BY Malay Desai
From:Brazil, by DM9Rio
The top publisher of pocket books in Brazil wanted to communicate its USP – the convenience of carrying its products in one’s pocket. It entered into a partnership with a popular fashion brand sold in over 1,000 stores across Brazil. An exclusive jeans collection had stories and poems printed on the inside of its pockets. Customers at apparel outlets were pleasantly surprised to find this, the message being ‘you can always carry a good story with you.’
Why we Like ?
In May this year, the last time we’d picked an outstanding advert from Brazil, it was a ‘mixed gender’ martial arts fight,which was ‘called off’ to raise awareness about domestic violence. Now again, the land with an intriguing ad-scape has thrown up another outdoor campaign, this one another kind of mixture, that of two disparate brands.
Brand associations can either be routine, like a Clinic All Clear inside a Femina and Scotch Brite tied to Pril dishwash; or they can be thoughtful, out to create an impact, not really value for the customer. When Amul tied up with the Masterchef franchise, the brand visibility improved manifold and the content remained unobtrusive, in fact turned more interesting.
This tie-up is between an apparel brand and a publisher, both seemingly high on popularity ladders, but the latter could still use some publicity (We don’t think any book publisher in the world is truly secure about its future today). The process involved production effort and detail - you don't want to print stuff on pockets that’s shoddy or incomplete. And the result is totally worth it. Bookworms who wear denims (that’s a pretty large TA) would be pleasantly surprised and both the brands win.
The campaign fortified the brand’s positioning that one can always carry great stories with you, and touched several customers in a way no commercial would have. (We assume it might have led to more stories at bars with guys going ‘My story inside has a great climax!’). Also, a 13 per cent sales spike and 24 per cent spike in web visitors was witnessed.
Closer home, we remember Mumbai’s tabloid Mid-Dayhad brought out a clever outdoors campaignshowing the backs of youngsters’ denim pants with the product; but on the association front we don’t recall too many clever ones. The current ‘Sell on OLX, buy on Flipkart’ tie-up is street-smart in a way, but doesn't appeal to many.
While on the topic of brand associations, here’s what we are truly puzzled about on the TV front, and would love to know how these helped: OLX presents Yuddh powered by Dairy Milk, Jhalak presented by Bournvita, LOST powered by Zomato and Kent RO presents Cricket live. Say what?!
Watch the campaign video by feeding this link in your browser - bit.ly/ViewTubeSep1
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