Liberty Mutual's new car-scented ad reminds drivers they'll need insurance too
Brand employs the sniff and sell strategy
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It’s not just perfumeries. Brands have a history of using certain smells to promote their products—Abercrombie & Fitch infuses its stores with heavy musk cologne, while Johnson & Johnson has run baby powder-scented print ads. Yet few marketers have tapped into new car smell—until now.
Over the weekend, Liberty Mutual ran a print ad in the Chicago Sun-Times that encouraged consumers to lift a tab and breathe in that fresh car smell. “If you’re thinking about a new car, think about Liberty Mutual,” reads the yellow ad, created with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.
The insurer is hoping that car shoppers will sniff new vehicles and remember the Liberty Mutual ads they saw—and smelled—and buy their insurance from the brand.
Credits
- Date
- May 01, 2019
- Client :
- Liberty Mutual
- Agency :
- Goodby Silverstein & Partners
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Emily Fink
- VP, Brand and Integrated Marketing :
- Jenna Lebel
- Manager, Broad Reach Media :
- Lisa Paige
- Program Manager, Broad Reach Marketing :
- Rachel Pannullo
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Margaret Johnson
- Executive Creative Director :
- Danny Gonzalez
- Executive Creative Director :
- David Suarez
- Associate Creative Director :
- Josh Hacohen
- Associate Creative Director :
- Jeff Fang
- Director of Graphic Services :
- Jim King
- Managing Partner :
- Brian McPherson
- Group Account Director :
- Chris Ferko
- Account Director :
- Cassi Norman
- Account Manager :
- Tom Yadron
- Assistant Account Manager :
- Haley Grialou
- Head of Brand Strategy :
- Bonnie Wan
- Group Communication Strategy Director :
- Dong Kim
- SR. Research & Analystics Strategist :
- Jessica Badrous
- SR. Brand Strategist :
- Marisa Perazzelli
- Director of Business Affairs :
- Judy Ybarra
- Print Production Company :
- Colorbar Graphic Construction
- Founder :
- Stephen Cross
- Special Effects Printing :
- H&H Graphics
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