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A YEAR OF BAD HAIRDAY

TitleA YEAR OF BAD HAIRDAY
BrandP&G
Product/ServicePANTENE
Category A07. USE OF SOCIAL IN A DIRECT MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Entrant Company ACW GREY TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
Advertising Agency ACW GREY TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
Media Agency MEDIACOM ISRAEL Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
Production Company BOLD Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
Credits
Name Company Position
Tal Riven Acw Grey Tel Aviv Chief Creative Officer
Idan Regev Acw Grey Tel Aviv Creative Director
Kobi Cohen Acw Grey Tel Aviv Copywriter
Ira Gimpelevich Acw Grey Tel Aviv Art Director
Anat Leventon Acw Grey Tel Aviv Account Executive
Mor Reuvani Acw Grey Tel Aviv Account Supervisor
Omri Gitter Acw Grey Tel Aviv Planner
Yuval Hollander Acw Grey Tel Aviv Digital Creative Director
Ran Rolnizke Acw Grey Tel Aviv Digital Producer
Ronen Hoffman Ronen Hoffman Producer
Oron Caspi Oron Caspi Photographer
Ilan Manor Ilan Manor Video Editor
Roy Dotan Signal Music/Sound Ideas Sound Editor
Signal Music/Sound Ideas Signal Sound Studio
Orly Rabinian Orly Rabinian Narrator
Gilad Kat Mediacom Media Manager

The Brief

Pantene's' perfect curls hair cream is one of the most loved hair products in Israel - where 25% of the women are curly! But, due to regional lineup changes, Pantene stopped distributing the cream. As a result, women with curly hair nationwide formed a protest group on Facebook, were they voiced their frustration. We knew we had to confront the conversation Since we couldn't solve the bad hair day, we decided to turn it into a good day! We picked the statuses of the active protestors, and gave them a surprising compensation according to their exact complaints.

Creative Execution

The execution the exact thing that was needed in order to change the situation around. Our initiative had reminded our angry customers exactly what our brand is all about: A brand that strives to excellence and puts his consumers at the very heart of everything it does. The precise compensations that were in perfect sync with the voiced complaints illustrated just how important our consumers are to us.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

Our creative solution was all about matching the best compensation possible to the accurate complaint of the protestor, therefor maximizing our influence. For example, Shira from Tel-Aviv posted: 'nothing looks good on me due to my bad looking hair'Â… So we sent her on a shopping spree with a professional stylist! Ariel from Eilat posted: 'That's it; I'm about to straightening my curls!' So we took her to a beauty treatment with Pantene's official hair dresser and a professional fashion shoot!

Results

As the girls began sharing their surprising experiences, the group eruptedÂ…Over two hundred thousand women's were exposed to our initiative!! The media picked up on the conversation with extensive coverage on blogs, websites, newspapers and even international TV broadcasts! All in all, total free media coverage of half a million dollars!!! But the truly surprising result: Pantene's global management finally brought the product back. For the official announcement we invited the FB members to a VIP movie premiere were we surprised them one last time... With the beloved cream under their seats!!!