22ºC
Essence
36 Poland Street Westminster London W1F 7LU UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7758 4200
67ºF
Essence
120 5th Ave Floor 8 New York NY 10011-5612 US Tel: +1 646 837 5454

Teens by new means

Wildly individualistic and mad on gadgets, teenagers and iGoogle have a lot in common. Except teenagers are not normally seen as a desirable commodity by the internet community.

Undeterred, Google asked us to promote iGoogle to this much-neglected audience. We knew where we'd find them. Facebook, Myspace and Bebo. So we targeted little ads that sat on these social networking platforms. They showed an iGoogle page pre-formatted for teens.

By promoting the sheer functionality of the gadgets, we stimulated their interest enough to try it. It worked. And because we optimised the life out of the campaign it didn't cost anyone very much either. Nang!

  •