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Agency self-Promotion

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Issue 62 | March 2022

Microsoft 'Multiply'

Wunderman
Issue 5 | December 2007

A 'Russian Doll' series of tubes expressing the proposition 'Do more with what you've got'.
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Pimp Our Ads (pimpourads.com)

Lavender*
Issue 5 | December 2007

An integrated campaign driving people to create their own road safety ads via an interactive website pimpourads.com for the chance of winning a Toyota Yaris.
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Scam Letter'

M&C Saatchi / Mark
Issue 5 | December 2007

A 'scam letter' in the form of familiar email spam contained within a warning plastic envelope, appearing as if having been intercepted by Optus Security Suite and alerting the recipient to the fact that the letter may be spam.
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Science 'Jelly Baby' DM and Email

Draftfcb London
Issue 5 | December 2007

A mail and email campaign inspired by the 'Death of the Jelly Baby' experiment to capture the sense of awe and discovery possible in Science teaching.
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SickKids 2006 September Loyalty DM

Rapp Collins, a division of DDB Canada
Issue 5 | December 2007

A September loyalty mailing to SickKids donors, leveraging a 'back to school' theme and incorporating a brown paper lunch bag as the 'bounceback'.
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Terra Fighters 2007

OgilvyOne worldwide Madrid
Issue 5 | December 2007

An incentive plan for the Terra sales team, based on the theme of Mexican wrestling and pitting the sales reps' skills against each other for the chance of winning quarterly prizes and a holiday.
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The Dangers of Backyard Cricket

Rapp Collins Melbourne
Issue 5 | December 2007

A mailing demonstrating that the most innocent activities can potentially put you out of action to highlight the need for income protection. A humorous brochure and straight-talking letter point out the hazards of playing backyard cricket to an audience of young family men who might otherwise think they were low risk.
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The Road To Enlightenment

Claydon Heeley, a division of Zulu Network
Issue 5 | December 2007

The Road to Enlightenment is a whole new philosophy on city driving, hosted by Dr Tridion and brought to you by the new smart fortwo. The central hub of the campaign is Dr Tridion's site - www.smartenlightenment.co.uk - where you can learn more about your driving demeanour and explore the new fortwo. Customers were driven to the site via a series of interactive banner ads, demonstrating key product points in self-help language. A DM pack - The Glovebox Guru - contained self-help cards designed to calm distressed drivers. Supporting press, posters and radio elements were developed with AMV BBDO.
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Unfold The Extras

OgilvyOne worldwide Frankfurt
Issue 5 | December 2007

An unusually folded letter to communicate all the added benefits of the HVB Giro Account compared to the competition.
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Yellow Stickies Mailing

Proximity Amsterdam
Issue 5 | December 2007

A mail campaign to draw attention to the new commercially licensed Jeep Commander and the amendments to the law governing tax payable on commercial vehicles. The pack contained the brochure for the 'regular' Jeep Commander, with the addition of yellow post-it notes to show that the only real difference with the commercial Commander is that you have fewer seats and pay less money.
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20°C

Saatchi & Saatchi
Issue 4 | September 2007

A mail pack containing a sample of unbranded washing powder and a piece of black cloth with instructions to wash it at 20°C. When washed, the cloth turns pure white, revealing the message - ‘it’s that easy to get your clothes pure and clean at only 20°C.’ The mailing could also be used as a discount voucher.
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A New Chapter in Music History

Stephens Francis Whitson
Issue 4 | September 2007

A book documenting some of the iconic concerts of the past few decades with the aim of telling the very small number of genuinely influential music promoters, band managers and agents that The O2 is the 21st Century’s first new legendary venue for live music.
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Best of British

Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw
Issue 4 | September 2007

A mailing in the form of a fold-out picnic rug and hamper to promote food retailer Waitrose’s ‘Best of British’ seasonal produce and drive customers to shop in branch this summer.
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Bonsai

Harrison Troughton Wunderman
Issue 4 | September 2007

A mailing to IT directors at high street banks to promote the main benefit of Microsoft Branch Office Solution - that it helps make branch staff more productive. The mailing is in the form of a real Bonsai tree with a 4ft tall support cane and the message, ‘Expect a lot more growth from your branches.’
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Buff it? Or Bash it?

