Mars China: Snickers Hungry Student Wanted

Snickers, a chocolate bar made by Mars, promoted its product in China by launching an online prank poster that allowed students to upload and add filters to photos of their classmates.

Agency: Wunderman Beijing, China

Summary

Challenge:

Snickers wanted to increase sales among Chinese students by marketing the Snickers bar as the best snack to defeat dizziness, sleepiness and angriness. However, being the busiest students in the world, Chinese students rarely had time to spend online. In this case, traditional digital channels and methods had limitations reaching this specific group of students.

Solution:

There were only a few online social platforms trending among Chinese students, one of them being Q-ZONE. We created an online prank poster generator using Q-Zone and allowed students to upload photos of their classmates then add...

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