Avoiding the 7 year itch
Agency
BMF
Client
Meat & Livestock Australia
Awards
Silver
Food
Bronze
Short Term Effects
Case Study
Summary
After a long history, generating the same degree of earned media year on year was difficult given media was getting weary of the same old formula. So we evolved Sam’s political pastiche, and took him into popular culture. We used our owned channels, creating an entertainment platform around Sam’s foray into music to spread the word via ‘Barbie Girl’. This increased average weekly sales by 31.7% when Lamb prices were at an all time high. We reached 6.06m people through our owned channels and had up to 10,000 interactions daily on Facebook. And not one of the fans was another Kekovich. Lamb & Sam’s 7 year itch was averted.
Case study
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Credits
| Author/Planner | Christina Aventi | ||||||||
| Head of Marketing Sciences | Rob Chandler | ||||||||
| Group Account Director | Rebecca Morton | ||||||||
| Account Director | Kelly Howard | ||||||||
| Account Manager | Natella Riftin | ||||||||
| Account Executive | Sarah Hood | ||||||||
| Executive Creative Director | Dylan Taylor | ||||||||
| Creative Director | Dennis Koutoulogenis | ||||||||
| Art Director | Jake Rusznyak | ||||||||
| Art Director | Mark Carbone | ||||||||
| Interactive Lead | Josh Akmens | ||||||||
| Social Media Manager | Angela Graham | ||||||||
| TV Producer | Mel Herbert | ||||||||
| Print Producer | Alex MacArthur | ||||||||
| Digital Producer | Rachel O’Toole | ||||||||
| Art Buyer | Charlotte Cohen | ||||||||
| Marketing Manager, Brand and Strategy | Andrew Cox | MLA | |||||||
| Assistant Brand Manager | Magali Duveau | MLA |
