Tag: Brand campaign

Singapore Airlines spotlights how ‘world class’ is in everything we do in latest ad campaign

Post author By Jamaica Marciano
Post date February 23, 2023

Singapore – Singapore Airlines, the national air carrier of Singapore and the market’s most considered brand, has released its latest global campaign which spotlights the real meaning of world-class.

In collaboration with agencies TBWA\ and PHD, the latest campaign is presented through the eyes of the airline’s cabin crew who, through travel, encounters people, cultures, and places around the world, reflecting that the airline can bring this kind of exceptional experience to their customers.

Lee Lik Hsin, executive vice president for commercial of Singapore Airlines, said that the airline is committed to giving excellent service, citing that the customer is the ‘heart’ of everything they do.

Mandy Wong, president of TBWA\ Singapore added, “We needed the new narrative to be futureproof so it could maintain relevancy in the ever evolving travel landscape of consumers’ changing travel motivations. With Welcome to World Class, it wholly captures the Airline’s unparalleled service leadership, and digital experience offerings.”

Other works from the campaign are shared across global and local channels from mainstream broadcast stations to digital and print, and key OOH placements in London, New York, Tokyo, and Singapore. More materials will be released this year such as new innovative media in the pipeline, with key brand assets, and content series starring its cabin crew through an authentic lens.

In 2021, the airline also released a campaign titled ‘Look forward to flying again with Singapore Airlines’, indicating a significant step in its recovery when the borders reopened across the world.

Tags Marketing, Singapore, Southeast Asia, PHD, Travel, Brand campaign, Singapore Airlines, TBWA\, leisure

Marketing Featured APAC

FWD Group’s latest campaign empowers people in Asia to ‘press play’ on celebrating life

Post author By Jean Cabico
Post date August 15, 2022

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Hong Kong – Insurance company FWD Group has launched a new brand campaign that spotlights its promise to encourage and help empower people in Asia to celebrate living.

Developed in partnership with TBWA\ Singapore, Sixtoes TV, and AIRBAG, the new campaign includes remotely filmed and produced videos in five locations. It capitalises on the strength of the highly recognisable ‘play’ symbol, consistent with the FWD philosophy that insurance should be a source of empowerment to enjoy life and celebrate it with confidence.

Titled ‘press play’, the campaign is inspired by the stories of six, real-life heroes and features real moments and experiences as they navigate common themes that are impacting the day-to-day lives of people across the region. The people featured each took moments of pause to reflect on their lives and understand their personal objectives and dreams, in order to press play on reconnecting with loved ones, following their passions, taking risks, and changing careers.

Ryan Jong Hoon Kim, FWD’s group chief digital and marketing officer, shared that their new brand campaign reflects the opportunities and challenges that people are facing as they think about their futures, and they want to inspire everyone to ‘press play’ to actively pursue their professional and personal passions and dreams.

“Our vision is to transform the industry by changing the way people feel about insurance. The campaign’s message of empowering individuals to celebrate living is a fitting expression of that commitment and our brand promise,” said Kim.

Meanwhile, Andy Grant, executive creative director of TBWA, said, “The creative idea ‘press play’ is a call to action to inspire and enable people to go out and press play on all the things that they are holding back on. For the campaign, we searched all across Asia to find real stories of people who are doing this. We hope that these stories inspire everyone to go out and press play today!”

Robin Nayak, chief strategy officer of TBWA, commented, “We recognised early on, how FWD’s invitation to celebrate living has never been so apt as it is now. So our approach to strategy was not to re-think it, but to find the most powerful cultural triggers to give it meaning: the real things people across this region had been forced to pause that FWD gives them the means to press play on.”

The campaign is now live in the Philippines and Vietnam across multiple media including TV, social, and digital media channels, and will feature in other FWD markets across Asia in the coming weeks and months.

Tags APAC, Brand campaign, FWD Group, TBWA\Singapore, Press Play

Marketing Featured ANZ

Melbourne Park’s CENTREPIECE launches first brand campaign, reignites ‘passion’ for live events

Post author By Jean Cabico
Post date December 14, 2021

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Australia – CENTREPIECE, the new events and conference venue of Melbourne Park in Australia, has launched its first brand and acquisition campaign, ‘Make CENTREPIECE Your Masterpiece,’ to reinvigorate the city’s events sector in 2022.

