IT'S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES

TitleIT'S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES
BrandDEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
Product / ServiceTOURISM
CategoryA09. Best Use of Social Media Marketing
EntrantBBDO GUERRERO Makati City, THE PHILIPPINES
Entrant Company:BBDO GUERRERO Makati City, THE PHILIPPINES
Advertising Agency:BBDO GUERRERO Makati City, THE PHILIPPINES
Media Agency:PHD MEDIA Makati City, THE PHILIPPINES

Credits

Name Company Position
David Guerrero Bbdo Guerrero Cco/Copywriter
Tin Sanchez Bbdo Guerrero Ecd/Copywriter
Brandie Tan Bbdo Guerrero Ecd/Art Director
Dale Lopez Bbdo Guerrero Cd/Art Director
Meggy De Guzman Bbdo Guerrero Acd/Copywriter
Jeck Ebreo Bbdo Guerrero Acd/Art Director
Corey Cruz/Bixie Reyes Bbdo Guerrero Art Director
Ian Sta. Maria/Rizza Garcia Bbdo Guerrero Art Director
Jao Bautista/Eia Garcia Bbdo Guerrero Cd/Copywriter
Dennis Nierra/Karen Gosingan Bbdo Guerrero Art Director
Sheena Siao/Claren Torres Bbdo Guerrero Copywriter
Jing Abellera/Ino Magno Just Add Water Producers
Sugar Perez/Monica Angeles Bbdo Guerrero Design
Leah Mababangloob Bbdo Guerrero Art Director
Ombet Traspe/Iking Uy Bbdo Guerrero Accounts
Francine Kahn-Gonzalez Bbdo Guerrero Managing Director
Paolo Acosta/Loreto Zara Bbdo Guerrero Account Director
Al Salvador Bbdo Guerrero Print Producer
Cristina Buenaventura/Eileen Borromeo Bbdo Guerrero Planner
Manny Nepomuceno/Roshan Nandwani Bbdo Guerrero Digital Producer

Results and Effectiveness

The haunting imagery in the editorial space made such an impact on readers, it was discussed on TV, broadsheets and social media during the week that it ran. It took less than P3,000 to contact the columnists. But their participation gave the NUJP an audience value of P36 million.

Creative Execution

For the second anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) took over the editorial section of the country’s largest newspaper – a section that has never been open to advertising. The paper’s columnists had their eyes shut in their photos for an entire week, sending the message that impunity leads to more deaths.

Insights, Strategy and the Idea

On November 23, 2009, 58 people, 32 of them journalists, were gunned down in Maguindanao province – the single deadliest attack on journalists in the history of the world. Two years after, there has been almost no progress in the case. The journalists of the Philippines needed to make a protest.