EHS Brann Cirencester
Issue 4 | September 2007

A pack containing a model Volvo C30, a cleaning cloth and a hammer, with the invitation to ‘buff it or bash it’. The idea was to adopt the ‘love it or hate it’ strategy to get people talking about the new car.
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Catsan Magazine

OgilvyOne worldwide Lisbon
Issue 4 | September 2007

Mailing in the form of a magazine for cats sent to the MARS database to promote the Catsan litter product.
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Click on the Online Agency

Proximity BBDO
Issue 4 | September 2007

To demonstrate to professional customers just how easy it is to click on their online account management service, EDF sent them a DVD containing a Nouvelle Vague style short film during which nothing happens except for telling customers to click anywhere to access the Online Agency. Not to do so becomes absurd.
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Collar Pack

BMF
Issue 4 | September 2007

A mail pack containing a Guide Dog collar and explaining the process of training a guide dog in order to raise corporate sponsorship to train and support a dog for two years.
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Colon Cancer Mailing

Y&R Germany
Issue 4 | September 2007

A very small envelope containing a mailing that, in its unfolding, demonstrates the unnoticed growth of a colon tumour.
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Farmer’s Tin

BMF
Issue 4 | September 2007

A direct mailer to media commentators and journalists to launch the new Tooheys Extra Dry work ‘HarvesTED’.
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Flat Rubber Doll

OgilvyOne worldwide Japan
Issue 4 | September 2007

A mailing to lapsed yoga attendees in the form of a flexible rubber doll with a photo of their face appended to the body.
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Idea Graveyard

Heye,121 GmbH/Tribal DDB Munich
Issue 4 | September 2007

A ‘cemetery’ mail pack and website inviting creative and art directors to give their dead ideas a proper burial and go to Getty Images for inspiration on new ideas.
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Just Car Undies

Rapp Collins Melbourne
Issue 4 | September 2007

A quirky and irreverent mailing - in line with Just Car’s brand personality - to appeal to their young customers’ sense of fun and to get them to opt-in for online promotional material. The mailing offered recipients the chance to win an extreme Redballoon adventure trip and gave them a spare pair of undies ‘just in case’.
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Picasso and You

OgilvyOne worldwide Kuala Lumpur
Issue 4 | September 2007

An invitation in the form of a Picasso painting with the teaser, ‘Could Picasso be a long-lost relative’ to secure the time of top CEOs at IBM’s client appreciation event. The highlight of the event was to be a speech by the leader of The National Geographic Society’s (and IBM-backed) Genographic Project, which traces human migratory history.
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Puppet

Arc Worldwide / Leo Burnett Advertising
Issue 4 | September 2007

A simple mailer and press insert using the motif of a puppeteer’s strings, which untie when the envelope is opened, to demonstrate how easy it is for the recipient to set a victim of violence free.
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Rain Mac

Partners Andrews Aldridge
Issue 4 | September 2007

A brave campaign that tackles head-on the negative perceptions that people have about Wales in the autumn. This test mailer consisted of a rain mac and an invitation to come and enjoy the rain.
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Size Matters

TEQUILAAuckland in association with TBWAPR
Issue 4 | September 2007

A miniature-sized courier pack to announce the release of Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters to New Zealand technology and gaming journalists. The biggest Playstation PSP release for 2007 was launched on the smallest scale possible - so small the covering letter had to be read by a magnifying glass, and the actual size wall poster measured 4.5cm by 6.5cm.
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Stick & Save

Arc Worldwide / Leo Burnett Advertising
Issue 4 | September 2007

Treat Every Environment Special (TREES) sent a mailer to HR and Finance directors to encourage paper recycling in the corporate sector. The mailer contained stickers that could be placed on photocopiers allowing the message to be replicated and seen by every employee in the company.
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Takeaway

Harrison Troughton Wunderman
Issue 4 | September 2007

A door drop campaign consisting of a series of leaflets looking like takeaway menus but actually explaining what workout you need to do after consuming each of the dishes.
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Taxi Driver DM

Proximity BBDO
Issue 4 | September 2007

A humorous mailing in the form of a questionnaire to encourage taxi drivers to put themselves in their passengers’ seats and see that the Chrysler 300C represents a compelling option for a taxi.
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