Cadillac drives social conversations, positive sentiment and digital traffic with Oscars campaign

Cadillac used a campaign around the 2019 Academy Awards to encourage consumers to reappraise its family of sports utility vehicles.

Cadillac, the automaker, wanted to encourage consumer reappraisal of its range of high-end sports utility vehicles (SUVs).

These premium four-wheeled offerings, with prices starting at roughly $35,000 and potentially surpassing $100,000 for certain models and specifications, required a suitably glamorous marketing destination if the brand was to successfully change perceptions.

And the chosen venue for its “Rise” marketing play was the 91st Academy Awards – also known as the Oscars – held in Los Angeles in February 2019. And a live broadcast of the gala on ABC brought the nameplate’s message to more than 29 million TV viewers on the...

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