Winners & Shortlists

CHARGE UP FOR E-GOLF

TitleCHARGE UP FOR E-GOLF
BrandVOLKSWAGEN NORWAY
Product/ServiceVOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF
Category A01. USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
Entrant Company TRY/APT/POL Oslo, NORWAY
Advertising Agency TRY/APT/POL Oslo, NORWAY
Media Agency MEDIACOM Oslo, NORWAY
Production Company NOTCH Oslo, NORWAY
Credits
Name Company Position
Øystein Halvorsen TRY/Apt/POL Copywriter
Karin Lund TRY/Apt/POL Ad
Bjørnar Buxrud TRY/Apt/POL Copywriter
Torkild Jarnholt TRY/Apt/POL Copywriter
Annette Werner TRY/Apt/POL Digital Producer
Morten Polmar TRY/Apt/POL Account Director
Cathrine Wennersten TRY/Apt/POL Account Manager
Sebastian Rasch TRY/Apt/POL Designer
Frode Ekeberg TRY/Apt/POL Motion
Christian Lundvall TRY/Apt/POL Motion
Geir Skorstad TRY/Apt/POL Film Production
Simen Øian Gjermundsen Notch Developer
Christopher Einarsrud Notch Developer

Creative Execution

Outdoor and TV-commercials informed the public about the campaign. And urged users to download the app for Apple/Android phones. Mobile-Banners took users to the app-store matching their phone. As soon as people downloaded the app and began to charge their phones hoping to win the car, the app became the campaign. A steadily growing number of people voluntarily interacted with the product on a daily basis throughout the campaign period. And as most new users were recruited through organic sharing on Facebook, we could actually cut planned media support as the campaign proceeded.

In a country with a population of just five million, the app was downloaded more than 100 000 times. The app was number one at the App Store for more than two weeks. The app was also top ranked at Google Play. The campaign was shared 35 000 times on Facebook. The test drive-goal for the campaign was 750 times. The campaign generated over 13 000 test drives: An all time high in Norway. The interest for test drives was so high that many retailers had to exceed their business hours in order to meet the demand. And most importantly: At the end of the campaign, the e-Golf was the most sold electric car in Norway.

In Norway electric cars are popular, and many brands are offering different models. When VW was to launch their all electric e-Golf our challenge was to do this in a market where many brands fight for the attention. Idea: Norway has one of the highest smartphone penetrations in the world. A great number of smartphones means a great number of daily charging-sessions. We created an app that connected the action of charging smartphones with the e-Golf. The “Charge up for e-Golf app” gave you a raffle ticket every time you charged your phone. At the same time you got a fact about one of the innovative features of the car. Extra tickets were handed out for sharing on Facebook and signing up for test drives. At the end of the campaign, one raffle ticket was drawn at random. And the person with the ticket won a brand new e-Golf.