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Bullets from Gunn

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For the last 4 years or so, Emma and I have made it our custom to end off Gunn Report Presentations (at Festivals or other industry Forums or Agency or Client conferences) with a selection of rapid fire mini-cases.
These establish business results for a succession of the most famous campaigns of the moment from anywhere in the world. Their purpose is to provide evidence that virtually all of the work that our industry admires and applauds and awards the most is also highly successful in doing its job in the marketplace.

These mini-case features have come to be known as 'Bullets from Gunn'. This name was coined by Matias Palm-Jensen, co-founder of the renowned Swedish digital Agency, Farfar (top 4 in The Gunn Report's Digital Agencies table for 4 years in a row). And since May this year, Matias has been Chief Innovation Officer, Europe at McCann Erickson.

Matias saw the mini-cases feature in our presentation at the Wave Festival in Rio de Janeiro in May 2008. Liked what he was seeing and thought it was a message that our industry needed. And was waiting on the Copacabana Palace terrace afterwards with a big smile (like the one in the photo), a brace of Caipirinhas and a name for what we're doing.

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  • <strong>“Axe Apollo Space Academy”</strong><br /><strong>Axe - BBH London</strong> <br />A global competition, spanning 90+ Axe markets, to find guys for a journey into space. In first few months Apollo had become their best-selling variety in many major markets with 25% of global media spend remaining.
  • <strong>“Meet The Superhumans”</strong><br /><strong>Channel 4 Paralympics - 4Creative London</strong> <br />TV coverage peaked at 11.6m for the opening ceremony – Channel 4’s biggest TV audience in over 10 years. And – against a previous history of indifference – the Paralympics sold out for the first time ever.
  • <strong>“Real Beauty Sketches”</strong><br /><strong>Dove - Ogilvy Brasil São Paulo</strong> <br />Cannes Cr.Eff. Gold 2014. Went viral in April 2013 – by time of Cannes had been viewed 114 million times, beating Evian “Roller Babies” to become the most watched online video ad ever.
  • <strong>“Sweden’s Largest Energy Experiment”</strong><br /><strong>E.ON Energiser - Forsman & Bodenfors Gothenburg</strong> <br />10,000 households participating in Sweden’s Largest Energy Experiment changed habits and lowered energy consumption by an ave. of 12% over a whole year.
  • <strong>“Luggage Labels”</strong><br /><strong>Expedia - Ogilvy & Mather London</strong> <br />Cannes CrEff Gold 2014. Took a piece of ephemera usually associated with the hell of airports to play with the fantasy of escape. Site transactions increased by 9% over the campaign and booking value per customer up by 8%.
  • <strong>“My Blood is Red and Black”</strong><br /><strong>Hemoba/Vitoria FC - Leo Burnett Tailor Made São Paulo</strong> <br />An increase of 46% in blood donations in the state of Bahia. An investment of $15,000 generated $8,000,000 in spontaneous media.
  • <strong>“Emma”</strong><br /><strong>Le Trèfle Toilet Paper - Leo Burnett France St Denis</strong> <br />Thanks to mobilising journalists (who clearly don’t want the paper industry killed by digital) the internet film had been viewed 25 million times 10 days even before launch on TV. Le Trèfle sales increased 130%.
  • <strong>“Dumb Ways to Die”</strong><br /><strong>Metro Trains - McCann Melbourne</strong> <br />The most shared PSA commercial in the world ever. Deaths and Injuries fell by 21% and one million people took the pledge online to be safe in stations.
  • <strong>“Find Your Greatness” campaign</strong><br /><strong>Nike - Wieden+Kennedy Portland</strong> <br />During the first 72 hours of the 2012 Olympics, Nike’s POV that greatness can be found anywhere dominated the breaks on NBC. And became the most-viewed campaign online throughout the Games. And helped drive 23% in incremental sales.
  • <strong>“The Daily Twist”</strong><br /><strong>Oreo Cookies - Draftfcb New York</strong> <br />Every day for 100 days, an Oreo creative team devised a quirky execution based on a latest news item. Facebook engagement was doubled: per NBC’s brand power index, Oreo recorded the biggest increase in brand buzz in the USA in 2012: and sales grew 4% (remarkable for a 100-year-old brand).
  • <strong>“The Bridge of Life”</strong><br /><strong>Samsung Insurance - Cheil Worldwide Seoul</strong> <br />The Mapo Bridge in Seoul was notorious for suicides. Now sensors on the guardrails light up as people walk by – with messages of hope and comfort. The Bridge of Life opened on Sept 26th, 2012 – suicide rate through end-December dropped by 85%.
  • <strong>“What’s Comfortable – Beach”</strong><br /><strong>Southern Comfort - Wieden+Kennedy New York</strong> <br />A single bold commercial championed the notion of a life of whatever’s comfortable. On paid TV in a few markets, but shared online worldwide by like-minded fans. Globally, Southern Comfort had a 3% turnaround in trend from Fiscal 2012 to Fiscal 2013.
  • <strong>“Driving Dogs”</strong><br /><strong>SPCA/Mini New Zealand - Draftfcb New Zealand Auckland</strong> <br />3 stray dogs taught to drive in an adapted Mini Countryman. Online videos, located on a Facebook App, followed their progress. Every available SPCA dog in NZ was adopted, and adoption interest rose 590%.
  • <strong>“Immortal Fans”</strong><br /><strong>Sports Club Recife - Ogilvy Brasil São Paulo</strong> <br />Organ donation in Brazil rose by 54% in one year and waiting lists for heart and corneal transplants were reduced to zero.
  • <strong>“Space Shuttle Endeavour”</strong><br /><strong>Toyota Tundra - Conill Saatchi & Saatchi Torrance</strong> <br />On Oct 12, 2012, crowds lined the streets to see a half-ton stock Toyota Tundra tow the 175 ton Space Shuttle Endeavour. News helicopters broadcast it live to the nation. Tundra sales up 22% year-on-year, despite no major overhaul of the vehicle.
  • <strong>“Make the Politicians Work”</strong><br /><strong>Ura.ru City Website - Voskhod Yekaterinburg</strong> <br />Caricatures of the governor, mayor and deputy mayor were graffitied overnight around pot holes in the city. A huge and gleeful media buzz was generated. 1.4km of road was repaired in month before the action. 7.6km in month after.


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