Non-Confrontational Style-: Juror #1 and Juror #9
Non-Confrontational Style-: Juror #1 and Juror #9
Non-Confrontational Style-: Juror #1 and Juror #9
Associations: (As I know, this advertisement announcing Coca-Cola's decision to swap the
seven-year-old "Open Happiness" campaign with the new tagline "Taste the feeling".)
The message behind "Take the feeling" reminds cola drinkers that coke is still their
brand. The ad is trying to associate the brand with the passion found in the young generation and
tries to relate to everything that reflects energy and madness... I like it that brand manager is
smart to use customers to deliver that message. Rather than singling out one or two key figures to
act as Coke ambassador, they are thinking bigger. By introducing the #TastetheFeeling hashtag,
Coke hopes to unify customers worldwide, emphasizing individual experiences with the product.
Sensory Content:
The sensory stimuli the advertisers using to hold my attention are both visual and
auditory. The “Taste the feeling” ad targets young emotions by playing their heart’s tune.
Whether it is a party scene or a kissing scene inside the library, I feel like the targets are the
young hearts. The text in the ad tries to strike a romantic connection with the young generation
by connecting the drink with everything that is special to the young generation’s heart. The ad
takes me through several scenes of friendship and love. In the first scene a girl is skiing, then
some friends are having fun together and later a guy and girl are kissing in the library. The ad is
just made to affect our feelings. It makes me feel a bit nostalgic and miss moments of fun and
love. There is a party scene and then a young couple sipping Coca Cola from the same bottle. At
last it is ‘Coca Cola with feelings’ and even when you are alone Coca Cola is a great companion.
The ad ends with a lad taking gulps of Coca Cola which is possible to strike at my gustatory.
Somehow it definitely made me feel thirsty and need a Coke right away.
Effectiveness:
Personally, I think this ad is absolutely effective. The images in the ad are picked from
the regular life and represent the lifestyle of the millennial generation. The young is all about
working hard and partying harder. The opening scene has a glass labeled Coca Cola having ice
and being filled with Coca Cola. Throughout the ad the label of Coca Cola flashed several times.
This is a strategy used to drive brand recognition and brand recall. The use of the brand name
also adds ethical appeal to the ad. Apart from it, the ad also uses pathos in plenty. All throughout
the ad a song plays in the background. The US culture values liberty and still believes in
respecting others’ feelings. It is an individualistic society but still its social and cultural values
are associated with love, energy and friendship. The ad relates with these cultural values and the
feeling of experiencing momentous joy in every single moment. At the center of the ad are the
youth and the values that it believes in. This generation believes in being a winner and with Coca
Cola everyone is a winner and every moment a moment of victory. This is what the ad is trying
to express. The first thing that the ad successfully does is to strike an instant connection with the
young generation. Next, it also creates brand recall successfully. Such ads are targeted at
customer engagement, retention as well as attracting new ones. By the beauty and simplicity of
the ad it can be implied that it is successful at creating the effect it intends to.
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