Cannes Lions
PROXIMITY WORLDWIDE_PALLA KOBLINGER, Vienna / HEWLET-PACKARD / 2004
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Description
The print supplies market can be compared to the art market: You have to stand up to the competitors and outplay them - and deliver high quality work not fake works. Claim: The art of salesmanship.
We introduced a character well known for high class art and sales talent: Andy Merhol (stands for 'getting more' in German) as an allusion to Andy Warhol. Together with a piece of canvas with the outlines of an icon painting, the (denaturalized) Marilyn Monroe, retailers were invited to experience life true to original or as a fake by becoming painters themselves.
Outcome
Target groups:App. 1045 dealers and sales assistants selling HP Business Supplies (290 in Switzerland/German and French, 370 in Austria, 385 in Poland).Results: 74 % of the dealers entered the contest.All expectations of HP for 2003 were exceeded and the turnovers were increased to 18-22%.Expenses: 56,000 euro. Cost benefit analysis:Expenses of 53 euro per dealer were a lot less than two years ago (now three countries); and much less than an in-the-field visit. Challenge:To establish the character Andy Merhol and the campaign in Switzerland and Polandand to guarantee that the design and the wording of the campaign works in different cultural contexts.
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