what a waste!
Product (Red) has scored one of the hottest pieces of advertising real estate today -- World AIDS Day.
Forget Times Square. Forget the Super Bowl.
I'm talking the Google home page.
The normally pristine white space has a (logo'd) link to Product (Red)'s World AIDS Day page.
Sure, there have been cutesie pictures to commemorate the holidays, but this, this is a coup. Is there a precedent that I am not aware of?
Here's the (infuriating) bummer -- why did the folks at Product (Red) not make more of an effort to create a destination page that was more dynamic to greet the traffic they're going to get today? A lame video of Bono saying nothing much that's new and certainly nothing that's particularly empowering (the man obviously cares and he's inspired me in the past . . .) ? A pathetically brief list of things that the campaign's partners are doing today to mark the day, including "Veronica Webb will sign copies of Gap's Individuals book on Friday, from 6-8 pm at Besame Mucho in Key West, Florida".
Huh?
I have been incredibly impressed with the campaign. But someone wasn't thinking . . .
Red = not as smart as they should be on digital advocacy. Green = still so damn smart.
(If you need any ideas next year, give me a call.)
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2 comments:
It doesn't change your main point, which I agree with, but the book signing was a huge success. I was there and an amazing amount of books were signed and sold and the word got out on World AIDS Day.
greg@designkeywest.com
Glad to hear it, Greg! I assure you that I want nothing more than people to have a greater awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to ensure that people have access to the meds they need.
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