Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a market leader in consumer electronics and the Worldwide Olympic Partner for Wireless Communications Equipment, on May 3 announced an exclusive agreement with David Beckham to be its global brand ambassador for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Beckham will begin his ambassador role with immediate effect and will play a key part in raising awareness of Samsung’s sponsorship of London 2012 as a Worldwide Olympic Partner. The collaboration will start with appearances in multi-platform adverts and public relations campaigns, covering various elements of Samsung’s London 2012 marketing programme.
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Samsung collaborated with The Viral Factory to develop two projects, revolving around durability of the manufacturer’s SD memory cards. The first one is a promotional film, which proves that the product is ‘magnet-proof, shockproof and waterproof’ by testing it in the harshest environments imaginable, and the second one is an unprecedented initiative, under which the cards will be send into the stratosphere.
The idea of promoting products through a series of reality-TV episodes was recently employed by Philips and became the basis of its romantic online-only comedy videos to preview a series of new range. The concept is now taken up by another global company, Samsung, which has launched a website called SmartnSimple.tv to spread the word about its domestic appliances and offer internet-savvy UK consumers lots of ‘smart and simple’ tips on how to turn daily routine into enjoyable experience.
Samsung Electronics Australia has started a major new marketing campaign in the digital and social media space, entitled “Mr Knowitall”, to educate consumers on the benefits of its innovative integrated social messaging service, Samsung Social Hub. Available on its two recently launched smartphones; the Samsung Wave and Samsung Galaxy S, the campaign is a first-of-its-kind online experience that demonstrates how the comedic character, Mr Knowitall, knows everything about everyone in his social circle all thanks to information he has gleaned from using Samsung Social Hub.