Flashmob Marketing Hits – April 2012

Flashmob marketing has been quite a fad in the last weeks. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, a flashmob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and pointless act for a brief time and then disperse. The whole act is normally recorded on video and then put on the web to generate more buzz.

So here are this months flashmobs hits…

Daily dose of drama

To launch their new digital channel in Belgium, TNT placed a big red push button in a quiet Flemish square. A sign with the text “Push to add drama” invited people to use the button. And then…

The worst breath in the world

Tic Tac has come up with a great flashmob idea that is bound to make you smile and cover your mouth while you do it! While giving directions to a lost tourist in a bustling square a series of targets have no idea that they are about to set off a chain reaction that looks apocalyptic…

The Wouaaah Effect

For its Q10 Plus product, Nivea in France created a fun flashmob on the streets of Paris. In this video released by their team, an unsuspecting woman is seen stopping at a sampling stand and trying some Nivea cream. After she walks on she is suddenly faced with a series of people lavishing her with attention…

Electronic Arts “SSX Shakes”

Gaming giant EA has recently released SSX extreme snowboarding for the Playstation and Xbox360. But before SSX officially hit the slopes in Belgium, EA wanted to generate extra buzz and free press. So their ad agency Duval Guillaume Modem from Antwerp created an exclusive “SSX Shakes” event for a limited audience of popular bloggers and journalists. During the event, they brought the audience in the right mood with booze, snowboarding, music, chicks, tricks… and game play.

The slope had a cocktail bar where the invitees got to choose 1 of the cocktails that were named after a typical snowboard trick. The cocktails however, were not shaken by bartenders but by pro-riders who performed the corresponding snowboard trick and handed it over freshly shaken. Afterwards every blogger and journalist received a personalized movie with the making of his SSX shake to share with friends, fans & followers. 😎

The movies and photos are now available at www.ssxshakes.be

Mini “Fan the Flame”

Mini along with ad agency TBWA\Agency.com created a social spectacle to increase the number of fans on their recently launched Mini Facebook page in Belgium and Luxemburg.

A Mini Countryman was attached to a thick rope in the parking lot of the “Brussels Motorshow” and a burner placed under the rope. Every Facebook fan was then encouraged to remotely initiate the burner and spit some flames on the rope. A webcam broadcasted the scene 24×7 and the Fan whose flame ultimately broke the rope was the one to win the Mini Countryman. 😎