The digitally lead campaign, which was created in partnership with creative agency partner Keep Left, is a 30-second ad that aims to drive awareness, differentiate, and build an understanding of CENTREPIECE among local and national event planners.

Georgia Pedersen, the strategic marketing manager at Melbourne and Olympic Parks, shared that building on the experience Melbourne and Olympic Park offers for major events such as the Australian Open, CENTREPIECE presents as an innovative and adaptable venue with the capability to host a range of events from large-scale conferences and major awards nights to weddings and gala celebrations.

“This campaign challenges event planners to express themselves and think outside the box with mind-expanding creative executions and get excited about the endless possibilities of building their event at CENTREPIECE,” said Pedersen.

Blair Kimber, Keep Left’s executive creative director, commented, “’Make CENTREPIECE Your Masterpiece’ speaks to the audience’s desire for creating unique events by demonstrating how customizable the venue is. It positions CENTREPIECE as the blank canvas that allows event managers to freely express their vision, to think big and deliver something bespoke.”

CENTREPIECE will begin hosting events in early 2022, including Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME), the leading meetings and conventions event in APAC.

Tags Keep Left, CENTREPIECE, anz, Australia, Brand campaign, Live Events

Platforms Featured Southeast Asia

Recipes, skincare, entertainment: Filipinos’ top content choices on YouTube

Post author By Teddy Cambosa
Post date September 30, 2021

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Manila, Philippines – YouTube retains its leadership among Filipino viewers, where in the country, the watch base now stands at 45 million viewers. With this, local brands are in a better position to tap the platform in attaining desired business and brand results.

In their latest ‘YouTube Brandcast’ press event, the platform noted that there has been more than 25% rise in watchtime from April 2020 to April 2021, while total hours of content uploaded to YouTube by channels in the Philippines grew more than four times between 2020 and 2019.

There has been a huge influx of new creators on the platform as well, with over 3,000 local channels hitting more than 100,000 subscribers, over 250 channels having more than one million subscribers, and 12 channels having more than 10 million subscribers, as of June 2021.

“In the second year of the pandemic, more Filipinos turned to YouTube to use content that can help them with their everyday life. YouTube’s reach, creators, content uploads, and watchtime increased phenomenally and this ecosystem growth unlocked great possibilities for brands to drive results at scale, and deliver a fulfilling experience for viewers,” said Gabby Roxas, marketing head at Google Philippines.

In terms of the genres or categories most watched on the platform locally, recipe videos grew by more than 50% in watchtime during the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year. Skincare video watch time had also jumped by more than 80% in the same period and interestingly, that for shampoo videos more than doubled.

Furthermore, in continuing to seek entertainment to cope with the prolonged isolation periods, watchtime for role-playing game (RPG) videos grew by more than 80% while that for drama television series grew by more than 70% in the same period.

With these genres rising to popularity, brands locally can tap into these categories through their respective content creators to create meaningful brand-infused content, such as the platform’s sponsorable activities like Super Stream, Music Night, and FanFest among others allow brands like Unilever to engage consumers effectively.

“Marketing in a connected world opens new opportunities for brands to connect deeper with people, and YouTube is an effective platform to do that. Through YouTube, we were able to tell our brand stories in an unmissable way, standing up in the frontline of culture to engage today’s attention-restricted audience,” said Dennis Perez, media director at Unilever Philippines.

The platform’s success on brand integrated campaigns has been evident when they launched their first-ever YouTube Works locally, where they recognized the brands that have created campaigns that take the support from the platform’s diverse audience and capabilities.

“YouTube empowers brands to push the boundaries of creative storytelling that delivers results and I’ve seen this with the finalists of the inaugural YouTube Works awards. They used YouTube and its content creators in a powerful way, resulting in key achievements in awareness, engagement and action. I’m excited to see what brands and agencies will come up with and submit in the next run of YouTube Works,” said Leigh Reyes, jury head at YouTube Works and chair 3meritus and product officer at MullenLowe TREYNA.

Tags Brand campaign, Streaming platforms, YouTube Works Awards, Philippines, Content creators, Youtube

Marketing Featured Global

‘Confidence and progress’ is the centerpiece of AXA’s latest global campaign

Post author By Teddy Cambosa
Post date March 16, 2021

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Hong Kong – Insurance company AXA has announced the rollout of its new global brand campaign aimed at creating inspiration for confidence and progress.

