Digital platforms have filled the branded content hole created by the collapse of TV soap operas, a branding medium that P&G helped invent with Colgate-Palmolive and Lever Brothers.The switch from soap operas to social media has today given ” PG” one of the strongest presence among consumer Companies across the social media and internet space . The Runaway success of PG’s
Old Spice Guy campaign which generated the most buzz is the “Smell Like a Man, Man” commercials for Old Spice that ran on YouTube.
The Old Spice man (Isaiah Mustafa, a former football player) created has seen aa sensation with his quips and antics, resulting in over 140 million video views and garnering widespread publicity that led to national exposure on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”|
In the past few months, P&G has executed a number of digital programs as part of its big social media push, using primarily Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. A campaign for Pampers disposable diapers has appeared on Facebook. An iPhone app for Always feminine products gave women the ability to track their menstrual cycles.
According to P&G, the Old Spice commercials generated 1.8 billion impressions; i.e., people who saw, read or heard about the commercials. The campaign also resulted in a 2,700 percent increase in Old Spice Twitter followers. P&G says sales of Old Spice are growing in the “double digits.”
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