Posts Tagged ‘Swinton Insurance Email’

Posted by
Katie Shoard
April 28th, 2010

An alien encounter of the triggered email kind…

by Katie Shoard

The truth is out there

At Red C, as well as juggling our busy schedules, we have a number of Creative team projects and initiatives that bubble along throughout the year. These include filming and editing video case studies to researching search engine optimisation. This time around, our team got the tricky task of generating new business opportunities with our current clients.

Finding new business avenues for clients sounds easy, but there are lots of things you need to consider. Identifying potential oportunities requires a deep understanding of a brand and the directions in which it could and would want to expand. And that’s just for starters. On top of that, it has to be financially viable, fit in with wider brand and marketing strategies and be measurable in terms of return on investment.

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Posted by
Julian Gratton
April 7th, 2010

Our Alien Insurance emails voted one of the ‘10 best April Fools’ Day hoaxes on the web’

by Julian Gratton

Alien Abduction Insurance from Swinton? Nope, it's a hoax email created by Red C Marketing, Email Marketing Agency and PPC Agency ManchesterAt Red C we firmly agree with Dr Seuss and what he wrote with regards having fun…“It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how”. And we certainly had some fun with one of our clients, Swinton Insurance, when we created an email that promoted Alien Abduction Insurance.

Obviously, this isn’t a real product. It was just a bit of fun that we thought we would have on April Fools’ Day. And it was so much fun that the technology news website, Techradar.com, voted our hoax email campaign one of the 10 best April Fools’ Day hoaxes on the web alongside Google’s Animal Translator App and Virgin Media using ferrets to lay broadband cables.

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