Embodying the brand’s ‘Know You Can’ brand signature, the new brand campaign centers on the purpose of “act for human progress by protecting what matters.” This means evolving the meaning of the brand’s promise from empowering an individual’s self-belief towards being an enabler of progress through collective and connected confidence. In doing so, it seeks to make the brand a trusted and reliable beacon for its stakeholders.

In addition, the campaign is directly inspired by what most need nowadays: optimism. With the global pandemic having a massive impact on the physical and mental health of people around the world, the brand campaign’s message can be summed as “when you feel confident you can go far. When you feel protected by AXA you can go further.”

“This new brand campaign underscores AXA’s continuous commitment to being a true partner for our customers and helping them to achieve their goals. We hope to inspire people with this impactful campaign to embrace the future with confidence and build a better world together,” said Sally Wan, chief executive officer at AXA Hong Kong and Macau.

The new AXA brand campaign will first roll out in the Asia Pacific, particularly in Hong Kong, where the campaign will be promoted across TV, digital and social media, and on outdoor billboards at strategic locations.

One of the initial parts of the campaign is a short film produced by AXA, which focuses on a young girl’s dream to become a soccer player. Throughout the storyline, the young girl faces a lot of obstacles, from being bullied in school to having seen a riot in their local area. Despite the adversities, she manages to emerge victorious as she plays for a large crowd.

Overall, the brand’s campaign is a focus point for AXA’s commitment to supporting its customers, small-to-medium enterprises and the wider community, giving them the confidence to move forward.

“We are proud and delighted to be the first Asian market to launch this powerful brand campaign. To further reinforce our brand promise ‘Know You Can’ among Hong Kong citizens and build up the impact of this meaningful brand campaign, we will also introduce a series of local inspiring true stories surrounding the themes of Climate Change, BetterMe and Health throughout this year,” said Andrea Wong, chief marketing and customer officer of AXA Hong Kong and Macau.

Tags Global, Insurance, Brand campaign, Video advertisement, AXA

Technology Featured ANZ

Adtech Cartelux pilots new marketing solution with Kia Australia

Post author By Teddy Cambosa
Post date February 25, 2021

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Sydney, Australia – Australian-based adtech company Cartelux has launched its centralized marketing solution, and it has decided to pilot it to the Australian arm of global automotive brand Kia, specifically in its dealer’s network.

Through the solution, Cartelux’s technology will assist Kia in driving local innovation by simplifying and automating ad creation, approval, and media buying process. This then enables dynamic personalization of creative assets by each dealer, while delivering a consistent brand campaign for Kia.

For Nikolas Souliotis, digital marketing manager at Kia Australia, their partnership with Cartelux means achieving success in the digital age between the brand itself and its numerous dealers nationwide.

“The Cartelux platform offers an entirely new playground allowing better marketing alignment across national and local tiers through scalable video and data consolidation. This enables us to see consumers through the same lens and drive better results and greater efficiencies – it’s the future of performance-driven retail marketing,” Souliotis said.

Meanwhile, Randy Han, global lead for Kia at Google noted that Kia’s partnership with Cartelux means creating more engaging video content for the automotive brand, as Kia has been looking for simple ways to create dealer ad content at scale.

Patrick Doble, global general manager at Cartelux, commented, “Kia is one of the world’s most innovative and fastest growing brands. The program for Kia will commence with providing digital video advertising, which geo-targets campaigns based on the dealers primary marketing area.”

Tags Technology, Brand campaign, digital transformation, Video advertisement, Automotive brand, Kia Australia, Cartelux, Marketing solution

Platforms Featured Global

AnalogFolk invests in newly-launched content production Untold Fable

Post author By Teddy Cambosa
Post date February 2, 2021

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Singapore – Global creative agency AnalogFolk has announced its recent investment to Untold Fable, a newly-launched global content production company founded by entrepreneur Kate Tancred, who also serves as Untold Fable’s CEO.

AnalogFolk Group will become a majority shareholder of Untold Fable, and it will be running its specialist brands – AnalogFolk, Untold Fable and Serum (UK) – as stand-alone businesses.

