Examine the Market has launched a brand new character, the wombat, to it’s well-known meerkat household.
The worth comparability website has unveiled it’s new marketing campaign with a TV advert that includes the brand new character, Carl, the wombat. Carl is Aleksander the meerkat’s unfortunate Australian nephew whose actions typically have unlucky penalties.
The advert begins with Aleksander excitedly claiming to fellow meerkat, Sergei, that he can’t wait to satisfy his nephew. Carl then seems, falling down the escalators the unsuitable means. The advert ends with the tagline, “Don’t wombat it, meerkat it.”
Highlighting that everybody often makes errors, the marketing campaign hopes to encourage clients to be extra wise like meerkats versus the bumbling wombat. This in flip ought to enable shoppers to make higher monetary choices.
Advertising and marketing Director at Examine The Market, Kristin Sonfield mentioned: “We’re delighted to welcome a brand new character to the meerkat household, the loveable, well-intentioned but hapless Carl. All of us have these relatable wombat moments the place we don’t get it proper, regardless of our greatest intentions! So we wished to create ‘don’t wombat it, meerkat it’ to point out that’s OK, and that it’s what we do subsequent that’s the primary factor. The easiest way to make up for a nasty determination, is to make one – to flip the change and be extra meerkat. Carl is a really welcome addition to the fold, and we will’t wait to see how his story develops – and the way lengthy Sergei can put up with him!”
