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IBM

Sand DM

Agency: Ogilvy

Description

IBM was finding it increasingly difficult getting people to attend its seminars and conventions. Fewer and fewer wanted to travel and spend time out of office or home. So getting them to come to a new office opening seemed a task that had disaster written all over it. That was until Ogilvy came up with an invite with a difference. What invitees got was a large black box that contained a pouch of sand. Yes sand. The TA was instructed to pour the sand onto the enclosed plain white card and then read the message that appeared on it. How it worked was - the sand when poured and dusted off, got stuck to invisible gum on the white card, and revealed a message – “IBM Opens in Qatar”. An interactive device relevant to the desert city of Qatar. The task was very successful and had high recall. 340 invites were mailed out and 125 respondents attended. A 40% response rate. The entire exercise is now going to be replicated in other Middle Eastern markets.

This professional campaign titled 'Sand DM' was published in India in May, 2012. It was created for the brand: IBM, by ad agency: Ogilvy. This Direct medium campaign is related to the Electronics, Technology industry and contains 1 media asset. It was submitted almost 12 years ago.

Credits

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Bangalore, India
Chief Creative Officer: Piyush Pandey
Executive Creative Director: Ajanta Barker
Creative Directors: Gautam Dev, Arun KT
Creative Controller / Art Director: Siju RS
Copywriter: Gautam Dev
Photographer: Sujith Bose
Client Servicing: Saji Mathews, Nita Grandhi, Pallavi Dutta, Karan Malhotra
Production: Manu Reddy, Naganandhan Rao

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