#RobFordCoal
A holiday agency-promo intended for clients to
playfully add a piece of coal to the naughty mayor's stocking, while also
help kids in need have a nice Christmas.
However, within hours of going live, it went viral and by campaign’s end,
won new business. In addition to clients getting a kick out of it.
Recognized by Ad Age, Creativity Editor’s Pick, Marketing, among others.
RobFordCoal.com:
Results:
- Within an hour of launching the site, 50,000 pieces of coal were added.
- By the end of the first day, over 100,000.
- By the fourth day, the coal counter broke a million.
- By the end of the campaign, it had over 1.2 million lumps of coal.
- This was all achieved organically.
New Business:
During the campaign, I reached out to Iceberg Vodka's marketing manager on
LinkedIn with a simple invite to join my network.
The brand had recently been negatively associated with the mayor for being his drink of choice,
so I thought that was enough to start a conversation. My invite included the site robfordcoal.com
and our interest in working with them. This led to us winning their business.
The e-card we sent to our clients the day of the launch.
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The voice of the people.
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- Within an hour of launching the site, 50,000 pieces of coal were added.
- By the end of the first day, over 100,000.
- By the fourth day, the coal counter broke a million.
- By the end of the campaign, it had over 1.2 million lumps of coal.
- This was all achieved organically.
New Business:
During the campaign, I reached out to Iceberg Vodka's marketing manager on
LinkedIn with a simple invite to join my network.
The brand had recently been negatively associated with the mayor for being his drink of choice,
so I thought that was enough to start a conversation. My invite included the site robfordcoal.com
and our interest in working with them. This led to us winning their business.
The e-card we sent to our clients the day of the launch.
The voice of the people.
