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5/12/2010 - Mitchum's alternative marketing campaign
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You recall how bummed you had been to get a toothbrush from the community dentist on Halloween? All types of practical things are like that toothbrush: well thought out and completely crucial, but also a hundred percent downright boring. Mitchum brand deodorant has been hoping to shake their hum-drum utilitarian image, but encouraging men and women to use Mitchum deodorant coupons when other brand names have flashy, hot, and humorous commercials (ahem, Old Spice and Axe) can be tricky.

That is why Mitchum introduced in the big guns from Mother advertising company to revamp their appeal and revitalize the brand. I just saw their soccer mom spot a few days ago, and it is hilarious. It definitely reaches the younger audience the brand is aiming for, and it’ll do something you almost certainly never ever believed feasible - make Mitchum brilliant.

The tongue in cheek tagline for this innovative campaign in “Love thy pits,” and the 10 Commandments-esque syntax is one of many brilliant touches in the campaign. The new commercials depict heated moments when only a product as powerful as Mitchum can keep men and women cool in a fashion that would very best be named visual innovation with throwback premise.

"Lots of brands say you can get the girl, you can get the job, you can be alluring," states Revlon global CMO Julia Goldin. "Mitchum is about efficacy-wetness handle, odor manage. Our passion is the pits."

And the poor armpit - colloquially equated with the worst areas of any given entity (i.e. disparaging claims that “Jersey is the armpit of America”), it by no means gets its due.

"Armpits are usually by your facet, they've obtained your back, even although you neglect them," states Mother innovative advertising specialist Dave Clark. That’s why he and his crew tried to produce a campaign that would honor armpits instead than revile them.

Part of what helps make these ads so attractive is that they feature not flawlessly muscled and fabulously coiffed stars but typical, fallible folks - a guy who aces his work job interview right after lying on his resume, a guy who survives a wedding dance-off, and a mother who picks up the mistaken kid from soccer practice but manages to perform it neat. These unlikely spokespeople are in component the outcome of Mitchum’s distinctive brand standing Mitchum makes products for each guys and women, unlike rivals Dove and Aged Spice. This indicates they have the challenge of reaching each sexes with one marketing campaign, but they’ve turned that problem into an chance by making advertisements that are just plain fun irrespective of which gender they communicate to.

"We tried to believe of funny, real-life examples, probably a little bit exaggerated, of instances you may sweat," states Mother creative promoting professional Christine Gignac. Gignac understands it’s foolish to be in adore with your pits, but she does not care - she just hopes the marketing campaign inspires men and women to use far more Mitchum deodorant coupons.

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