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OgilvyOne creates high-profile campaign for The Economist

The online campaign cleverly sidesteps TV, that too with a dose of wit that the brand is famous for.

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OgilvyOne creates high-profile campaign for The Economist

OgilvyOne creates high-profile campaign for The Economist

The online campaign cleverly sidesteps TV, that too with a dose of wit that the brand is famous for.

Neha S | Delhi | March 31, 2011

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Pick one of these - “Interactive media units were effectively employed in order to sustain brand salience in the wake of the World Cup frenzy”. Or “We made some banner ads during the World Cup.” If you prefer the second one, that's exactly the point being made by The Economist's new digital campaign, from OglivyOne Mumbai.

The Economist is globally acknowledged to be the most perceptive and influential weekly – and counts the world's intellectual elite among its readers. But that's not to say that the magazine is a laborious read – on the contrary, The Economist takes pride in being pithy. And in throwing out cliché and jargon. It's how The Economist does justice to its promise - “Interpret the world”.

The brief for the campaign wrote itself: Advertising on TV during the World Cup would mean competing with a deluge of other brands all clambering for attention.  Moreover, the target audience (potential subscribers) spends a lot of time online. Finally, potential subscribers are most likely to warm up to The Economist through articles they happen to read on the official website.

All of which suggested that a high-profile online advertising campaign on all the major sites would be a smart way to reach our audience.

The resulting banner campaign exposes the viewer to a verbose, jargon-filled statement. Clicking the “interpretation” button on the banner reveals The Economist way of saying the same thing, in keeping with the brand promise of “Interpret the World”

The result is playful and often witty. In the example shown, “A manually operated digging implement” is interpreted as “Spade”. Likewise, “Exciting career opportunities in Waste Management” becomes “Janitor Wanted”.

In the words of Suprio Guha Thakurta, Managing Director – India, The Economist,

"Keeping brand awareness alive out during the cricket season is a major problem if you are not a huge spender. The new online campaign cleverly sidesteps television and that too with a dose of wit that the brand is famous for."

Each banner also contains a link leading to a related article on Economist.com, thus giving our audience a taste of the concise, pithy writing The Economist is renowned for. There are 10 creative executions in all, and the banners appear on major sites including BBC, Reuters India, Money Control, Yahoo News & Yahoo Finance.

Credits:

Agency: OgilvyOne Worldwide, Mumbai

Creative: Graham Kelly, Shankar Lakshmanan, Dinesh Parab

Client Servicing: Harshad Hardikar (VP), Deepa Anandikar (Client Servicing Director)

Planning: Vednarayan Sirdeshpande (Group Head)

Media: Uma Sivakumar (VP)

Technology: Gautam Save

Project Manager: Shaikh Mohammedullah

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