TUNA CAMPAIGN

TitleTUNA CAMPAIGN
BrandSEA SHEPHERD
Product / ServiceMARINE CONSERVATION
CategoryA01. Event & Field Marketing
EntrantOGILVY & MATHER SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE
Entrant Company:OGILVY & MATHER SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE
Sales Promotion/Advertising Agency:OGILVY & MATHER SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

Credits

Name Company Position
Steve Back Ogilvy/Mather Singapore Chief Creative Officer
Juggi Ramakrishnan Ogilvy/Mather Singapore Creative Director/Copywriter
Richard Copping Ogilvy/Mather Singapore Creative Director/Art Director
Anthony Tham Ogilvy/Mather Singapore Art Director
Alvin Chin Ogilvy/Mather Singapore Producer
Amarjeet Kaur Ogilvy/Mather Singapore Project Manager
Teo Studios Photographer
The Gunnery Sound
Critica Post Production
Hogarth Post Production
Getty Images Images
Corbis Images
Procolor Digital Imaging

The Brief

The Bluefin tuna ought to be on the endangered list. But it's not. Because Japan and China have paid bribes to keep it off that list. If Asians don't take Bluefin off the menu, it's likely to go extinct pretty soon.

Describe how the promotion developed from concept to implementation

We offered panda meat for sale online (www.panda-meat.com) and through sampling booths set up in supermarkets, street markets, and travel fairs.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

'You sick bastards.' 'How could you kill pandas?' And 'I'm calling the police' were the most common initial reactions. But once we pointed out the double standards, it was 'Really? I didn't know.' And 'I'll never eat Bluefin again.' 171,467 people pledged to give up eating Bluefin. Needless to say, no pandas were harmed in the experiment.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

Our idea was to compare eating tuna to eating panda.