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The project was seen as a genuine innovation in the hotel and travel industry, solving the problem of unsold inventory. Another award-winning example is from France. Intermarche, a chain of supermarkets that sells fresh produce including fruits, vegetables, flowers, meats; briefed their agency to develop a campaign that positions them as the freshest. The agency not only came up with an advertising campaign but also a new product innovation, which is what nailed it. The product innovation was based on the most popular fresh juice in France; orange juice. The insight was; No orange juice is better and healthier than a freshly squeezed one. So what did they need to do? Prove it that Intermarche orange juice was indeed the freshest. The Dynamic Connections tool guides us in making the connection between variables in a given situation so that one can create new values, benefits and experiences that reinforce the brand in an innovative way. In a way that makes the brand more relevant and meaning- ful in peoples’ lives. 8.36 am was cut, squeezed, packed and put on the display at 8.36am. All this was efficiently done in-store. In the first 3 days the percentage of sales on the juice went up 4000% per store. And overall in-store traffic grew 25% in one of the largest supermarket chains in France. They did this by launching ‘The Freshest Fresh Juice ever Created’. That was the campaign. The juice brand was named the exact time the juice was made. Yes, the name of the brand changed with the exact time it was made. So, a brand named In these cases, we see a new service/ product that wasn’t there before. These examples show that a connection was made between situations and variables within a given context that were hitherto never connected. Can you find a Dynamic for your brand and cre- ate an innovative idea around it? Or, as an agency can you challenge yourselves to pro- duce much more than just advertis- ing ideas? Learn how to use your creative assets for generating new business oppor- tunities through product/service in- novation? In the case of the chain of hotels, for the first time in the industry they made a connection between check-out time and idle inventory before next check-in. In the case of Intermarche, they made a connection between the name of the brand and the time of manufacturing the contents of the product. The Dynamic Connections tool guides us in making the connection between variables in a given situation so that one can create new values, benefits and experiences that reinforce the brand in an innovative way. In a way that makes the brand more relevant and meaningful in peoples’ lives. The variables can be clustered into internal and external variables. Internal variables can be controlled and include things like price, product features, distribution. External variables are those one has no control over for example the age of the consumer, the time and pace of consumption of the product and so on. However, we want to influence these to the extent that is possible. One then lists as many internal variables as possible and asks the question if connections can be made within them. The same is done between internal and external variables. In the case of Intermarche, we see that they made a connection between internal variables (price and brand name), whereas The Art Series, made a connection between an external and internal variable. That is the check-in time of a new guest and extra free time to old guests, respectively. Can you find a Dynamic for your brand and create an innovative idea around it? Or, as an agency can you challenge yourselves to produce much more than just advertising ideas? Learn how to use your creative assets for generating new business opportunities through product/ service innovation? Try this formulae or better still get some guidance through a Mindscapes Tools workshop, run by the International School of Advertising. Susan Makau is the Chief Executive Officer, International School of Advertising (ISA). You can commune with her on this or related matters vide email at: [email protected].