Monday 31 March 2014

Branded Rain: The Hottest Fake Thing in Marketing

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Call it Smell-O-Vision on an ethereal level. The driving rainstorm that suddenly has whiffs of french fries and top notes of fine Corinthian leather? It’s no freak of nature. It’s Brand Drops.


It’s not real – well, not today, anyway –- but Publicis Seattle has dreamed up an experiential marketing tactic for a straight-faced but obviously gag-filled video that asks questions like, “What if a raindrop could do more?”


The world’s first branded aromatic rain was developed, so says the vignette, by Publicis and the “scientific community.” Here’s how it works: just seed regular old rain clouds with a distilled, odiferous version of your brand. And voila –- make it rain Cinnabons! Read more...


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