Women's Network April 2018 | Page 70

TOP 5 BRAND AMBASSADOR CAMPAIGNS A successful branding strategy requires a mix of consumer insight, positioning strategy and clever thinking. Brand research is critical to a strong brand strategy and getting customers to the heart of your business is where category and brand leadership lies. BY ELLEN BARON O ur top five favs Brand Alignment campaigns are a mix of celebrity and social media, recent and older campaigns. 1) JEFF GOLDBLUM FOR MENULOG ‘less talk, more eat’. They have gone for a quirky personality, with a unique sense of humour and openness, to push the boundaries of a category which is really starting to mature. MORE 2) FIJI WATER Fiji Water is using Instagram influencers such as Danielle Bernstein of @WeWoreWhat to create sponsored posts that help consumers see Fiji in a different light than just the hotel room water. MORE 3) JETSTAR AND SHARON STREZLICKI Jetstar and Sharon Strezlicki [Magda Szubanski). While the creative is a bit old now, but it said loud and clear that this was an airline for people like us. MORE 70 Women’s Network Magazine 4) MATTHEW MCCONAUGHY WILD TURKEY Matt McConaughy is now the “Creative Director” of Wild Turkey and it has brought new life to the brand that is a step up from ordinary bourbon. McConaughy is also a native of Kentucky which brings even more credibility. 5) GAP’S STYLD.BY GAP’s Styld.by campaign featured a number of influential social media personalities like Refinery29 and WhoWhatWhere, showing how they incorporate GAP clothing into their personal wardrobes and allowing fans to “Shop this Look”