2015 Promo & Activation

THE SOCIAL BREAK

Short List
TitleTHE SOCIAL BREAK
BrandCAP 48
Product/ServiceNON PROFIT
Category A06. Use of Broadcast in a Promotional Campaign
Entrant Company AIR PARTNER OF McCANN Brussels, BELGIUM
Advertising Agency AIR PARTNER OF McCANN Brussels, BELGIUM
Credits
Name Company Position
Eric Hollander Air Brussels Executive Creative Director
Dieter De Ridder/Joeri Van Den Broeck Air Brussels Creative Directors
Loup Delpierre/Louise Cornet Air Brussels Creatives
Daphné De Le Vingne Air Brussels Account Manager
Bérengère Lurquin Air Brussels Agency Producer
Le Soir/Voo/Seat/Leffe/Sncb Le Soir/Voo/Seat/Leffe/Sncb Advertisers
Latcho Drom/Adult/Lovo/Czar Latcho Drom/Adult/Lovo/Czar Production Companies
Sonicville/Bleu Nuit Sonicville/Bleu Nuit Sound Studios
RMB RMB Support

The Brief

DESCRIBE THE BRIEF/OBJECTIVE We needed to activate the CAP48 Post-it Sales. They do this every year to collect money for a better integration of disabled people in society. CHALLENGE Cap48 does not have the budgets to buy prime time on national television. Neither to produce the commercials themselves. Although they needed as much people to know that you can buy Post-its to support them. STRATEGY We convinced big advertisers if they were willing to temporary ‘lend’ their running commercials… to Cap 48.

Campaign Success

We dubbed the voices of the actors – instead of using subtitles we have a dubbing culture in Belgium - in their commercials: every text was rewritten in a way that it now promoted the Post-It sales of Cap48 AND, at the same time, matched with the images in the existing commercials. All actors from the original ads agreed to re-record their part with the new lyrics.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

The entire commercial break in prime time became a support for the CAP48 Post-It sales. Totally… free. Almost 5 million euros had been donated. A new record.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

CAP48 is a non-profit organisation that fights for a better integration of disabled people in society. Every year they sell Post-Its to collect money. Cap48 does not have the budgets to buy prime time on national television. Neither to produce the commercials themselves. Although they needed to activate as much people as possible to buy Post-Its to support CAP48. In collaboration with different advertisers, CAP48 turned existing commercial breaks into immediate activation for their own Post-It sales. In other words: the entire commercial breaks in prime time became an activation for the CAP48 Post-It sales. Totally free.