Monday, April 17, 2006

Big Ad, Not So Big Sales.

Australians are brilliant at not taking themselves or anything else too seriously. The Carlton "Big ad" is an excellent example. Interestingly though, its not having the desired effect, as Carlton sales haven't significantly increased in the eight months since the ad's release. I guess the entertainment value of the ad just isn't enough to prise Australian beer drinkers away from their favourite brands.

1 Comments:

At 6:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now that's a cool ad... I guess its purpose is more about long-term branding than about increasing sales momentarily. If you associate Carlton with "cool", or "warrior", or "big country" or anything remotely positive, the ad did its job. If the whole campaign doesn't increase sales over a year or so, well then I don't know... Maybe they should improve the product?
Is that the same beer that's marketed as Carling over here? I wouldn't want to drink the stuff, ad or not...

 

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