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• Dad of 2
• Proud participant in the worst
Guinness World Record in history
• Founder of Rich Leigh &
Company
• Willy waving bit – past and
current clients include
Gocompare.com, Premier Inn,
IKEA, Amscreen,
Confused.com and Monkey
Nutrition (been nominated for
a few awards – forever the
bridesmaid)
• Founder of PRexamples.com
• Start-up co-founder
(bloggabase.com)
• Launched in late 2014
• Gloucester-based
• Passion for creative stunts and
campaigns
• Work with some great brands
already
• A focus on personalising PR
• Just employed – give us a wave,
Craig
• Geekily passionate about PR/marketing
stunts and campaigns,
• Fan of Jim Moran era of stunts (he sold
ice to an eskimo, walked a bull through a
china shop and sat on an ostrich egg for
19 days to promote a movie called The
Egg and I)
• Started PRexamples.com in Jan 2012
(wrote G&BPR for 2+ years)
• Have worked on quite a few personally…
Army recruitment drive using
Oculus
Tank through Parliament
Horse meat calculator
Zombie auditions
Curry perfume Twerking classes at Les Mills
Adobe Photoshopped unsuspecting
members of the public as they
waited for a bus and filmed the
reaction
Billboard ‘made from real
rabbit’ in New Zealand
Thai Health Foundation secretly
filmed children asking smoking
adults for help lighting their
cigarette. Sparked 40% increase in
calls.
Multi-stage campaign by The
Icecreamists asking mums to
donate breast milk, which was
then made into ice cream.
BrewDog hit the front pages with a
stunt involving beer and dead
animals (though it was made clear
the animals were road kill before
they became bottle warmers)
To promote Mercenaries 2, EA
offered drivers up to £40 free
fuel – creating (relevant) chaos
and headlines
Monopoly hid real money (£15k) in
limited number of sets
MasterCard surprised 5 a side
players with crowd and Pierluigi
Collina
1.Easily explainable in a sentence
2.Relate to the product/service
they’re aiming to promote
3.Clear objectives
4.Visual – great assets, whether
images or video
1.Create a reaction - not just views,
but measurable increase in share of
voice, enquires and/or sales
2.Answer the client’s brief
3.Relate to the product/service it’s
aiming to highlight
4.Reach the intended audience
5.Inspire thought and/or debate,
shock or entertain
Creative thinking is a process.
Not always a long one, not
always a collaborative one, but
idea generation generally
involves the following steps:
• Know your client – begin with insight related to them,
competitors and their audience
• Research: What’s worked? What hasn’t? Why?
• Can you explain your idea in a sentence?
• Does it inspire thought and/or debate? Does it shock?
Does it entertain?
• Is the reaction measurable? What does your client
want from the campaign?
Break into stages of creative
content.
Consider ways to engage and
then re-engage audiences.
Not competition format?
Become a story teller. Drip
feed content to audience
using all available channels.
Timpson New Year
campaign
Easter egg product tie-in
B&Q ‘increase in demand’
memo
Footballer spotted on date in Nando’s
Pub in Newcastle changed name to
welcome incoming French players
Virgin responded to teenager
on a train
Leeds Met’s Richard Bailey:
“judgement is the most
valuable and most
underrated skill in PR”
Good example of judgement:
Sandals Resort offered Katie
Price a refund – on the basis
she didn’t choose its resorts
for ‘any future weddings or
stays’
Puma sent a flash mob to
Champions League losers
Borussia Dortmund
American Apparel’s ill-
judged sale during a
hurricane that killed
almost 300 people
• Don’t shoehorn just because it’s
a good idea
• Don’t rush to use a new medium
unless the idea fits
• Don’t mistake headlines and RTs
for success – many campaigns
are well circulated within
media/marketing, but who
outside knows or cares?
• Awards do not a happy client
make (one ex-client spent £50k
on campaign – zero return)
• Increase in sales?
• Increase in site traffic?
• Increase in links?
• Increase in sign-ups?
• How are you tracking?
It’s not always easy to
prove worth of PR – online
much easier
Google Goals blog:
goo.gl/1tHoRq
The top 20 stunts & campaigns every year…
2012: goo.gl/NXYmnH
2013: goo.gl/7efTkc
2014: goo.gl/D5iNsW
Creative Campaigns: An Insider's Guide

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Creative Campaigns: An Insider's Guide

  • 1.
