Project description
Suppliers of meat products excitedly await the start of the picnic season every year. But 2020 had different plans. The first case of the coronavirus in Slovenia was confirmed on 4 March, an epidemic was declared on 12 March and a lockdown was implemented on 20 March, which completely stopped public life for six weeks, and that was just for starters. Social contact with people from other households was prohibited due to preventive measures. How could Ave Grill bring joy to Slovenians stuck between four walls yet hungry for socialising? Could we save the picnic season?
We organised the Piknik vseh piknikov (Greatest Picnic Ever) event. The largest simultaneous picnic in the country, which everyone enjoyed at home and simultaneously with everyone else - in a virtual environment. The event took place on the day when Slovenians like to grill and socialise most: May 1st. However, the campaign began three weeks earlier, on the brand’s social networks, the social media profiles of influencers and on Radio 1.
We were preparing for D-Day with content on the piknikvsehpiknikov.si website. On the day of the event, we were joined by Radio 1, which took care of the background music for all the picnics in Slovenia. Listeners compiled a playlist of essential picnic songs by sending their suggestions via text message and submitting them via Radio 1’s website.
Of course, there was also a raffle, and we drew a winner from the participants every 15 minutes.
On the day of the event, the attendees of the virtual picnic posted 1,068 photos in just six hours, 56 GB of content was downloaded, and 441,800 unique visitors were recorded on the website. The Greatest Picnic Ever posts on Facebook in total reached more than 450,000 users and generated more than 60% more engagement of followers.
- TEAM
- Creative director: Miha Bevc
- Project director: Arin Čebokli
- Art director: Grega Čeferin
- Junior digital advisor: Tilen Erjavec
- Copywriter: Maj Kelenc
- Designer: Milko Pečanič
- Junior project manager: Nina Piskar
- Digital strategist: Nina Tanhofer
The Greatest Picnic Ever proves that campaigns, designed at the right time and with the right insight, still inspire users.˝
Miha Bevc
