Marketing Management
CASE: 1 Absolut Vodka: creating advertising history
The Absolut advertising campaign was often regarded by advertising experts as one of the most brilliant, innovative, successful and long-running campaigns ever. The several prestigious awards that the campaign has won since its first ad was launched stand as testimony to this fact (See Table) for details of some of the awards).
Table: A brief list of awards won by Absolut advertisements Year | Award(s) | 1989 | The Kelly Grand Prize for the ad 'Absolutla' | 1990 | Grand EFFIE Award for Absolut advertising campaign | 1991 | The Kelly Grand Prize for the ad 'Absolut Glasnost' | 1992 | Award of Excellence' for animation on the Internet by the communication Arts magazine | 1993 | Absolut Advertising Campaign introduced in the 'Hall of Fame' by the American Marketing Association | 2000 | Four Cresta Awards for international Advertising for the ads 'Absolut Accessory', 'Absolut Auckland', 'Absolut Voyeur' and 'Absolut Space' from Creative Standards International and the International Advertising Association | 2002 | Insight Award for Best online advertising | 2003 | EFFIE Gold Award for sustained success of the Absolut advertising campaign |
‘Absolut adventure’: the making of a legend
In early 1979, Absolut vodka launched in the USA at the liquor trade convention held at Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans. Initially, the company concentrated its marketing efforts in and around New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston because these were the places where new trends were created, media attention was intense and the bar culture prevailed.
V&S had sold around 25,000 cases of Absolut vodka when advertising agency TBWA took over its ad account in late 1979. Two at TBWA, Graham Turner and Geoff Hayes, were assigned the job of creating the ads for the ‘still not so popular Swedish vodka’. The duo began by getting familiar with the
The Absolut advertising campaign was often regarded by advertising experts as one of the most brilliant, innovative, successful and long-running campaigns ever. The several prestigious awards that the campaign has won since its first ad was launched stand as testimony to this fact (See Table) for details of some of the awards).
Table: A brief list of awards won by Absolut advertisements Year | Award(s) | 1989 | The Kelly Grand Prize for the ad 'Absolutla' | 1990 | Grand EFFIE Award for Absolut advertising campaign | 1991 | The Kelly Grand Prize for the ad 'Absolut Glasnost' | 1992 | Award of Excellence' for animation on the Internet by the communication Arts magazine | 1993 | Absolut Advertising Campaign introduced in the 'Hall of Fame' by the American Marketing Association | 2000 | Four Cresta Awards for international Advertising for the ads 'Absolut Accessory', 'Absolut Auckland', 'Absolut Voyeur' and 'Absolut Space' from Creative Standards International and the International Advertising Association | 2002 | Insight Award for Best online advertising | 2003 | EFFIE Gold Award for sustained success of the Absolut advertising campaign |
‘Absolut adventure’: the making of a legend
In early 1979, Absolut vodka launched in the USA at the liquor trade convention held at Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans. Initially, the company concentrated its marketing efforts in and around New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston because these were the places where new trends were created, media attention was intense and the bar culture prevailed.
V&S had sold around 25,000 cases of Absolut vodka when advertising agency TBWA took over its ad account in late 1979. Two at TBWA, Graham Turner and Geoff Hayes, were assigned the job of creating the ads for the ‘still not so popular Swedish vodka’. The duo began by getting familiar with the