Skoda, a Czech car manufacturer, subsidiary of the Volkswagen group
Objective / insight
After a very succesful, « A little bit of the tour campaign» in the UK (see previous article « a little bit of the Tour »), Skoda had to find a new way to promote its new SUV, the Skoda Kodiaq.
The Czech brand decided to name its new campaign « Reconnect», thereby encouraging people to leave the busy cities and to reconnect with what truly matters – in that case, nature.
Implemented strategy
Instead of just focusing on technical performances, like Skoda often did in the past, this campaign focused on emotions and lifestyle. One of four extremely beautiful sceneries in the UK – Rye (East Sussex) Waste Water (Lake district) Black Rock Sands (In the North of Wales) and Weybourne (Norfolk) – appeared on the digital billboards promoting the new SUV
On top of that, Skoda used real time traffic information to give passerby the exact time they would need to reach one of those destination if they left right away in a Skodia Kodiaq
Technology implemented
Live traffic information has been used by algorithms to calculate travel durations
Digital billboards, updated in real –time, provided a physical support to the campaign