Red Balloon: "Kids Business Cards" Direct marketing by Ogilvy Brazil

Although Brazil is getting more important in the worlds scenario, only 5% of brazilians speak english. How could Red Baloon, an english school for kids show the importance of english in kids future? We start by asking Red Balloon students from our 30 units in Brazil a simple question: What do you want to be when you grow up? Based on their answers, we made Kids Business Cards. Portraying kids real and unique dreams, we were able to make a point: that every dream starts with english. Kids were so proud of their cards that they handed it out to friends at their primary school, neighbourhood and family turning them into a sales force of 12 000 kids. In the end, we had more kids believing in their dreams, more parents believing in the importance of English on their kids future and a 11% raise on subscriptions.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, São Paulo, Brazil