Match.com gets real in the fight against fake love
A new tagline positions the dating service as the most authentic option
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Successful online dating requires discerning fact from fiction. Profiles, like social media personas, are easy to exaggerate, so figuring which potential matches might actually be authentic, interesting people is tough.
A new campaign for Match.com from Marcel leans into fears about being fooled by online partners. In a world with fake news, fake followers, fake filters and fake TV, a 45-second spot directed by Helmi positions Match as the answer to other, less trustworthy sites. Rather than trying to impress each other with phones and fans, two women linger at a café and talk.
Match.com’s price tag, often used as a selling point for competitors who are cheaper or free, is a benefit here. People who don’t want real, meaningful relationships, the reasoning goes, are less likely to pay the subscription fee just to meet people they don’t plan on ever seeing again.
The campaign also includes a new tagline: “Start something real.” The spot is running in multiple cuts across Europe on TV and in digital and cinema placements. A radio spot features the stories of real couples who met on Match.com.
Credits
- Date
- Jan 07, 2019
- Client :
- Match
- Agency :
- Marcel
- CEO :
- Alexandre Lu Bot
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Karine Dussert Sarthe
- VP Brand & Consumer Europe :
- Emilie de Fautereau
- Marketing Manager Europe :
- Julie Deffontaines
- Social Media Manager Europe :
- Clara Lesaulnier
- CEO :
- Pascal Nessim
- CEO :
- Charles Georges-Picot
- Creative Chairman :
- Anne de Maupeou
- Creative Director :
- Gaetan Du Peloux
- Creative Director :
- Youri Guerassimov
- Art Director :
- Clement Sechet
- Copywriter :
- Antonin Jacquot
- Managing partner & CSO :
- Nicolas Lé\.Y
- Strategist :
- Léoda Esteve
- Associate Director :
- Sebastien Jauffret
- Account Director :
- Alexandre Kobylko
- Project Director :
- Eva Castrillo
- Social Media :
- Anh-Dao Lepinaux
- Social Media :
- Inès Del Fabbro
- Agency Producer :
- Cleo Ferenczi
- Production Company :
- Insurrection
- Director :
- Helmi
- Director of Photography :
- Julien Poupard
- Producer :
- Erinn Lotthe Guillon
- Line Producer :
- Sybil Esterez
- Post Production :
- Prodigious
- Post Production :
- Celine Gourdon
- Sound Production :
- Prodigious
- Sound Production :
- Marion Gourdon
- Editor :
- Megatrax
- Producer :
- Megatrax
- Composer/Author/Performer :
- Daniel Merlot
- Composer/Author/Performer :
- Adam Aukai Le Blanc
- Composer/Author/Performer :
- Aurelien Ronan Xavier Poudat
- Composer/Author/Performer :
- Aurelien Alexandre Chavoix
- Composer/Author/Performer :
- Stefan Broadley
- Composer/Author/Performer :
- Sam Mehran
- Composer/Author/Performer :
- Michelle Yerhyn Choi
- Author/Composer :
- Robin Hannibal
- Author/Composer :
- Moelsted Braun
- Author/Composer :
- Michael Edward Milosh
- Performer :
- RHYE
- Editor :
- Universal
- Editor :
- MCA Music Publishing
- Editor :
- Downtown Music Publishing
- Master Owner :
- Universal Music
- Press Relations of Match :
- Christie Kristensen
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