Chevy’s marketing VP describes why General Motors is sticking with the Real People not Actors campaign.
Love them or hate them, Chevy’s “Real People, Not Actors” ads are not going anywhere — because the marketer is convinced they are working. And it’s hard to ignore the evidence. One of the spots, for the Chevy Malibu, recently won the first-ever Automotive Tech Ad of the Year award from Nielsen. Meanwhile, Chevy parent General Motors last week reported that its first quarter profit surged 34% thanks to strength in the North American market.
The more than two-year-old campaign by Commonwealth/McCann enters its next phase this week with a new ad (above) for the 2018 Equinox, which recently began arriving at dealerships. The brand has stuck with actor Potsch Boyd, who plays the moderator in the focus-group style ads.
Ad Age recently caught up with Chevrolet U.S. Marketing VP Paul Edwards and Commonwealth/McCann Chief Creative Officer Gary Pascoe to talk about the campaign, including how Chevy plans to keep it fresh; how the brand finds those “real” people; and the strategy behind an Hispanic version that uses the same approach but a different moderator, Sergio Bruna.
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Source: Secrets of the ‘Real People’ Chevy Campaign | CMO Strategy – AdAge