Yahoo to Begin New Advertising Campaign
Yahoo Inc. plans a new integrated marketing campaign in U.S. and overseas markets that includes television, radio, cinema and online advertising, the Internet media company said on Monday.
The multimillion dollar campaign highlights the makeover Yahoo has given its heavily visited home page and other services -- from its e-mail program to Yahoo Answers, a new service that taps the wisdom of other Yahoo users.
The advertising, which will be featured on TV, radio, online and in movie theaters, takes a humorous look at life with -- and without -- the benefits of Yahoo services.
It's the broadest marketing push the Sunnyvale, California-based company has made in two years, said Allen Olivo, Yahoo's vice president of global brand marketing.
Rather than TV or radio, online ads are the main marketing avenue for Yahoo, the world's biggest Web advertising company.
We look at them (TV and radio) as exclamation marks to the online marketing, rather than the main marketing, Olivo said in an interview.
The campaign features ads created by Yahoo users from several film schools.
There is also a Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee giveaway for Yahoo visitors on Friday, September 22. Consumers who visit the Yahoo home page and print out a one-day coupon qualify for the free coffee promotion at the U.S. fast-food franchise.
The U.S. television spots, which were produced with Soho Square and OgilvyOne Worldwide, begin on prime-time TV on Thursday, September 21. They will air on professional baseball games, MTV and late-night comedy shows.
New ads will run in major U.S. markets on radio, in 21,000 cinemas and on online sites in the coming months. Television and radio ads will only run in the United States, Olivo said. Other elements of the campaign will be localized to run in 14 international markets.
The commercials include a nostalgic nod to the company's signature Do You Yahoo? tagline and accompanying Yahoo!!!! yodel, which the 12-year-old company created in 1996.
© Copyright Thomson Reuters 2024. All rights reserved.