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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYou\u2019re looking at the story.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That is exactly what made Netflix\u2019s campaign for The Last House<\/em> so clever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The movie revolves around a family trapped inside their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So Netflix asked a simple question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n What if we made the audience see what being trapped actually looks like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of another billboard with a dramatic photograph and a release date, they built the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then they put someone inside it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The campaign ran on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles from August 6 to August 8, around the film\u2019s August 7 Netflix release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The billboard even asked a simple question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n How long can you survive?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now the advertisement had a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the audience had a reason to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Traditional advertising says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look at us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Experiential branding says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Come and experience us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Netflix understood that the second one creates a much stronger reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People didn\u2019t have to imagine the premise of the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They could literally see a person living inside the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The physical installation became the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The people watching became part of the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And every photograph, video and social post became another piece of distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s clever marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the part businesses should pay attention to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Netflix didn\u2019t need to tell people:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPlease share our billboard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n They created something people naturally wanted to photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s the difference between content you publish<\/strong> and content people create because they experienced something worth sharing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The campaign didn\u2019t stop at the physical installation either. A later appearance by Hannah Stocking added another unexpected layer to the stunt, extending the conversation online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The story kept moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think about how quickly the idea communicates itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A person inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thirty feet in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n How long can you survive?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You understand the premise before anyone explains the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s great creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the idea is strong enough, the audience doesn\u2019t need a presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most businesses spend enormous amounts of time explaining what they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are innovative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are customer-centric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We deliver excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We think differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But what if you stopped telling people what your brand stands for\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n and created something that demonstrated it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re a premium brand, create a premium experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re disruptive, disrupt something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re about simplicity, make the experience ridiculously simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re about community, bring people together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t just describe the brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let people experience it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n They engineered curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And curiosity is powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone sees the billboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They take a photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They send it to a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone else sees it on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then another person searches for the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The campaign travels without every impression needing to be bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is the leverage great creative can create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you had one billboard, one location and one opportunity to make people stop\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Would you put your product on it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or would you give people something they couldn\u2019t help but talk about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because your audience doesn\u2019t owe you attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have to earn it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Netflix understood that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They didn\u2019t put an advertisement above Sunset Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They put a story there.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And people stopped to watch.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine driving down Sunset Boulevard. 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They Became the Film.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This Is Where Experiential Branding Gets Interesting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Billboard Became the Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There Was No Need to Explain the Concept<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
And That\u2019s the Branding Lesson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Netflix Didn\u2019t Buy Attention<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Question I Would Ask Every Founder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n