
The summer of 2007 witnessed an innovative tie-up
of Baskin Robbins with Spiderman 3 movie. Baskin
Robbins promoted Spiderman 3 by means of a creative
promotion. This not only added visibility but
also enhanced customer interactivity with the
brand. The highlight of the promotion was the
co-branded TVC which was aired on key kiddy channels.
The promotion extended to creating three new trendy
flavours keeping in tune with the characters of
the movie- Web Slinger, Sand Storm, and Green
Gobbler. The elements of the promotion included
poster, POP, standee, cup design, bags, t-shirts,
tags, shelf talker and a Spiderman 3 comic free
with every single scoop of ice cream.
 
Baskin Robbins successfully captured the attention
of the kids by entering into a tie-up with ‘Paanchvi
Pass’, a popular reality show telecast in
2008 by Star Plus and hosted by Shahrukh Khan.
A special Paanchvi Pass flavour was created to
make it appealing to the customers and add excitement
to the entire campaign. A gift was assured to
any customer who walked into the store and purchased
a Panchvi Paas flavour and 3 lucky draw winners
got a chance to meet the biggest Bollywood star,
Shahrukh Khan. The promotion helped Star Plus
take its message to niche audience across the
country. The activity provided tremendous on ground
visibility for Star Plus and Baskin Robbins in
terms of wall visuals, tent cards, danglers, posters,
t-shirts, cups, shelf talkers and a quiz book.
Besides, it got good publicity and generated enthusiasm
among the kids.

Baskin Robbins has become an attractive partner
for Production Houses to promote movies better
among its target audience-the youth. This is done
by means of appealing visuals and colorful displays
like banners, posters, standees etc. Drona, a
magical adventure movie based on the warrior ‘Drona’
tied up with Baskin Robbins to promote the movie
among the teenagers. Visual displays for the promotion
of the movie using Baskin Robbins as a brand included
posters, standees, bags, shelf-talker, drop box
and banner. Cappuccino Nibs was named the Drona
flavour, also known as the flavour of magic to
get the touch and feel of the movie. The Drona
promotion gives kids across the country a chance
to meet Abhishek Bachchan through a lucky draw.
 
MTV Roadies -a cult following among youth has
now associated with Baskin Robbins for promotion
of the programme and for the integration of the
brand with its content. The promotion makes a
lot of sense for both the brands because the target
audience of Roadies is synonyms with the target
audience for Baskin Robbins. The audition promotion
was done in selected cities in India where the
Roadies audition was carried out-Mumbai, Delhi,
Bangalore, Kolkatta, Ahemdabad, Chandigarh. JTQ-‘Jump
the Queue’ passes were given to those lucky
draw winners who purchased Baskin Robbins ice
cream worth Rs. 250/-. Promotion was done through
posters, banners, standees and the JTQ passes.
Interactive games during the auditions were incorporated
which included wild games centered on ice cream.
As the show will be aired in early January Baskin
Robbins is looking at more activities around that
time.
 
The movie was unique in the sense that for the
first time introduced the time machine concept
in the Indian film industry and therefore, there
was a big hype around the movie. Baskin Robbins
built on this hype and therefore associated itself
with Love Story 2050. The publicity for the movie
was done using posters, standees, banners and
shelf talkers. The flavour was called the 2050
Flavour with a tagline-The taste of the future
is here. The promotion offered a chance to the
lucky draw winners to meet the debutant actor
Harmen Baweja and Priyanka Chopra and a chance
to win a Boo (a character from the movie) with
every 2050 flavour.
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