NetJets Europe launches online marketing campaign

June 18th, 2010 by Jocelyn Bull | Tags: , , ,
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UK web campaign in partnership with Steak highlights 10-minute boarding experience with NetJets Europe

June 18, London, UK – Europe’s leading business aviation company, NetJets Europe, today launches a new digital marketing campaign in partnership with Steak. The campaign, ‘The 10-minute Take-off’ highlights the hassle-free nature of flying with NetJets Europe, getting time-poor businesspeople from their car into the air within 10 minutes of arriving at an airport.

The campaign will see a series of display advertisements drive visitors to a dedicated microsite, including site ‘take-overs’ with the FT.com and the Wall Street Journal.

Following a year of travel disruption and commercial airline woes, NetJets Europe has enjoyed increasing interest in its services from first and business class fliers looking to maximize their productivity and escape travel headaches.

“Our research has found that our clients and prospects want nothing more than an easy and completely hassle-free experience of aviation, something that only NetJets has the scale to deliver consistently,” comments Claire Cronin, Director of Marketing at NetJets Europe. “Although we’re the world leader in private aviation, we’re still something of a ‘well-kept secret,’ and with this campaign we’re hoping to educate a wider audience about the benefits of using NetJets.”

When users click on a display ad, they will be taken to a search-optimized microsite at http://www.netjetsuk.com. The centrepiece of the site is the “10-minute take-off” – a dramatisation of the easy, hassle-free boarding experience that passengers will enjoy with NetJets. This message is contrasted with the experience of flying commercially: transfers, hassles, queues, crowds and delays.

The NetJets Experience

Steak was appointed following a competitive pitch to design and produce the micro-site and online advertising assets, support the media planning and buying strategy, and handle search engine optimisation for this latest campaign.

Oliver Bishop, CEO of Steak, says, “NetJets Europe is an exciting brand, with a well defined, demanding target audience. The ‘10-minute’ campaign seeks to reach this audience in an innovative and relevant way, and deliver compelling messages about why both individuals and corporations should consider NetJets.”

This campaign was created for the UK market as a pilot. If successful, NetJets Europe will look to develop new campaigns and online materials in its other target territories in Q3 and Q4.

LBi and bigmouthmedia merger

February 25th, 2010 by Oliver Bishop | Tags: , ,
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Interesting news today of consolidation – digital agency LBi (Lost Boys International) has merged with Obtineo, parent to search marketing specialist Bigmouthmedia (read the story on Econsultancy here).

Bigmouthmedia CEO Mark Bole said: “For the past 18 months both bigmouthmedia and LBi have seen a real shift in client sentiment in regards to agencies: clients are increasingly looking for best in class agencies with the capability to cover all aspects of the digital universe – integrating search and digital media with creative and technology supported by strong transparent measurement – and the combined expertise of both companies will put us in a strong position to meet this demand.”

I couldn’t agree more with Mark. We’ve seen exactly the same shift, although for longer than the last 18 months. Steak launched as a search agency in 2005 but within 6 months we made the decision to become a full service digital agency with integration and results at our core. This has benefited our clients enormously and Steak has become the first port of call with most of our partners. Nice to see further confirmation that we had the right idea! However the real question is what’s next for agencies to offer, or should I say what’s on clients’ agendas right now.

Ollie Bishop, Co-founder and CEO