M1 Bye Bye Ring Ring Service
Introducing Connexion and 'Ring Ring'...

Our objective: Get people to sign up for our mobile company, M1’s “Bye Bye Ring Ring” service. (This lets you choose a music track as your connecting tone, instead of that old skool “Ring Ring” sound your friends still hear when they call you).

Our strategy: Make “Ring Ring” seem outdated. How? With a cheesy 80’s pop duo called “Connexion,” made up of Gary Bell and Devon Roberts. They had a hit single “Ring Ring” back in Belgium in the 80’s and have disappeared since then. Now, in 2007, they’re on a comeback tour….but with the same 80’s “Ring Ring” single.

So we created the duo for real and a cheesy pop track called “Ring Ring.” Then we used virals and online seeding to create a credible history of Connexion’s career in the 80’s and buzz surrounding their comeback tour in Singapore….
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Official "Connexion" Band Website (www.connexion-music.com)

 
Phase 1
 
Phase 2
YouTube Virals

 
"Ring Ring"
Music Video
 
Cougar Sweatband
Commercial
 
Belgian
Talkshow
 
Connexion
"The Singapore Tour"
 
 
Wikipedia entry
 
Myspace
 
Facebook
 

Soft.com.sg
Entry

Social Networking

 
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We got Singapore’s most influential and awarded blogger to write about Connexion - their online videos and comeback tour. It increased our hits by 1500 within just half a day. Numbers kept climbing. This got other bloggers talking.

 
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