THE VILLAGE PHONE PROMOTION

TitleTHE VILLAGE PHONE PROMOTION
BrandGRAUBUENDEN FERIEN
Product/ServiceTOURISM BOARD FOR GRAUBUENDEN
Category A04. Travel, Leisure, Retail, Restaurants & Fast Food Chains
Entrant JUNG von MATT/LIMMAT Zürich, SWITZERLAND
Idea Creation JUNG VON MATT/IMPACT Zurich, SWITZERLAND
PR JUNG VON MATT/IMPACT Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Production FERRARI & KAEMPFEN Kilchberg, SWITZERLAND
Credits
Name Company Position
Samuel Christ Jung von Matt / Limmat Executive Creative Director
Johannes Raggio Jung von Matt / Limmat Creative Director
Marco Zimmerli Jung von Matt / Limmat Creative Director
Alain Eicher Jung von Matt / Limmat Copywriter
Lukas Frischknecht Jung von Matt / Limmat Art Director
Andrea Klainguti Jung von Matt / Limmat Art Director
Joelle Hauser Jung von Matt / Limmat Graphics
Marco Dettling Jung von Matt / Limmat Account Supervisor
Monika Arnold Jung von Matt / Limmat Account Manager
Roman Moesli Jung von Matt / Limmat Account Executive
Roman Meister Jung von Matt / Limmat Account Manager
Sarida Bossoni Jung von Matt / Limmat Agency Producer
Ralf Braendle Jung von Matt / Limmat Technical Supervision
Matthias Wobrock Jung von Matt / Limmat Online Marketing
Dominik Habermacher Jung von Matt / Limmat Online Marketing
Christoph Kinsperger Jung von Matt / Limmat Public Relations
Luc Kaempfen Ferrari & Kaempfen Director
Jingle Jungle Jingle Jungle Sound Studio
Henri Sieber Kamerawerk Technical Support
Valentin Altorfer Simple Mechanik Technical Support

The Campaign

The Graubünden region has many small villages. Tschlin is one of the quietest. It’s so quiet that when the phone in the village square rings you can hear it everywhere. The people of Tschlin wanted to demonstrate this with a promotion. The promise: if you call us on this phone and we don’t hear it, you will win a holiday. The promotion was launched with an online video, which ran for six days. The participants could see villagers on the phone, live on a website.

Creative Execution

We installed a camera in the phone booth so that everyone could see which villager was actually speaking. We also installed one on a roof to help the participants see if someone was near the phone and to prove that nobody was waiting next to it. The promotion took place for six days from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. During the night, there was only silence, because an answering machine was on so that the inhabitants could sleep. No actors were involved or needed, because every local was enthusiastic about the idea and helped organize this exceptional week.

Results

In six days: over 30,000 calls 3,906 conversations over 1.5 million viewings of the online videos 23 million reached through media

The participants of the promotion who didn’t win a price (98,4%) could talk directly with the inhabitants of the small village in Graubünden and could participate in their everyday life. They could also see the village square on a webcam and experience the quietness for themselves.

The promotion took place from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. during a working week. That way people could participate when they most longed for peace and tranquillity. Thanks to the website, phone and some additional videos, which documented the promotion during the week, they were able to experience the friendly inhabitants and the quiet village for themselves.