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The marketing event’s main feature was the Motion @ Waterloo digital screen, which let the public add their faces to a series of bodies performing Yoga moves using a dedicated mini-site. Ambassadors from the brand were positioned in the central concourse of the station to demonstrate the company’s new laptop and tablet offerings, while the screen was complemented with static posters on both the Underground and in the main station.
The campaign was further augmented with a morning appearance from Made in Chelsea star Alexandra ‘Binky’ Felstead, who uploaded her selfie to the screen.
Lenovo created the campaign in partnership with Total Media, Media 5, The House Worldwide, Liveposter, Posterscope, JC Decaux and Exterion. Total Media estimated that overall, 34 million people were reached by the campaign.
Mike Etherington, UK and Ireland marketing director and EMEA digital marketing director at Lenovo, told Event: "We like doing clever things at Lenovo. For instance, if you’re in the vicinity of the area today, you’ll get advertising saying ‘come up to Waterloo and check this out’. That’s something you couldn’t do five years ago. People are amazed that they can be in a real-life advert in less that two minutes."
Sian Lawrenson, Lenovo’s UK account director at Total Media, added: "We’ve seen that more 50% of targeted Zone 1 commuters have seen the message and have been converted. We’re being as targeted as possible to amplify the campaign.
"The guys at Lenovo really want to position themselves as a much more different tech brand. They’re moving towards more unique advertising, doing as much as they can in a more innovative way."
Etherington added that the stunt forms part of a wider campaign, which the UK team were able to adapt creatively. "Our global team put together this campaign, which is a play on the silhouette using the product in an unusual way," Etherington added. "We’ve taken that concept and extended it by letting people add their face.
"The global execs love it because we’ve taken what they’ve created and made it bigger and better."
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