Through the investment, Untold Fable will offer clients the added value of tapping into on-demand digital agency services from AnalogFolk. This joint offering is designed to provide one entry point for clients into the creativity and efficiencies of a tech-powered production offering and the strategic precision of on demand creative digital agency services.

Untold Fable was founded on a greater need for video and audio content across entertainment and advertising, to which the company aims to cater to by creating a platform that houses studios, sound designers, sound engineers, composers and voice talent from around the world, assisting brands with their audio identity while communicating with consumers via one of the fastest-growing ad formats in the world.

Furthermore, Untold Fable allows brands, publishers and agencies to also have the option to measure their diversity and inclusion (D&I) statistics across their productions throughout the year, empowering them to put the issue front and center by giving them the data when it comes time to commission talent.

According to data from branding and design company IMPACT, 70% of consumers have shared a brand’s video, with 52% saying watching product videos makes them more confident in online purchase decisions. About 72% of businesses, meanwhile, stated video has improved their conversion rate.

“It is the first community-based production model to be built with diversity at its heart, promising to ensure the makeup of the network reflects the world we live in as well as launching technology features that make connecting with traditionally underrepresented talent from the creative industry much more accessible to clients,” the company said in a press statement.

With the existing footprint of AnalogFolk globally, Untold Fable will offer clients on-the-ground teams in London, New York, Sydney, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Singapore from day one.

“I spent the last 10 years driving the efficiencies and creativity of a tech powered production offering. Untold Fable expands on that model by connecting clients with a curated network of diverse, award-winning talent and layering over digital creative services from one of the most celebrated independent digital agencies in the world. Combining these offerings enables us to produce audio and video content in a way that the industry is yet to experience,” Tancred said.

Meanwhile, for AnalogFolk founder and chief client officer Bill Brock, their recent investment in Untold Fable speaks to the agency’s mission of using “digital to make the analog world better.”

“With the launch of Untold Fable, we not only diversify the group’s offering, we break exciting new ground on this enduring mission. We’re leveraging the power of technology to make it easier than ever before for brands and publishers to work with a more diverse talent pool,” Brock stated.

Tags Brand campaign, AnalogFolk, Investment, Untold Fable, Content production, Audio content, Joint offering, Video content

Marketing Featured East Asia

GroupM pushes INCA into HK market expansion

Post author By Teddy Cambosa
Post date November 24, 2020

Michael Woo and Andy Chung

Hong Kong – Media investment company GroupM is continuing its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, this time launching INCA, an influencer marketing company, to the Hong Kong market.

With this regional expansion, INCA will then allow brand-influencer partnerships to leverage content-driven campaigns. Furthermore, as more brands are reallocating their influencer marketing budget to social media brand engagement, INCA upholds brand safety across using AI technology leverages.

As a study from data company Nielsen shows that economic and social uncertainties have affected brand advertising by means of audience impact, brands have since then ventured out into strategies that are efficient and will have return of investment in no time. Hence, INCA in Hong Kong aims to provide influencer marketing to the local brands by allowing them to collaborate with genuine influencers in spreading the brand, benefiting Hong Kong-based brands from the leveraging strategies from INCA.

“We are committed to helping brands in Hong Kong create the best possible outcomes through our data-driven and brand-safe approach to influencer marketing. Our AI-powered solutions and thorough influencer and content approval processes ensure their investments in influencer marketing inspire their customers, protect their brands, and achieve results that are directly tied to business results,” said Michael Woo (right of banner picture), associate director for Product & Operations at INCA Hong Kong.

INCA is also allowing brands to check the authenticity of their influential marketing strategies through INCATech, a platform that allows brands to check unique creator and audience insights, workflow tools, content amplification, and detailed campaign reporting dashboards which includes Genuity Score.

A screen grab featuring the dashboard of INCA’S INCATech platform that monitors partner influencers (Photo Courtesy of INCA)

“Advertisers are faced with the challenge of finding authentic and relevant content creators while ensuring cost-efficiency in their marketing campaigns. Our technology will help equip advertisers, not only in Hong Kong but globally, with data-driven tools that will connect them to genuine influencers and leading publishers in order to achieve their marketing objectives,” said Andy Chung (left of banner picture), head of programmatic at GroupM.

