Hasta La Creative!

We needed to help launch our ‘Share a Coke’ campaign with a bang. With activity going live across TV, OOH, Radio and Digital, we needed a little something extra to capture people’s attention – an idea with mass appeal that would create buzz, disrupt, excite and truly engage our target in the sharing and connecting of our campaign. On each night of our launch weekend, we unveiled an interactive digital projection over Sydney’s iconic, heritage listed Coca-Cola sign. We then handed it over to the public, inviting passerbys to text their friend’s name to see it up in lights. People could also share this iconic moment virtually with friends via Facebook and email. The event was a hit and helped launch our campaign with a bang. Despite healthy brand tracking data, 50% of teens and young adults hadn’t even enjoyed a ‘Coca-Cola’ in the previous month alone. We had to increase product consumption amongst the masses while targeting 24 year-olds, and get people talking about ‘Coke’ again. ‘Coca-Cola’ has always been an integral part of people coming together. But in our new digital world, the way we connect had changed. We had to jump start some real conversations – with people you may have lost touch with, or were yet to meet. So after 125 years of putting the same name on every bottle of ‘Coke’, we tried something new. We printed the 150 most popular Australian names on ‘Coke’ bottles, invited Australians to ‘Share a Coke’ with one another, and once more became part of people coming together with the best conversation starter of all – a first name.