Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Rum gets the drop on research

In my experience as an advertising person, the one thing we always wished we had was information on how actual people feel about things. How nice it would be to zip out a question like, "How do you feel about X?" and actually get a response.

Well, it looks like Don Q rum has actually figured out how to do that. And while I'm not sure how it benefits their brand, it could definitely have implications for other brands.

They (and what I assume is their agency) have put together a little thang called LadyData. The basic premise seems simple: Ask a panel of Ladies questions and then allow them to provide a response. It seems to me that their goal is kind of Mystery Method in nature and that they not only boost your male aura as a fancy rum drinker but boost your means of seducing the feminine sacred by being a Don Q drinker.

Whatever their goals, what they have succeeded in putting together is a fairly interesting little program that allows you to view those responses, the specific ladies that voted and filter said information by age, location, education, etc.

A smart agency would try to sell this to other clients as a real-time research tool.

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