Creative brief - This is the first sports beverage to be endorsed by Tiger Woods and the first one to relate to the sport of Golf. Gatorade Tigers target audiences differ slightly from the usual Gatorade consumers. Their Platinum Customers (Primar
Creative Brief
Companies choose to advertise on the television for the simple reason that, every night over 60 million people in the UK watch their television sets and, if you have a product to sell and money to make, it is the perfect way to promote your merchandise to a large audience of potential buyers. Advertising on TV is extremely expensive, though; for a 30 second advertising slot, at peak time, shown in the break between parts of a popular program the price can reach £700,000 or over. This is because more people are watching the TV at this time; therefore more people are likely to see the advert. Companies are prepared to spend such vast amounts of money on adverts because they are confident that viewers will see their advert, buy the product and gradually repay the money spent on the advert through sales of the product. This is a new product and consumers need to be aware that this product does exist and what it looks like. This is the first sports beverage to be endorsed by Tiger Woods and the first one to relate to the sport of Golf. Gatorade Tiger’s target audiences differ slightly from the usual Gatorade consumers. Their Platinum Customers (Primary Target) would be males aged 18-35 with interest in sports, particularly golf. Most likely these would be weekend golfers who are passionate about the sport, purchase high end golf equipment, and are looking for ways to improve their game. These are not professionals but rather those who enjoy playing the sport when they have the time. Gatorade Tiger’s Gold Customers (Secondary Target) are golfers of both sexes and of all ages. While Gatorade naturally skews younger, Tiger Woods has a presence that seems to transcend all ages. The proposition should be “THE BIG IDEA”. The tone of voice is uplifting, energizing. The company launched their product with both TV and print adverts. The print advertisement is called “Eye of the Tiger”. It features a black and white image of Tiger Woods’ intense stare with colour enhanced sweat. It emphasizes performance with the statement that “being a winner takes hard work and sweat.” There is also a large close-up image of the product with the tag line, “it’s in Tiger. is it in you?” For the verbal part of the message strategy, the intent was to emphasize four areas:
