Campaign

Audi Social Stunt

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the rundown

The largest automobile brand page on Facebook was about to hit 500,000 fans. We wanted to prove to the fans that we like them back. So we invented the social stunt. We took YouTube most celebrated Audi, the Audi R8. Added Le Mans winner Dindo Capello. And sent them on a mission. On a little racetrack he drifted the number “500,000” onto the asphalt. Response was overwhelming. The clip spread and Audi pushed it on TV. The first Facebook film to hit the airwaves. But Audi isn’t a one-trick pony. For our fans we created 20 unique prints using the messed up treads of of the Audi R8 tires.

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The Building Blocks

In our case technology didn't spark creativity. Creativity sparked technology. For every element of the campaign we found the right technology and media. Facebook kept the fans together. YouTube drove the story, using teasers, feature film and the making of. The web spread the story. Television allowed it to reach entire new audiences. And finally the creation of art/social artifacts allowed the social stunt to be more than a campaign, but a legendary story of returned passion.
  •   Social
    Facebook
  •   Video
    YouTube

The Votes

The Details

Agency
Targeted Regions
  • Global
Marketing Objective
Launch Date
April 12, 2012

The Team

  • razorfish GmbH www.razorfish.de
  • Sascha Martini, Executive Client Partner
  • Alina Hueckelkamp, Head of Planning
  • Kathrin Stieler, Strategy
  • Felix Stock, Concept
  • Janine Gollub, Copywriter
  • Boris Eldagsen, Concept
  • Moritz Maurer, Art Direction
  • Thiemo Borchart, Account Management
  • Aileen Poller, Account Management
  • Audi AG www.audi.de
  • Dieter Kopitzki, Head of Digital Marketing
  • Falco Muench, Project Manager Social Media
  • Markenfilm Berlin www.markenfilmberlin.de
  • Laszlo Kadar, Director
  • Felix Vollmar, Producer
  • Boris Schepker, Executive Producer
  • audioforce GmbH www.audioforce.de
  • Henrik Smith, Cut
  • Rudi Hensel, Online
  • Daniel Basle, Online
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The Stats

  • 13 team members working on this project
  • 108 lines of code written
  • 117 hours of missed sleep

The Results

We gave our fans something back by doing what we do best: Presenting them the art of engineering. We showcased our passion for the fans, our dedication to digital communications and one pretty amazing Audi technology.

We achieved many ‘firsts’ and set a couple new benchmarks. We invented the social stunt. Created a whole lot of buzz. Crafted twenty unique social artifacts. And by chance, we also created the first fan page film to air on TV.

+ 17% Fan growth, 44.000.000 in media impressions worth just about 1 million.

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