After the high profile launch last year, the brand is back with the latest campaign this summer. And sorry to state that it is a big let down from the last year's campaign. The new series of ads now running in the channels features two African Natives as the protagonists. The entire campaign revolves round the antics and comedy of these thirsty guys in search of water.
The brand had come out with a critically acclaimed launch ad last summer. LMN quickly captured the
viewer's attention with its smart tagline " Emergency Lemon Refresher". The ads were based on the insight that people will have a 'shrinking feeling' when dehydrated.
viewer's attention with its smart tagline " Emergency Lemon Refresher". The ads were based on the insight that people will have a 'shrinking feeling' when dehydrated. The new campaign has changed the " Emergency Lemon Refresher" to " Thirsty - Lemon ". The new campaign seems to establish a strong association between the brand , thirst & lemon. The thinking is very good but the execution is nothing but miserable. I think the brand lost track while attempting to be Funny.
Watch the ad here : LMN new Ad
This summer is witnessing lot of competition between lemon based drinks. Nimbooz, Minute Maid, etc are running campaign aimed at creating association between " Home made Lemon Juice " and the brands. To be fair with LMN, the brand is trying a new path of relating Lemon + LMN + Thirst which is more powerful than competitor's pitch on home-made lemonade.
LMN has a strong brand name, and with initial brand familiarity has already established, it could have milked the initial tagline a little bit more than suddenly changing the entire brand theme.
The current ads does not establish the brand and the ad theme. There is no connection between the two characters, thirst,LMN and positioning. I personally think that LMN does not need campaigns to establish association with Lemon because the name itself does that job.
The current ads does not establish the brand and the ad theme. There is no connection between the two characters, thirst,LMN and positioning. I personally think that LMN does not need campaigns to establish association with Lemon because the name itself does that job.
If the brand's aim is to just create some noise, any ad would serve the purpose .
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Agree with you on abandoning an insightful positioning too soon. Some of the new ads may catch the viewers fancy but not being consistent is not good.
ReplyDelete@Bhat, agree with u 100%. earlier tagline had good potential to last a couple of years. Creatives get bored very fast i suppose
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see your thoughts on how important branding is regarding a companies web address including the extension.
ReplyDeleteSir your post is completely agreeable but the brand's execution relating to the African Natives with the humour may pinch in the nerve of the customer as Zoozoo did for Vodafone or Fido Dido for 7 UP.
ReplyDeleteThey are aggressive on awareness part of LMN which stands for lemon.