Mobile Provider “Battles” January 10, 2010
Posted by JoAds in Advertisements.Tags: 2009, Competition, Orange, Print Ads, Telecommunication, Umniah, Zain
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Competition review: This is something from last year thought is worth sharing (Published December 2009)
The market share “battle” is raging again, this time between Orange, and Zain who were trying to attack Orange’s stronghold “Army Line” which is a line specifically tailored for the military sector individuals, a segment dominated by orange.
But where did Umniah go this time?
Zain
Another Camouflage,but this time with a free phone.
Orange
Fighting back by hinting of being the largest network.
Orange’s big family January 7, 2010
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An ad for regional calls at a discounted rate from Orange, too busy and a distracting image really (A BIG family photo in a frame, a keychain, an arabesque box, and another frame in the background!) Not to mention the very idea of photo frames is used to death. Good luck next time.
It’s a bird, It’s a plane, It’s super dongle! January 6, 2010
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Wi Max internet campaign for Mada, what a wasted opportunity to do something creative for such an interesting product.
web banner screen shot
08…09…10…Action January 5, 2010
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Zain Jordan kicked off the new year with a branding and loyalty campaign aimed towards their existing customers. It started with a film strip layout teaser with the message “Your choice is right”, then with ads claiming their strengths as strongest network, customer service, etc. (No comment about how accurate those messages really are as this is not the purpose of this blog).
Campaign teaser ad
Quick observations about this campaign:
-How can a mobile provider be “the most humane” in the last ad? Confusing
-Good photography quality and art direction.
-The color tone is mystic and not the kind we’re used to see for Zain’s ads where it was always vivid and colorful.
-What is the purpose of the film strip here? It has no direct relationship to the delivered message or the concept and is just redundant.
Xmas Ads December 31, 2009
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Various Christmas ads in Jordan’s newspapers:
Everhome: We wish you a merry Christmas and a “fiery” new year!
Umniah, typical ad
Zain, and the ornaments are back again!
Classic seasonal ad, nice colors and details
Cozmo, Best of the season although they’ve done much better ads in the past.
3G is coming to Jordan December 30, 2009
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Finally Orange seem to be planning to launch the service early 2010 with this teaser campaign all over the city, good news for Orange subscribers.
Though, the illustrations look childish for a high tech service.
Different colors, different dialects December 30, 2009
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This ad for Samsung mobile plays around the word “shlonak” which means “how are you doing?” and also means “What is your color?” So far so good, but this expression though understood in Jordan but it is not a common expression it’s more common in Iraq and Gulf (Not sure if this ad was part of a regional campaign or local).
(Published in Alwaseet)
“Flagged” as Cliche December 29, 2009
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It appears both Orange and Zain are obsessed with flags, though the products are different but those ads have much in common:
-Both are mediocre and have no concept (what happened to IDEAS instead of just using a stock image with a header?)
-Art direction is below average for both
(Published Al Waseet Dec26, 2009)
