Title | TANK |
Brand | QUICK BURGER BRANDS BELGIUM |
Product/Service | FAST FOOD CHAIN |
Category |
C02. Use of Social in a PR campaign |
Entrant
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HAPPINESS BRUSSELS, AN FCB ALLIANCE Brussels, BELGIUM
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Idea Creation
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HAPPINESS BRUSSELS, AN FCB ALLIANCE Brussels, BELGIUM
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Credits
Dirk Lammens |
Quick Burger Brands Belgium |
Head of Marketing |
Dominique De Vogelaere |
Quick Burger Brands Belgium |
Brand Manager |
Kim Pepermans |
Quick Burger Brands Belgium |
Brand Coordinator |
Karen Corrigan |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Executive Creative Management |
Geoffrey Hantson |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Chief Creative Officer |
Philippe Fass |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Creative Director |
Niels Sienaert |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Concept Provider |
Tim Schoenmaeckers |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Concept Provider |
Pascal Kemajou |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Group Account Director |
Nathalie Duchatelet |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Account Manager |
Barbara Dzikanowice |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Creative Content Director |
Eline Goethals |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Strategic Planner / Connectivity Planner |
Gitta De Vos |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Account Executive |
Remke Faber |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Motion Designer |
Bart Vande Maele |
Happiness / An FCB alliance |
Agency Producer |
Jean-Pierre Delepeleire |
Tank-operator |
Tank-operator |
The Campaign
It doesn’t really come as a surprise if we state that Belgium’s National Day is kind of the same every year: the King’s speech. Formal national ceremonies. And the national military parade. However, this year, few minutes after the military parade somebody posted an instant hit on Facebook: a Belgian tank and its soldiers passing by the Drive in at Quick to get some fries and burgers! The Facebook post quickly conquered the internet. It soon became the main topic on all National TV channels and in all national newspapers (before conquering international media like ‘Daily Mail’ and ‘Viral Hog’ later that week).
Execution
So, what happened? Just a few hungry soldiers after the military parade? Of course not. We hacked National Day by orchestrating a tank and a few military ‘actors’ to pass by the Quick Drive in. We asked an ‘arbitrary’ civilian to film the scene, post it to Facebook while tagging Quick Belgium, of course. And off it went. Quick re-posted few hours later to make it go even faster.
So, while all brands were trying to get attention on Belgian National day with some beautiful ads in the newspaper, the Belgian iconic brand Quick was actually the only brand that was talked about, via the power of social and content. The next day Quick obviously claimed it was an advertising stunt. The audience engaged and loved it.
3.015.273 combined views (original post + Quick re-post)
A combined reach of over 42 million people.
30.075 likes
Thousands of comments. (93% positive)
National Day became the day with the biggest search queries on ‘Quick’ from 2015 to date.
A 268% uplift to the Quick website.
The Situation
This idea proves that when used intelligently, earned media can be the ideal weapon to win the attention battle and establish the Belgian fast food brand as a truly Belgian iconic brand.
The Strategy
We knew that Facebook post would come and that Quick would be tagged in it. So, we were all set to put some paid behind the re-post of the original Facebook post. By doing so, reaching our core target audience.