Following in the footsteps of Dunkin' Donuts, Virgin Mobile and Trident,
Mountain Dew is testing a couple Vine-based TV spots. As in Dunkin's
effort, the soda is utilizing television's emerging five-second
billboards—or "snackable" animated ads—to playfully employ the
six-second social video platform, which is owned by Twitter.
The first brief spot appeared over the weekend on NBC Sports, while the
second is scheduled to run on Sunday via ESPN. The commercial this
weekend will highlight Mountain Dew's Dale Earnhardt Jr. sponsorship
during the broadcast of NASCAR's Talladega Superspeedway race in
Alabama.
"The Vine medium [contextually] translates to the animated billboards
on TV so well," Todd Kaplan, director, brand marketing for Mountain Dew,
told Adweek. "Right now, we are really excited about the platform and
how Vine speaks for millennial male consumers. We are going to continue to experiment in this space with Dew on Vine and see where it goes."
Mountain Dew has shown a predilection for marketing adventurism this
year, most notably with the controversial "Goat" online spot it pulled due to outrage in May. The PepsiCo-owned brand probably expects more buzz and fewer boos for its latest effort.
Check out its new Vine spots, created by VaynerMedia.
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