#BaldwinBowl: Amazon's first Super Bowl ad
Stephen Whiteside
Amazon made its Super Bowl debut during this year's NFL season closer with an ad featuring actor Alec Baldwin, legendary quarter back Dan Marino, its voice-activated Echo speaker and a "snack stadium".
But just as the company's operations span a diverse range of interests – from consumer electronics to streaming music and video – so its "#BaldwinBowl" program aimed to achieve multiple goals beyond this sprinkling of star-driven engagement.
"The important thing to us was: how do we move from this idea of being a functional brand to being an emotional brand?...