Winner: Purple Door Communications - Fresh Step Presents the Catdance Film Festival: A High Meow Approach to Cat Videos
Fresh Step litter faced a daunting challenge. While the brand offers a superior (and premium priced) product, people didn't really care. People love their cats, but they hate cat litter. People may hate cat litter, but they love cat videos. But rather than focus on grainy, camera-phone live action offerings that are so popular on YouTube, Fresh Step and agency partner Purple Door Communications opted to create the Catdance Film Festival, a play on the famous Sundance Film Festival.
To get the festival rolling, Fresh Step commissioned 12 films that debuted online once a week for three months. It also developed a filmmaker contest with entries accepted online for a chance to screen his or her cat film at the first-ever Catdance Film Festival. The campaign featured a screening event timed with the Sundance Festival that encouraged social media activated donations to the ASPCA, and culminated with a national online vote to award a Catdance "viewer's choice" winner. The campaign was accompanied by media relations and social media efforts designed to support the promotion launch and premiere of each film, including creating the #catdance hashtag. Fresh Step also hosted a screening event in Park City, Utah, during the Sundance Film Festival.
The program helped increase Fresh Step PR ROI by 56%, compared with the previous year, while earned and social media generated more than 2,000 media placements. Coverage of Catdance ran in several major media outlets including the Associated Press, Good Morning America, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.
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