Tags Influencer Marketing, Influencer Marketing Trends, INCA, Hong Kong, GroupM, Brand campaign, Social media engagement, Technology, Social Media Listening, Artificial Intelligence

Marketing Featured Southeast Asia

Nissan PH taps local actor Matteo Guidicelli as brand’s new ambassador

Post author By Teddy Cambosa
Post date November 19, 2020

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Manila, Philippines – The Japanese automaker Nissan in the Philippines welcomes local celebrity Matteo Guidicelli as the brand’s new ambassador, formally introduced during the company’s annual Dealer of the Year Awards on November 6.

A local actor-singer and multisport athlete, Guidicelli expressed high hopes for the new partnership, which also coincided with the company’s recently launched brand campaign “Dare the Impossible.”

Matteo Guidicelli (left) recently met with Nissan in the Philippines President and Managing Director Atsushi Najima during a recent company event.

“The Dare the Impossible campaign is a brilliant way to further ignite the passion and innovation behind Nissan. In combination with the brand’s new look, this attitude is something I can totally relate [to and] live by. I am looking forward to the full experience from the vehicle line-up, including the Nissan Terra, Navarra, Patrol, the 370Z, the fully electric Nissan LEAF, and beyond,” says Matteo Guidicelli.

Meanwhile, Atsushi Najima, president and managing director for Nissan in the Philippines commented, “With Matteo, we are further igniting the Nissan brand in the Philippines. He is an inspiration and fully aligned to how we manage marketing, sales, consumer touch points, dealer network, after sales and communications. We are proud to have Matteo with us, as Nissan boldly shapes an innovative and human-centric future in the country and in the region.”

Tags Matteo Guidicelli, Car branding, Automaker, Dare The Impossible, Local celebrity, Philippines, Brand Ambassador, Nissan, Brand campaign

Marketing Featured Southeast Asia

SG’s PropertyGuru launches campaign, spotlights home financing journey

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Post date October 20, 2020

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Singapore – Homegrown property technology company PropertyGuru has launched a new brand campaign in Singapore to raise awareness for its new core offering to consumers as the go-to place for all property buying needs – from finding a home to financing one.

Titled “Perfectly Matched, Under One Roof,” the campaign launch comes after its recent expansion into home finance space in March via its new mortgage marketplace PropertyGuru Finance, which enables the discovery and comparison of the best home loans.

The campaign’s tagline, “Home listings. Home loans. Perfectly matched, Under One Roof” aims to reinforce that ”homes” and “home financing” services are now offered by PropertyGuru to consumers in a creative and universal way.

The campaign’s creative builds on PropertyGuru’s core branding to tap on its over 10-year industry experience and technology track record. It will introduce the PropertyGuru Finance color palette and logo, depicting a “perfect match” at the center point of the various executions. The campaign will also feature a series of four key visuals, highlighting the unique and “perfect matches” that PropertyGuru can now offer to consumers.

The campaign concept brings across a simple and relatable message with eye-catching, creative imagery of perfect matches, including a version with a local twist that plays a part in our everyday lives.

The campaign will be rolled out islandwide over the coming weeks as part of a multi-channel marketing approach – promoting itself on-air, on-ground, out of home via media corporation’s radio channels, billboards, buses, and across various digital and social platforms.

To promote the awareness of home financing amongst consumers, PropertyGuru will also be conducting regular home financing webinars via Zoom and their Facebook page starting from Thursday, 29th October 2020.

Bjorn Sprengers, chief marketing officer & head of fintech at PropertyGuru Group said, “Home financing and affordability should not be an afterthought but the first thing on our minds when we start the search for a property. The need for greater financial prudence in making property buying decisions is especially pertinent given the current economic situation.”

“Since launching the business in March, we have helped hundreds of Singaporeans with their home financing needs. We hope that with the timely launch of this campaign we can continue to emphasize the importance of home financing amongst property seekers and how PropertyGuru Finance can be of support,” he added. Meanwhile, Paul Wee, managing director, finTech at PropertyGuru Group, who will be chairing the webinar series highlighted that, “The interactive sessions will address various concerns property seekers face when searching for a suitable home loan package, and detail how the PropertyGuru Finance in-house team of expert advisors can help make the homeownership journey smoother.”

Tags Property Guru Finance, Bjorn Sprengers, Paul Wee, Brand campaign, Property Guru, Homes, Home Financing, Perfectly Matched Under One Roof, Home Listings, Home Loans, Perfectly Matched

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