Samsung’s new HD Curved TV ad is a huge success. I am curious on how they will translate this campaign to digital marketing as well.
Using snippets from movies and TV is an old trick, but it goes over very well when done right – which it is here. The key learnings for how to do this take into account infotainment and Brand transference.
Infotainment is rather simple, it’s when we are both educated and entertained with a message. By using entertainment clips for a new product, this is done by default.
Two, brand transference employs that by seeing Amy Adams or scenes from Jurassic park, the emotional feelings from that movie are carried over to this new product launch for Samsung. A consumer gets to transfer feelings from one experience to a new product, rather then having to start from scratch.
Using these two methods, they have crafted an effective and beautiful ad. Im sure they had to pay a lot of licensing fees, but I assume they will have plenty of awareness for their product. We will have to see if consumers flock to retail establishments to consider it for purchase. The TV market in general has been undergoing fragmentation between which next smart features are needed for 2015 and beyond. The curved form factor of the TV also may be problematic for families who wan multiple best points of viewership.
ps. As an aside, I find it fascinating that TVs have gone from convex to flat to concave in the course of 10 years.
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