BBM's instant connect @ campuses
By Bhawana Anand - December 17, 2013
To announce the BB Messenger launch on Android and iOS, Blackberry executed an engaging activity across high footfall areas to tap the youth audience.


The high-end activity was organized by touching the youth audience through the usage of different mediums:
PIN Mania- Acasino style circuit based machine randomly chose a prize from a set of 4 options when a student downloaded BBM and entered his/her PIN. The winners were awarded with branded swags like sling bags, t-shirts, sippers and key-chains.
PIN 2 WIN: In this game the students were required to SMS their BBM pin to 575758 and get a free recharge worth the sum of all numbers in the Pin. For e.g. If the BBM pin is 27CG397B then the consumer would instantly be topped up with the sum of all number in the Pin i.e.2+7+3+9+7 = Rs.28/- in the above case.
Café Coffee Day: A tent card was placed in the outlet inviting consumers to download BBM and SMS their PIN to 575758.The customer was then sent an SMS as a reply with a promo code that could be used to claim a free cappuccino at the Café Coffee Day outlet.
Radio: The campaign required RJ's to get listeners to play games, and send a BBM to the RJ to participate. Other integrations included BBM etiquette, RJ se dostikaroge, etc.

According to the brand, the response to the campaign has been greatly encouraging. Through the'Free BBM, Free Cappuccino', the brand had targeted to give away 50,000 cappuccinos in a span of one month. In fact, they gave away 9,500 cappuccinos in the initial week itself. Activations were conducted at 40 colleges; the'Pin Mania Machines' and'Pin2Win' games were conducted in colleges and witnessed large-scale participation of students. "Most importantly, marketing initiatives such as these have helped our brand to stay relevant and in sync with our audience,†summed up Ashish.
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