Title | PRESIDENT’S CURRY |
Brand | JIPANG CORPORATION |
Product / Service | PRESIDENT’S CURRY |
Entrant | I&S BBDO Tokyo, JAPAN |
Entrant Company: | I&S BBDO Tokyo, JAPAN |
Advertising Agency: | I&S BBDO Tokyo, JAPAN |
Name | Company | Position |
---|---|---|
Mari Nishimura | I&S BBDO | Creative Director/Planner/Director |
Hitomi Yagi | I&S BBDO | Art Director |
Peter Smyth | I&S BBDO | Strategic Officer |
Yasuyuki Omagari | Creative Director | |
Ryuichi Shirasawa | Running | Producer |
Masaaki Niikawa | Running | Producer |
Takeshi Ueda | U2 | Editor |
Kazuhiro Matsushita | U2 | Mixer |
The client was originally selling the curry Yamaguchi Tasteful Curry in a small town in Japan. They were struggling with sales growth so we changed their name to President Curry - we only sold the curry to someone with the title President. This unique idea created word of mouth, and the sales doubled.
The uniqueness of the naming went viral among presidents as well as in society. As the awareness rose, the sales went up, bringing about a tangible change.
The secret is mechanism. We created a very strict system online that we only sold them to presidents. It led to the WOM marketing from one president to another. It also went viral on Twitter.