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Mini Salutes You #MiniNotNormal

In August I had written about how Coca-Cola Israel had successfully used technology to personalise billboards for people who drove by it.

Now as part of its ongoing Not Normal campaign, Mini decided to give Mini drivers in London a custom message by taking over 9 giant billboards along a fast-paced road in London for a two week period.

The messages were triggered by human spotters with iPads. Each message was sent with pictures of the make and model of the Mini it was pertaining to. As a result the campaign reached out to 1,941 Mini drivers in London.

Wi-Fi Poster

South Korean film distributor CJ Entertainment’s marketing approach relies heavily on conventional poster campaigns that are now becoming less likely to grab the attention of young moviegoers. So they teamed up with advertising agency Cheil to bring the world’s oldest and least popular ad medium into the smartphone era.

Unlike advertisements with QR codes that require the consumer to first download a mobile app then scan the code, the Wi-Fi poster connected the poster to the mobile device by simply tapping the Wi-Fi network menu. The name of the Wi-Fi network matched the film’s title, and tapping that name opened a pop-up with links to Full HD trailers, promotional events and online box offices.

The movie’s official site saw a 28.5% increase in traffic from wireless users, and users that interacted with the movie through the Wi-Fi Posters remained on the site 5x longer than regular users. The posters also translated to success at the box office with more advance ticket sales and better openings.

Mini Photo Box

Mini has just launched an innovative electronic billboard in Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm shopping boulevard. The billboard is connected to a Photo Box (a booth) that captures the faces of Mini fans and blasts them onto a massive screen along with each participant’s favorite Mini model for a chance to win their preferred car!

Contestants have four colors and four models to choose from, including the Mini Hatch, Convertible, Clubman and Countryman. Fans from around the world can also join the fun through the Mini Facebook app, where you can snap a picture with your webcam wearing a pair of virtual headphones in your favorite Mini color.

The BMW Light Wall Reflection

BMW asked Serviceplan from Munich, Germany to develop an idea for the BMW M3 Coupe as they had a very special billboard at the Hamburg airport – a 50x2m light wall in the middle of the arrivals hall.

For a car that exceeds limits, Serviceplan created a billboard that exceeds limits. They designed a headline out of half letters. To complete them they used the reflection on the shiny floor.

They not only managed to double the media space for free and but also doubled the attention for free!

100,000 live bees plead for help on billboard

Honey-bee populations are mysteriously dwindling worldwide. In England, the Banrock Station winery created the “world’s first ad with live bees” to call attention to the problem. They used queen-bee pheromones to attract a giant swarm of bees—as many as 100,000, from a nearby honey farm to spell out an “SOS” message on a billboard.

To add to that Banrock Station winery also donated 5p to the honey-bee cause for every bottle sold.

McDonald’s digital billboard game

DDB Stockholm created this clever and simple interactive billboard game for McDonald’s. Menu items bounced and flew through the screen. If you’re quick enough to capture one in a cell-phone pic, it was yours for free at the nearest McDonald’s. 🙂

Toyota Prius iPhone app

Everyday we are seeing more and more brands using a mix of digital and traditional advertising to create unique marketing strategies.

Today we see Saatchi & Saatchi LA and appssavvy coming up with a unique idea for the Toyota Prius.

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Together they have created a free Prius iPhone app that the users can use to draw into the environment of the Prius…and if standing in front of the Reuters digital billboard in Times Square they could even see it getting replicated live on the billboard.

The billboard was available from Oct 26th to Oct 28th

Other than drawing, the consumers can also take a tour of the Prius, interact with a print ad campaign and play a game.