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Will Ferrell smells good to Old Spice. By: Grant Miller Ryan Van Vleet. Article overview. Procter and Gamble and Bud Light teamed up with the new hit movie Semi-Pro to promote their products. Promote new deodorant - Pro Strength Use humor to effectively communicate with males 18-34
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Will Ferrell smells good to Old Spice By: Grant Miller Ryan Van Vleet
Article overview • Procter and Gamble and Bud Light teamed up with the new hit movie Semi-Pro to promote their products. • Promote new deodorant - Pro Strength • Use humor to effectively communicate with males 18-34 • Worth millions of dollars in promotional value.
“The finest street-legal antiperspirant you can get outside of Mexico that’s not poisonous.” • Old Spice was introduced in the 1930’s • First a women’s fragrance but then became a favorite of American males. • Reached out to younger males using grass- roots marketing. • “What was a sleepy brand has become a fantastic growth story.” James Moorhead
Pit Stick • Main Rivals: Right Guard, Axe, and Degree • A market worth approx. $1.2 Billion • Old Spice claims about 12% of that market • The Pro Strength stick -$7.99 -25%-33% of males who are “unusually active perspirers”
Proctor & Gamble • Fortune 500 Company • Spent $2.62 Billion on Marketing in 2007 • More then double number two, General Motors • Crest, Pringles, Pampers, and Tide • Helped increase visits to Oldspice.com by nearly six-fold
Why this works • "One of the benefits of tying in with brands like Bud and Old Spice is that their established equity and identity to the consumer acts as a shorthand for us as to the kind of film we have.” Chris Carlisle • Both brands have humorous, edgy positioning that compliment the film.
Sources • http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oldspice27feb27,0,5515355.story • www.youtube.com • www.wikipedia.com • www.oldspice.com