Brian Schierman

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Client: Novartis

The Wrestler

Broadcast / Digital / Social

CANNES WINNER: Taking a very unique and unconventional approach to advertising a treatment for Carcinoid Syndrome, this unbranded commercial took a humorous approach  to a symptomatic side effect with this rare cancer – persistent diarrhea.  While not a light-hearted condition, the wrestler became a metaphor for this uncomfortable gastric situation to fight.  A multi-faceted campaign of broadcast, digital and targeted social advertising drove to a dedicated and informative microsite  which garnered a huge success in website and specialist visits with an increase in both diagnosis and treatment successes.

Client: Intel

Intel FarCry

Viral Film

This case study was created for the hugely successful digital release of “Shopping For Weapons” — collaboratively promoting Intel and Far Cry 2, a new first—person gaming platform. As part of Intel’s marketing effort to promote its new Core I7 processor, this viral story about neurotic tribal warlords initially garnered over 100,000 hits on YouTube and now has over 750,000 views to date — making it one of the most popular machinima-styled videos watched.

Client: Army

Straight From Iraq

Online Program

The unpopularity of the Iraq War had reached an all—time high and the trust between prospective recruits and Army recruiters was low. In developing “Straight From Iraq”, we were able to surmount one of the most important barriers to Army enlistment among 17-­24 year olds. The campaign consisted of a series of web videos in which US Army soldiers stationed in the Middle East answered questions from potential recruits and their parents in an on-line forum on the goarmy.com website. No topic was off limits. The results were an overwhelming success with double-digit increases in daily website registrations, recruit leads and user sessions per day. The program has been recognized by the Effies, Webbies, One Show for its effectiveness and creativity.

Client: Army

Mission Accomplished

Online Program

Recruitment in the Armed Forces has always been difficult. Public opinion about the war in Iraq and the belief that the Army was more dangerous than the other military branches, made this task an even tougher challenge. Highlighting the framework of our marketing plan, this case study walks you though the strategy of branding the US Army to a new digitally savvy generation of prospects. Through a series of unique and engaging web initiatives on goarmy.com, prospects experience how exciting and rewarding an Army career could be. Some of these initiatives included the navigation of an Army post virtual world, webcasts direct from the front lines of Iraq, and opportunities afforded from social media and on-line ad campaigns — all digital programs developed by MRM. The results of these programs have been an overwhelming success, far exceeding the Army’s mission of 80,000 recruits annually.

Client: Captain Morgan

Calling All Captains

Viral

This short case study briefly illustrates the huge success of this purely viral initiative from Captain Morgan. Adding to the “Calling All Captains” multi million dollar TV and print campaign, we created a customizable voicemail tool that targeted Captain Morgan’s core customer: 21 -­‐ 25 year old males. Using only social outlets and no paid media, the campaign has rung in over 186,000 voicemails in its first three months since launching. Built as a digital “Mad Lib”, the sender can choose from a variety of characters and an almost infinite number of message combinations when creating their voicemail prank. Building on the success of this mobile app, we took what made this initiative so popular and re-­‐tooled it for the Captain Morgan Face book fan page, allowing us to reach an even larger audience. This project was a huge success, creating a buzz in the media and substantially growing awareness of the Captain Morgan brand.

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