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Pepsi Coca-Cola
Who?
• Women 16-35, comfortable personal
income
• Aggressively pursuing goals
• Reject some social conventions
(housewife, marriage)
• Urban, or want to be
• Secondary target males, similar
demographics – also teens, but
inadvertently
What?
• Red Bull is the current market leader
• Independent, European origin
• Catchy, well-known label, small can
• Berry-flavoured, carbonated, available
sugar-free
• Restorative, vitalizing effects –
increases mental awareness
• All natural ingredients
• TASTES BETTER THAN COFFEE
When?
• January 1, 2007-Dec 31, 2007
• Pulse some media Jan-Aug
• outdoor, transit and magazines
• Heavy Sept-Dec: Back to school,
winter season, holiday obligations
• Prime time television
Where?
• National campaign
• Focus on urban markets
How?
• Transit, outdoor, print, television
• Reach is key – moderate
frequency to avoid annoying
overplay
• Female oriented channels
• Message should support
independence
• Event marketing/sponsorship
Target Market Strategy
• 1 year national campaign
• climax in the fall and continue at a high intensity
through the busy holiday season
• To maximize total impressions and utilize a
broad range of channels, a pulse approach
will be used in scheduling media
• A profile match strategy will be implemented
• women’s magazines such as Elle Canada and Lou Lou
• television programs such as Canada’s Next Top
Model, and Desperate Housewives
Reach/Frequency/Continuity
• Brand awareness and image are
necessary to succeed
• Campaign must connect with the
target to encourage trial purchase
and eventually brand loyalty
• Frequency to ensure the
consumer recognizes the
product’s new image
Market Coverage
• Trendsetting areas - major urban
markets
• Reaching the trendsetting female
is the main concern of the
campaign and the extent of
coverage will rely entirely on the
substantial budget
Timing
• Energy drink sales decline in the
fall
• campaign will focus heavily on
promoting Red Bull from
September 1st to December 31st
• prime time television ads will be
prominent as well as the already
existing pulse flight of outdoor, transit
and magazine advertising
• To communicate that Red Bull can
restore mental awareness and
energize a busy, independent person
• Communicate that Red Bull is an
effective, good tasting substitute for
other caffeinated beverages (coffee,
tea, pop); and it contains all natural
ingredients
• To communicate that Red Bull is an
independent, edgy brand
Creative Strategy
• Red Bull is now a mature brand
• Advertising must start to focus on new
markets such as women aged 16-35
4 week Rate
City ($CAN) Total (12 weeks)
Toronto 107 800 323 400
Ottawa 30 800 92 400
London 17 850 53 500
Montreal 52 500 157 500
Calgary 22 960 68 800
Edmonton 21 150 63 450
Vancouver 52 885 158 655
Halifax 8 200 24 600
Total: 942 305
Out-of-Home
• One large spectacular billboard
(40’ x 30’) at the Yonge & Dundas
Eaton Centre Media Tower in Toronto
• Out-of-Home Total: 1 002 785
4 week Rate
City ($CAN) Total (12 weeks)
Toronto 107 800 323 400
Ottawa 30 800 92 400
London 17 850 53 500
Montreal 52 500 157 500
Calgary 22 960 68 800
Edmonton 21 150 63 450
Vancouver 52 885 158 655
Halifax 8 200 24 600
Total: 942 305
Television
• Target Female Audience, aged 16-35
• September-December only
• Prime-time programs:
• The Bachelor
• America’s Next Top Model
• The O.C.
• Desperate Housewives
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Television Total: $2 237 600
Television
# of
Occurrences
Program Name Rate ($CAN) (yearly) Total
Wife Swap 7428 8 59 424
The Bachelor 8000 8 64 000
AmericaÕ s Next 2614 16 41 824
Top Model
CSI: New York 13 040 16 208 640
The O.C. 13 776 16 220 416
Supernanny 7726 16 123 616
NBC Saturday 4254 16 68 064
Night Movie
Extreme 27 360 16 437 760
Makeover: Home
Edition
Desperate 35 160 16 562 560
Housewives
GreyÕ s Anatomy 28 206 16 451 296
TelevisionTotal: 2 237 600
Spending by Medium
• Mass Media Total: $4 997 188
$301,815
$1,454,988
$1,002,785
Magazines
T elevision
Out-of-Home
T ransit
$2,237,600
Media Timeline
Jan Feb Mar A pr May Jun Jul A ug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Transit
Out-of -Home
Magaz ine
Television
The New Red Bull Brand
• Target Female Audience, aged 16-35,
but acknowledges the old target
• Focus on gross exposures for brand
awareness
• Integrate into “female culture”
• Use a variety of media, primarily to
support PR and sales promotion
themes