, in which a ‘Test Box’ containing five test tubes filled with ‘bacteria’ was sent to HR managers in order to ‘test’ the service of the company in the event of staff sickness.
The Baptism Letter
OgilvyOne Frankfurt
A mailing, sent to families belonging to the Frankfurt Protestant community that have children under the age of 12 who have not yet been baptised, printed on special paper which revealed its message when submerged in water.
The Ice Breaker
Wunderman ME
A door hanger mailer created for the residents of a building project in Downtown Burj Dubai, encouraging the community to attend a barbeque party.
The World’s Longest Cover Letter
Tribal DDB GmbH
A mailing that demonstrates the exceptional length of the new Golf Variant by describing it from driver’s seat to boot.
Touching Brands Chocolate Letter
Proximity London
A mailing of 6,000 personalised letters made out of the finest milk chocolate. The letter was designed to encourage the target audience to smell, touch and taste it, and explains the principle of engaging the senses to create more emotive connections with customers.
Useful v. Useless Information
OgilvyOne London
A DM pack to show how IBM can help IT Managers find the information their company needs, in a sea of out-of-date, irrelevant data.
Wet Paper
CP Proximity
Aigües de Barcelona (water distributor for Barcelona) was seen as old-fashioned by its clients. In order to launch its new website, where users could complete transactions online, the agency sent out a twist on the ‘usual boring letter’ by making it appear that the paper had been water damaged. Only the important information remained, leading the customer to the website.
Wetsuit
Partners Andrews Aldridge
The mailing of actual wetsuit material to water sports enthusiasts in order to dramatise one of the many reasons why autumn is Wales’ peak season.
Online & Digital
Elvis Alive In Argentina
Wunderman Buenos Aires
In order to showcase the power of Wunderman Buenos Aires’ work, the agency used viral marketing techniques to convince the world that Elvis was alive and well in Argentina.
FOCUS-CAMPUS Webshredder
OgilvyInteractive / OgilvyOne Frankfurt
A website ‘shredding’ site for student magazine FOCUS-CAMPUS, intended to call students’ attention to its quality journalism in a playful, attention-grabbing, and unconventional way.
HSBC Green: 'There’s No Small Change'
RMG Connect New York
A combination of direct mail pieces, online banners and an application heavy website to educate HSBC customers on the small changes they could make on a daily basis to help the current environmental situation, and in turn establish the company as the world’s foremost environmentally friendly bank.
Outdoor & Events
Any Shape
Draftfcb/Lowe Group AG
An ambient campaign for Artesanos Camiseros, a tailor shop in Zürich, in which beautiful shirts were made and fitted for people-shaped objects around the city.
Fork
Arc Worldwide Manila
The Marlboro Red Eye Breakfast was an event platform specifically held in the early morning for telemarketers who work the night shift. Bars were selected as event venues. Guests were treated to a lavish breakfast buffet and piping hot music from popular bands for free. Invitations to the party were unique - a fork shaped into a bracelet that likewise served as one’s event pass.
Left Behind
WWAV Rapp Collins
An ambient campaign featuring a stencilled image of a homeless person placed on walls across London. The media used is reverse graffiti, which works by cleaning dirty walls in the shape of the stencil. The aim was to draw attention to the number of people still on the streets once the excesses of Christmas are over and life returns to normal.
The 12 Days Of Christmas
JWT Beirut
A point of sale piece to educate people about Hepatitis B and C in an effort to help prevent it from spreading through reckless behaviour.
World's Smallest Bank
Wunderman New York
A POS installation in Citibank branches to introduce the launch of Citibank’s mobile banking product. A museum display case, pedestal and red velvet rope featured the world’s smallest bank – a mobile phone!
Integrated
At The Foot Of The Slopes
Proximity BBDO Paris
An integrated campaign highlighting the benefits of the Ski-Train, with extensive ambient activity in railway stations.
BMW Aftersales Program
Shackleton
A three-pronged DM program to keep BMW car buyers from migrating to non-affiliated service providers after their warranty period ended.
Crime Doesn’t Pay
Proximity BBDO Canada
An integrated campaign from Royal Bank of Canada targeting university students with one simple idea: it’s better to sign up for their fee-free banking than to commit petty theft due to poverty. Using a mock law-enforcement agency, the campaign targeted students at every imaginable touchpoint, from the net to the washroom – they just couldn’t escape the long arm of the law!
Lopetegui Deposit 'Lopetegui Faints'
Shackleton
In order to advertise its new interest rate on deposits, Banco Gallego produced an integrated campaign around a viral video revealing the reason for ex-Spanish national goalkeeper Julen Lopetegui live on-air faint.
Send a Singer
WWAV Rapp Collins
An international, integrated campaign to encourage companies to donate their Christmas card budget to Crisis and send a Christmas e-card instead.
Tea Party
Wunderman/YR Brands
A mailing/poster campiagn for Land Rover using an iconic event in history to simplify a rather dull and complicated subject, the business tax code, targeting small business owners and persuading them to purchase.
The Winter Hit
Shackleton
To beat competitors to the first orders of the Winter season, fuel company Cespa released a ‘Winter Song’ via mail and the internet.
Broadcast, Press & Inserts
Direct Campaign
Wunderman New York
An entertaining, multi-channel direct response campaign that dramatises the idea of accident preparedness, and shows that with Nationwide you can be truly ready for the unexpected at a good price.
Dogs Know
M&C Saatchi / Mark
A 30-second radio ad with an ultrasonic frequency (at 20,000Hz) mixed under the voice-over - a sound that humans can’t hear, but dogs can.