  • 2. • Dad of 2 • Proud participant in the worst Guinness World Record in history • Founder of Rich Leigh & Company • Willy waving bit – past and current clients include Gocompare.com, Premier Inn, IKEA, Amscreen, Confused.com and Monkey Nutrition (been nominated for a few awards – forever the bridesmaid) • Founder of PRexamples.com • Start-up co-founder (bloggabase.com)
  • 3. • Launched in late 2014 • Gloucester-based • Passion for creative stunts and campaigns • Work with some great brands already • A focus on personalising PR • Just employed – give us a wave, Craig
  • 4. • Geekily passionate about PR/marketing stunts and campaigns, • Fan of Jim Moran era of stunts (he sold ice to an eskimo, walked a bull through a china shop and sat on an ostrich egg for 19 days to promote a movie called The Egg and I) • Started PRexamples.com in Jan 2012 (wrote G&BPR for 2+ years) • Have worked on quite a few personally…
  • 5. Army recruitment drive using Oculus Tank through Parliament
  • 7. Curry perfume Twerking classes at Les Mills
  • 8. Adobe Photoshopped unsuspecting members of the public as they waited for a bus and filmed the reaction Billboard ‘made from real rabbit’ in New Zealand
  • 9. Thai Health Foundation secretly filmed children asking smoking adults for help lighting their cigarette. Sparked 40% increase in calls. Multi-stage campaign by The Icecreamists asking mums to donate breast milk, which was then made into ice cream.
  • 10. BrewDog hit the front pages with a stunt involving beer and dead animals (though it was made clear the animals were road kill before they became bottle warmers) To promote Mercenaries 2, EA offered drivers up to £40 free fuel – creating (relevant) chaos and headlines
  • 11. Monopoly hid real money (£15k) in limited number of sets MasterCard surprised 5 a side players with crowd and Pierluigi Collina
  • 12. 1.Easily explainable in a sentence 2.Relate to the product/service they’re aiming to promote 3.Clear objectives 4.Visual – great assets, whether images or video
  • 13. 1.Create a reaction - not just views, but measurable increase in share of voice, enquires and/or sales 2.Answer the client’s brief 3.Relate to the product/service it’s aiming to highlight 4.Reach the intended audience 5.Inspire thought and/or debate, shock or entertain
  • 14. Creative thinking is a process. Not always a long one, not always a collaborative one, but idea generation generally involves the following steps:
  • 15. • Know your client – begin with insight related to them, competitors and their audience • Research: What’s worked? What hasn’t? Why? • Can you explain your idea in a sentence? • Does it inspire thought and/or debate? Does it shock? Does it entertain? • Is the reaction measurable? What does your client want from the campaign?
  • 16. Break into stages of creative content. Consider ways to engage and then re-engage audiences. Not competition format? Become a story teller. Drip feed content to audience using all available channels.
  • 17. Timpson New Year campaign Easter egg product tie-in
  • 18. B&Q ‘increase in demand’ memo Footballer spotted on date in Nando’s
  • 19. Pub in Newcastle changed name to welcome incoming French players Virgin responded to teenager on a train
  • 20. Leeds Met’s Richard Bailey: “judgement is the most valuable and most underrated skill in PR” Good example of judgement: Sandals Resort offered Katie Price a refund – on the basis she didn’t choose its resorts for ‘any future weddings or stays’
  • 21. Puma sent a flash mob to Champions League losers Borussia Dortmund American Apparel’s ill- judged sale during a hurricane that killed almost 300 people
  • 22. • Don’t shoehorn just because it’s a good idea • Don’t rush to use a new medium unless the idea fits • Don’t mistake headlines and RTs for success – many campaigns are well circulated within media/marketing, but who outside knows or cares? • Awards do not a happy client make (one ex-client spent £50k on campaign – zero return)
  • 23. • Increase in sales? • Increase in site traffic? • Increase in links? • Increase in sign-ups? • How are you tracking? It’s not always easy to prove worth of PR – online much easier Google Goals blog: goo.gl/1tHoRq
  • 24. The top 20 stunts & campaigns every year… 2012: goo.gl/NXYmnH 2013: goo.gl/7efTkc 2014: goo.gl/D5iNsW