Sunday 17 March 2013

Pepsi PR Prank

‘Pepsi Max – a zero calorie cola in disguise’



NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon visited a car dealership where, armed with a disguise, cameras on the car, in his glasses and a Pepsi Max ‘can cam’, the professional driver took an unsuspecting car salesman on a test drive (in a Chevrolet Camaro) to remember.

Thursday 7 March 2013

Dove's 'Beautify' app tricked air-brushers into downloading it under the premise it would make their job easier, when in fact it did the opposite - reverting the pictures back to their un-edited state.

This was part of Dove's ongoing campaign to promote real beauty


Twilight solution for breaking-down


With the final installment of The Twilight Saga being released Monday 11th March a hotline has been set up to help Twi-hards mourn. 

‘Support those that are breaking down‘ 

The Twilight Twi-line is available to all UK residents for the next two weeks on this number: 03300 225 775 (calls charged at standard rate)

Wednesday 6 March 2013

CoppaFeel of these puppies!


Breast Cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel have tried a new tactic by assembling a team of cute puppies to encourage women to check their boobs!

 
Teaming up with Cosmopolitan Magazine an app has been created which releases a cute puppy picture with a reminder to check your puppies. The magazine will also feature the images on their website and social media channels. The campaign launches in April’s edition of the magazine accompanied by a video starring Fearne Cotton.

So what are you waiting for? Check your puppies, ladies! #checkyourpuppies


Tuesday 5 March 2013

A Quick PR Catch Up!


As I haven't updated in a while I thought I’d post a few of my favourite recent PR stunts

The Nivea Stress Test

The Chocolate CV
Nick Begley’s CV went viral when taking drastic action after receiving so many rejection letters.

Coca-Cola’s FREE MONEY ATM

Dead Man Down – Elevator Murder

Bergge Tattoo Parlour's clever QR Code
Applicants were requires to prove their precision by filling in  a QR code to unlock the job application.

Thursday 24 January 2013

WHEN WILL YOU DIE? - Diesel's 'Time To Live' campaign


Diesel have launched a site http://www.diesel.com/daystolive/ which allows users to calculate how long they have to live by simply answering a few questions
The site encourages those who use it to 'waste time more bravely' and allows users to shop the collection featured in the backdrop of the questionnaire on various models.
Note that this is considered more of a direct marketing campaign than PR.

'PUSH TO ADD DRAMA' sequel

The infamous TNT 'Push To Add Drama' stunt has been recreated in the Netherlands to launch the channel.

This time the public have been placed directly in the drama!
Enjoy!


Details of the original stunt can be found using the link below