Cannes Lions
OGILVY BEIJING/LAB / BUICK / 2013
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Description
Branded Entertainment is just beginning to become well-used in China where this film was shown. In China, there are fairly strict censorship laws, restricting any kind of entertainment that doesn't follow the guidelines of the state in terms of violence, sexual promiscuity, or events or conduct that would seem detrimental to society. This is, of course, why most of the programming in China, branded or otherwise, tends to be on the bland side.
Execution
There was an online TV show which created buzz around the game and got people interested. In fact, over half a million viewed it. To start playing, users had to create a login, so we pushed them to use their weibo (China's twitter) account. This would automatically send a feed to their Weibo page mentioning that they had just started playing the game and inviting others to join them. While they were playing, at every capture of the car, their phone would take a photo of where the virtual car was found and automatically post it to Weibo with a message indicated they had just found the car.
Outcome
Over 487,000 downloaded the app, making it a top 20 app for 7 weeks running. The virtual Encore was hidden over 8,500 times, The campaign received over 4 million comments and retweets, increased Encore followers more than 30% (65,000 added), and hit the 6-month sales target just 6 weeks after the game began.
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