Coca-Cola's iconic logo has been around for over a century. Then recently someone discovered that the Danish flag was hidden in the Coca-Cola logo. Since several global surveys show Denmark to be the happiest country in the world, Coca-Cola decided to take this discovery to Denmark's biggest airport where it's a tradition to welcome people with flags.
Since everyone who comes to the airport does not always bring a flag, the welcome isn't as big and happy as it could be. So McCann Copenhagen created a special poster where people could take flags straight from the Coca-Cola logo. Thus giving everyone the chance to create a happy welcome to the world's happiest country.
Mobile and creative thinking can come together to create really compelling marketing campaigns. In this example, Coca-Cola Hong Kong created a 'Chock Chok' mobile app that turned viewers smartphones into a remote control for their TV Ad.
To collect the Coca-Cola bottle caps that appeared on the TV screen, viewers had to swing their phones when the ad came on. Those who successfully managed to swing and collect were instantly rewarded with prizes that included cars, sports apparel, credit card spend value, travel coupons and movie tickets.
As a result the campaign was seen by 9 million people and the app got over 380,000 downloads.
For those wondering, the bottle cap collection was enabled through the audio signal of the ad which triggered the application and synced the user's motion with the ad. The accelerometer in the phone was also used to assess the quality of the motion. Together they were used to catch the bottle caps virtually.
As part of its global "Open Happiness" campaign, Coca-Cola has set up interactive vending machines in various parts of the world. In Singapore the consumers could hug for a Coke, in Korea they could dance for a Coke...
and now in Stockholm they can sing for a Coke. The vending machine has been placed at the Royal Institute of Technology with the sign "Sing For Me" in the front...
At Antwerp Central station, Coke Zero challenged unsuspecting train passengers to unlock the 007 in them and get a chance to win exclusive tickets for the new James Bond movie SKYFALL. However, the tickets weren't free. People had to go the extra mile and unlock their inner 007 in less than 70 seconds to win.
In March I had written about Google's advertising experiment where they set out to re-imagine and remake some of the most iconic ad campaigns from the 1960's and 1970's with today's technology.
During these experiments the iconic Coca-Cola "Hilltop" ad campaign was re-imagined. Fulfilling the promise of the original ad, special vending machines were created that allowed users to instantly send a Coke around the globe to unsuspecting recipients.
Now the whole experience has been taken onto mobile and can be experienced through the Google AdMob network, across iOS and Android devices. Viewers can now truly 'Buy the World a Coke' with just a few taps on their mobile phones.