THE VAGINA EXPERIMENT

TitleTHE VAGINA EXPERIMENT
BrandWALMARK
Product/ServiceIDELYN
Category B11. Launch / Re-launch
Entrant McCANN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Idea Creation McCANN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
PR McCANN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Production McCANN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Credits
Name Company Position
Gábor Havasi McCann Erickson Budapest Executive Creative Director
Ioana Filip McCann Erickson Bucharest Creative Director
Anna Pushkareva McCann Erickson Budapest Art Director
Dóra Anikó Tóth McCann Erickson Budapest Copywriter
Priscilla Esteves Franco McCann Erickson Budapest Copywriter
Iona Zamfir McCann Erickson Bucharest Copywriter
Simona Suman McCann Erickson Bucharest Copywriter
Ádám Csapó McCann Erickson Budapest Designer
Bruno Guimarães McCann Erickson Budapest Designer
Petra Simon McCann Erickson Budapest Account Manager, PR Director
Marina Niks McCann Erickson Budapest Strategic Planner
Carmen Bistrian McCann Erickson Bucharest PR Director
Márk Éry McCann Erickson Budapest Director of Photography
Adrienn Nagy McCann Erickson Budapest Agency Producer
Lili Donka McCann Erickson Budapest Digital Account
Gábor Deutsch McCann Erickson Budapest Post-production
Barna Szőke McCann Erickson Budapest Post-production
Milán Kardos McCann Erickson Budapest Post-production
Zoé Zátonyi McCann Erickson Budapest Post-production
Dóra Leposa McCann Erickson Budapest Account Director

The Campaign

Find the Name! In the campaign we empower women to name their genitals, because this is the first step to describe their problems and treat it properly.

Execution

We launched an online video to provoke females in which we asked a simple question: How do you call your genitals? We directed them to our microsite (findthename.eu) where females were able to share their nickname for their Vagina. They could also vote for their favorite one submitted by other users. We asked them to share it on Facebook. We relaunched our brand TVC with the most voted name in it. We created a Chrome/Firefox plug-in that replaced the word “Vagina” or the expression “female genitals” with their favorite vagina nickname. We opened a Pop-up Store downtown Budapest. We teamed up with fashion designers and sold limited edition t-shirt collection. Females had to pay with their favorite vagina nicknames to get one. Calligraphists painted the names on the t-shirts. We “sold out” 1000+ in 2 days.

We have raised females and media attention to break this important taboo. 265,000+ views for the online video before YouTube blocked it. We got 2,114 creative names for genitals on our voting site. We had to close the pop up store after 2 days, because 1000+ t-shirts were sold out. The campaign got huge press appearance, on several, non-paid media platforms offline and online, such as Marie Claire, Playboy, Joy, Cosmopolitan, Index.hu , Life, Player, Femina,… etc. We earned € 237,000 worth media. Over 8,000,000 women reached across the region. From zero (it was the launch campaign for the brand), Idelyn became one of the top selling brands in the region in just one year, in the region.

The Situation

This was the first brand activity by Idelyn Beliema in the region. From zero, Idelyn became one of the top 3 brands on an already busy market in many countries across the region in one year.

The Strategy

Data gathering: We have made a research and realized that women have been conditioned and taught to keep their vaginas a secret. They are ashamed and silent when they have to mention their genitals. Approach: Instead of just a problem-solution communication that most of the brands follow in this category, we decided to choose a completely different approach which intends to connect with the female psyche. Call to action: TURN SHAME INTO PRIDE!