Hoover | Branding
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0;font-size: 2vw;line-height: 1.2;">Protecting a 100-year-old brand with hard hitting advertising campaigns.
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When you are an industry leader for more than 100 years, sometimes you have to defend your turf.
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New entrants in the market were taking cheap shots at Hoover, so we rolled up our sleeves and helped them battle competitors that were fighting dirty.
<h4 style="width: 100%;text-align:center;">The Power of Nostalgia</h4>
<p style="width: 100%;text-align:center;"> Focus group research revealed that name recognition was Hoover’s greatest asset. The University of Minnesota proved that “a feeling of nostalgia in marketing makes people part with money more easily.” Those two insights proved that Hoover didn’t need a new message, they needed to remind people that they’ve trusted Hoover since 1908. </p>
In fact, we brought back the original tagline and jingle.
The nostalgia spread from the commercials to corporate signage. "…a feeling of nostalgia in marketing makes people part with money more easily."
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<p style="width: 50%;text-align:right;"> The combination of research-based insights, nostalgia, and a 100-year history of uncompromised quality powered Hoover ad campaigns for the next decade. </p>
“Tattoo Projects is fiercely protective of the Hoover brand.”
Brian Kirkendall,
Vice President of Marketing, Hoover, North America.
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0;font-size: 2vw;line-height: 1.2;">Giving the gift of extra time.</h2>
Sheetz’s mission is to give people time back to do more of the things they love. In honor of Global Pay It Forward Day, we helped Sheetz put their mission into action with the “Time Back” campaign.
<p style="letter-spacing: 1px;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1;">"TIME BACK RECAP"</p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0;font-size: 18px;line-height: 1.2;letter-spacing:1px;">SOCIAL LISTENING</h2>
Leveraging social listening tools, we scrubbed Sheetz social platforms to pinpoint Sheetz Freakz who had fallen on hard times.
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We then worked with the brand’s executive team to vet stories, select recipients, and donate unprecedented prizes to Sheetz fans who simply need some time back.
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We produced five beautiful videos of the in-person donations, telling each recipient’s story and showcasing their emotional reactions. On paid social, the videos drove visitors to a custom #TimeBack website, where we encouraged community members to pay it forward in their own lives.
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From financial aid and custom-wrapped vehicles to charitable donations and family vacations, Tattoo Projects tailored prizes to help each recipient make up for lost time and fulfill their dreams.
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 1vw;font-size: 2vw;">April McDuffie-Hodges</h2>
<h3 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-bottom: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;line-height: 1;">South Boston, VA</h3>
April’s business, Alexia’s Closet, had been severely damaged from major floods. Sheetz gifted her with a new car, $25,000 for her business, and a $5,000 donation to the American Heart Association in honor of her son.
<h4 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-top: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;">PRIZE RECIPIENT</h4>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 1vw;font-size: 2vw;">Alan Jamieson</h2>
<h3 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-bottom: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;line-height: 1;">St. Mary's City, MD</h3>
An Associate Professor at St. Mary’s college of Maryland, Alan received a $25,000 donation to his school, a dream vacation to London, and a $2,500 Sheetz gift card to help fuel his students’ learning.
<h4 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-top: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;">PRIZE RECIPIENT</h4>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 1vw;font-size: 2vw;">Todd Spurrier</h2>
<h3 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-bottom: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;line-height:1;">Finksburg, MD
Todd Spurrier, a cancer survivor, runs a charity to raise awareness for the dangers of colorectal cancer. Sheetz surprised him with a $25,000 contribution to his charity, a custom-wrapped van, and a $500 Sheetz gift card.
<h4 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-top: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;">PRIZE RECIPIENT</h4>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 1vw;font-size: 2vw;">Emily Spears</h2>
<h3 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-bottom: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;line-height: 1;">Confluence, PA</h3>
Following a recent accident that totaled her car, Emily Spears was delighted to receive a brand-new car, $10,000 to help save homeless pets, and a dream vacation to Turks & Caicos.
<h4 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-top: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;">PRIZE RECIPIENT</h4>
<h2 style="margin-bottom: 1vw;font-size; 2vw;">Chris Bizzell</h2>
<h3 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-bottom: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;line-height: 1;">Raleigh, NC</h3>
Chris is a track & field coach at East Cary Middle School and a self-proclaimed Sheetz Freak. The brand surprised him with a $25,000 donation to his school’s athletic department, a new truck, and a free trip to the Sheetz headquarters.
<h4 style="letter-spacing: 1px;margin-top: 0.5vw;font-size: 18px;">PRIZE RECIPIENT</h4>
“Standing behind our core values, we had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to surprise a few of our lucky fans with more of the things they love in order to help them enjoy all of the time back they get from shopping at Sheetz.”
Ryan Sheetz,
AVP of Brand at Sheetz
