This is a proposal that I put together for the launch of Jonny Depp's The Rum Diary. Unfortunately, this project wasn't accepted due to time restrictions but I figured to at least share it for others to take insight from. Hope this helps you in your next pitch!
2. OBJECTIVES
Create a successful marketing campaign using
Livestream & Facebook to facilitate a live
broadcast questions & answers session with
Johnny Depp.
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3. GOALS
• Develop relationships with pre-existing audience
to create engaging content for The Rum Diary
• Drive awareness and ticket sales for release
• Drive “likes” to Facebook fan pages
• GKFilms
• FilmEngine
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4. TIMELINE
• September 15 - 30: Pre-Buzz Social
Campaign
• October 1-14: Launch Engagement Contest
• October 15-25: FB/LS Q&A Session
• October 28: Rum Diary Release
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5. WHAT WE NEED
• Rum Diaries Facebook Page
• Custom Facebook / Livestream application
• Facebook advertising
• Livestream live broadcast production
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6. TARGET
• Johnny Depp Fans
• Hunter S. Thompson Fans
• 18-55 year old females
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7. AWARENESS
• Create a contest and launch a Facebook
application
• Enable fans to create user-generated
content that highlights and brings attention
to The Rum Diary release
• Allow fans to engage through YouTube,
Facebook and Twitter
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8. PRE-BUZZ CAMPAIGN
• Social contest in which the winner would get a 2
1/2 minute one-on-one with Johnny Depp in the
overall Q+A session
• The Popularity of both Johnny Depp and Hunter
S. Thompson would generate massive online buzz
• The campaign would also be seeded to Journalists
and Bloggers to amplify the social effect
• We will be tracking #RumDiary tweets, FB likes
and Youtube videos across the campaign
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13. BENEFITS
• Broadcast Live-Online Event
• Promotion to drive viewership to movie Release
• Increased customer engagement and appointment viewing for fans by using
live, streaming content
• Buzz & excitement of “live” moments
• Social media gains: fans watch while logged on to social networks --
simultaneously post, tweet, and chat
• ‘Brand time’: average session times typically between 15-25 minutes
• Consumer connections and data: valuable social relationships with fans in
exchange for free access to the livestreaming content ( Email, Registration,
Facebook Like)
• Increase in Facebook fans
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