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Overnight Coffee Challenge

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Overnight Coffee Challenge Analysis

Genuine Thermos Brand has been satisfying their customers for more than 110 years across America with their vacuum insulating products. The company stood the test of time in their brand because the quality of their products paled in comparison with their competitors. Their double sealed, no-air coffee tumbler set them apart from other companies in a product that sold itself. As American’s love for coffee grew, so did the demand for hot coffee for the busy, on-the-go drinkers. Despite their well-known brand name, competitors were quickly gaining traction. Their plan was simple: to reinforce their timeless brand name with their unbeatable products that out-shined the competitors. Enlisting in the aid of …show more content…

It was called The Overnight Coffee Challenge. It was launched around the National Fill Your Thermos Brand Bottle Day, as noted by Hello Giggles in their blog “Good News: Waking Up to a Hot Cup O’ Joe Just Got Even Easier”. Their key message was simple, they were proving to their followers that their brand was the best and they could put that to the test. The company followed through with the message they wanted to convey; the campaign was a tremendous success. Essentially, they were their own message. It was a simple, yet extremely strategic plan. While a huge success, the effect would have been three-fold if they had possibly taken it to the next level. While it was a success, it could have been a bigger success by instilling trust in their brand along with a theme of “be you, be genuine”. This still goes along with their original key message, which was that their brand was still genuine and the best 110 years later. With this added theme, they could have played off the idea of their brand is genuine and so are their fans. This could have opened up a lot of doors to further engage with their audience. They could have gone around the country with live art demonstrations by local artists to be used on a new thermos design. Since Genuine Thermos Brand has been around for over a 100 years, the style of the thermos could have easily been changed with a trendy face-lift. They could have made an …show more content…

The main message seemed to have just one component to it: “Our brand is superior to other thermos brands”. While the message was successfully impactful in increasing media impressions, brand recognition and overall social media traffic, it could have been greater increase had there been a salient message and overall theme. With a theme of “Be you, be genuine”, it could tag along the lines of the original idea of focusing on the brand. They could have partnered up with some local artists to design a more modern and individualistic flask design. This could have added to the offline presence of the campaign if they had brought in audience participation in choosing the winning designs. So when the challenge came along it could also double as a sort of testing of a new product. It would be a new product, but have the same great technology. This allows the audience to affiliate with the brand as not just a company that has been around for over 100 years, but a brand that is constantly adapting to the culture and trends. This way the brand is keeping up and not just pushing out the same product over and over. A fresh look along with the same technology that works would set the product apart from their competitors. This would also impact the consumer more and make them feel a greater connection with the brand. The last change that would have made a

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