Tag archives: fallon

Bacardi abandons the Latin Quarter

Bacardi has abandoned its controversial Latin Quarter advertising and replaced it with an advert featuring ugly people. Media Guardian reports the new ad is a response to the criticism towards the idea of mixing sexy people and alcohol. Robert Senior, managing partner at Fallon, Bacardi’s new agency, explains:

“The joy of the campaign is that consumers will recognise a bit of themselves and their best evenings.”

File under: bacardi, fallon

Sony, like.no.other

Sony has launched in the UK the online version of its “like.no.other” campaign, designed by Fallon London to promote the new range of Walkman Mp3 players. The creativity focuses on the fact that Walkman’s batteries last longer than the iPod’s ones. Revolution Magazine reports ads will run on UK portals such as Lycos, Yahoo, Tiscali and Wanadoo where Sony sponsors the music channel. Even if the battery life is an issue with my iPod, I must admit I decided to buy it because it was innovative, stylish and, last (and maybe least), useful. I appreciate Sony, as a second mover, tries to position itself in a different way, not competing on the style field but rather looking for a new segment of customers. Apple’s got the early adopters (who, by definition, aren’t very demanding when it comes to testing innovations), Sony is going for the first majority, once again a challenge for Steve Jobs to stay on top… If you’re interested in learning more about early adopters, first and late majority and about marketing the innovations, I suggest you reading Everett Rogers, who wrote “Diffusion of Innovations“. It is exactly a marketing book, but it’s indispensable to read in order to understand how to build a strategy to market a new technology.

File under: fallon, ipod competition, like no other, sony

Xmas push for BBC’s digital radio

Digital-Lifestyles.info reports thee BBC will be launching a multi-format campaign to promote Digital Radio. The ads, created by Fallon, will run until Christmas on tv, radio and the Internet.

File under: bbc, digital radio, fallon