For my visual communication class we were given the opportunity to create a print and video advertisement for the product, service, or company of our choice. I decided to choose Mission brand guacamole dip. Utilizing the relationship between the chip-dip combo and social gatherings, I tried to promote guacamole as a perfect addition to one's game watching/party experience.
Often overshadowed by the more traditional choice of salsa, guacamole could be a real game changer for you and your guests. The
message behind both ads, and the ad campaign that they would be a part of, is that guacamole could and should be your staple game day item. These ads don't give a lot of information because most people know what guacamole is...they don't need a list of features for a jar of smooshed up avocados. The purpose of the message isn't to make you aware that guacamole exists, it's to convince you that Mission guacamole is an essential part of your game-day experience...that your experience (much like the people's in the ad) could be vastly enhanced with the presence of some good ole guac.
The target
audience would be sports fans, but more specifically hosts or guests who will be buying food for the big game. While football fans are part of the audience, moms or wives (who may not necessarily be big fans, but may take the reigns when it comes to groceries for a party or tailgate) would make up a large part of the target audience. Mission wants to connect with the people who are willing and capable of
buying their product, not just eating the stuff somebody else bought. In general though, the target audience would be football fans (or those who take part in festivities surrounding football) between the ages of 20-55.
The
medium used for the video ad would be TV spots that could play leading up to and during the big game. If you see the commercial before the game you'll add it to your grocery list...if you see it during, you'll WISH you had added it to your grocery list. The print ad could be used as a magazine or Newspaper advertisement, but I was mainly thinking digital billboards would be a great way to advertise using this ad and other ones like it. (
see "Lagniappe" for further explanation)
Here is a link to the video advertisement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGwgbAJL8ZI&feature=youtu.be
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Lagniappe: Mission could increase consumer engagement by turning this ad campaign into a social media campaign as well. Football fans across the nation could tweet pictures to the brand of them celebrating the game with the dip using the hashtag "#ITSGUACTIME." Using digital billboard technology, like Lamar utilizes to do live streams and live updates via their digital space, the fans would get their pictures featured on the billboard if their photo was selected with the template text "WHEN IT'S GAMETIME IT'S GUAC TIME" being automatically laid over the top. Every time Mission's ad would come up on the billboard (typically in a rotation with 5 other ads) a different picture could be displayed.