Saturday, December 07, 2024

The redesigned Lincoln Nautilus had a big year in 2024, raking in more than its fair share of accolades. It was dubbed MotorTrend’s 2025 SUV of the Year, was one of the vehicles to nab a Wards 10 Best Interior award, and earned the 2024 Best Corporate/Brand Identity Campaign Marketing Award for a unique campaign.


AdAge commended the Lincoln Nautilus for its unconventional ad campaign. Earlier this year, Lincoln partnered with ad agency Hudson Rouge and released a 30-second ad spot featuring cinematic videography of the redesigned Nautilus Hybrid set to an unnamed song.

The a straightforward ad quickly became one of its most-viewed posts on the platform.

Internet sleuths attempted to track down the catchy piece of media, only to find out that it was an original song that didn’t exist outside of the Nautilus ad.

Eventually, Lincoln dropped the full-length song, titled “Kaleidoscope Bliss (The Nautilus Song)” by Heavy Duty Projects, which is the studio that produced the original song for Lincoln. 

The song debuted on YouTube, but was also made available on various other streaming sites, like Spotify and Apple Music. 



The original ad, meanwhile, raked in 2.9 million views, 1.78 million impressions, and – perhaps most critically – a 9.7 percent increase in awareness among millennials, a key demographic for Ford’s marque.


But very remarkably, it's the ad agency behind the work, Hudson Rouge, that deserves your attention, and respect. I recommend watching this video https://www.hudsonrouge.com/earning-your-earned-media to understand how Hudson Rouge kept Ford from killing off Lincoln, a brand they might have done away with when it was tanking in 2008. 

That's the affect of GOOD advertising, and it's why I tag it with the rarely used "respect" tag/link

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