Kellogg’s launches new ‘Midnight Spooning’ after dark campaign for Crunchy Nut fans via VML
Kellogg’s and VML have tapped into current late-night eating behaviours with a new campaign that encourages Crunchy Nut fans to snack on the sweet golden flakes when they have the munchies late at night.
‘Midnight Spooning’ is a multi-platform digital campaign inviting consumers who are over the age of 18 to enjoy their Crunchy Nut after-hours. The campaign is a tantalizing play to satisfy nutty after-dark cravings through a range of cheeky channels, which come alive between the hours of 8.30pm and 5am.
Phone, text and chat services enable consumers to indulge in a witty, one-on-one conversation with Crunchy Nut, while pre-rolls give users a glimpse into the nutty boudoir.
Interactive rich media ads within Facebook allow users to call and text the chat line direct from the ad unit, with different campaign stories served based on gender and time of day.
The disruptive campaign celebrates Crunchy Nut’s quintessentially tongue-in-cheek brand persona in a whole new way, expanding the role of the product to those who aren’t always awake at breakfast time.
Cruchy Nut fans are also able to satisfy their late night cravings by texting or calling the phone lines between 8.30pm and 5am.
Text Number: 04-677-SPOON (04-677-77666) – standard text messaging rates apply
Phone Number: 1800 SPOONING (1800 7766 6464) calls within AU are free
7 Comments
Its a pretty cool idea. The problem I have with it is that it’s very out of character Kellog’s, whose brand image is squeaky clean.
The Singapore tourist campaign is now the second worst thing I’ve seen all week.
Wow this almost exactly the same idea / mechanic that was done about 11 years ago for Jim Beam (1900-9-jimbeam) funnily enough by Y&R Sydney which is what VML is today with a different logo.
No one’s eating this crap for breakfast, maybe they’ll eat it when they’re drunk.
Nut you clearly don’t know anything about advertising
It’s been done and way better (years ago).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yklxtx6CPMQ
The Tango stuff is an ad. This is an actual phoneline service. Call it pretty funny stuff.
I guess not everyone in the industry is old enough to keep looking back at ads from 10+ years ago! The work is fun, and bold. In a category that needs a shake up. Kudos to Kellogg’s for doing it.