Thursday, March 28, 2019

Old Spice Advertising

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Old Spice Advertisment

Face - good looking, smug, confident, humour shown 

Beach - calm, relaxed, happy, leisure scene, bahamas, luxurious 
He feels like he is on holiday
= sand is on his body covering 
= like aftershave/perfume 

Volcano - hot headed, hot, fierce

Text - the company doesn't take themselves seriously, humourous - compares themselves to other brands 

Advert - 1953, 1941, 1945 - doesn't use as much text as lucozade does 

The History of Old Spice
1934 founded William Lightfoot Schultz
1937 introduced women
1938 introduced men
1990 June Procter and Gamble acquired Old Spice
2012 Iconic Ship logo replaced with a yacht, brighter red - which targets younger people
Old Spice were losing market share, was seen as updated and old for men

- There was direct competition 2010 Super-bowl
- Research showed 60% of buyers bought men's wash, so Old Spice needed to attract female shoppers.
- Products in market lacked masculine credibility
- Old Spice had to make something men would want

Media Strategy:
Target audience is 12-34 men and their women's shoppers
Used Youtube and Facebook to make awareness: Youtube has 10 million views, Facebook has 55,000 fans, Google - traffic increased 9 times from previous year
Launching product
Engage both sexes

Spoofs = humour, reminds customers of the products

Male representation = masculine, the expectation of a man in today's society

Masculinity = in commercial was a key factor in the campaigns success 


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