TIME OF A SONG

TitleTIME OF A SONG
BrandTENCENT
Product / ServiceTENCENT
CategoryE02. Sponsorship & Brand Partnership
EntrantJ. WALTER THOMPSON Shanghai, CHINA
Idea Creation J. WALTER THOMPSON Shanghai, CHINA
Production STEAM FILMS Shanghai, CHINA

Credits

Name Company Position
Norman Tan J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Chief Creative Officer
Hu Gang J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Executive Creative Director
Andes Yu J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Creative Director
Duan Duan J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Associate Creative Director
Eason Chen J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Associate Art Director
Chen Yongyi J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Associate Art Director
George Xu J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Copywriter
Connie Chua J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Head of Production
Peggy Guan J. Walter Thompson Shanghai TV Producer
Sarah Guo J. Walter Thompson Shanghai TV producer
Ren Bo J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Group Account Director
Bonnie Wang J. Walter Thompson Shanghai Account Manager
Zou Jin Director
Tina Zhuang Steamfilm Producer
Su Zhen Editor
Liang Zhongqiang Cameraman

The Campaign

- In China, there are 60million left-behind children and at least 3 million of them do not have a chance to make a phone call with their parents for a few years. We call them left-behind children, who live in the villages as their parents toil in the cities, to contact their parents. - We launched the Echo Plan to donate a portion of WeChat’s earnings towards helping.

The Brief

Media - 200W Production - 80w

Creative Execution

- "Lupin Flower" is the most well-known children's song in China. They lyric is about a kid miss his mother who is in the heaven. We made up a left-behind children’s choir to sing it. - We first launched echo plan growing up system in Wechat in July. At the same time we launched the video "time of a song" in the social website to make buzz and awareness.

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

- 82 millions video hits. - 2.58 million new top-up service user - $1.5 million donated to the echo plan

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

- Wechat is most popular social app in China, while it's top-up service grows slow. We create the "echo plan" platform and give people a good reason to use our service. The video we created directly raise people's awareness which get 82 millions video hits and recruit 2.58 million new top-up service user.

- We made a touching video"time of a song" featuring a left-behind children’s choir to sing the most popular children’s song “Lupin Flower” to express their motion of missing their parents. We successfully raise people’s awareness and let them know they can help those children by using our service. Once they top-up their mobile with Wechat, the left behind children will have a time of a song to call their parents.