Honey Bunches of Oats Launches 'THIS. IS. EVERYTHING.' Campaign

Honey Bunches of Oats is launching a new 360-degree marketing campaign to encourage fans to rethink the classic cereal, which has two varieties – Honey Roasted and Almond. The new “THIS. IS. EVERYTHING.” campaign will utilize Multiple touchpoints to bring the fully integrated campaign to life in order to engage consumers in person, online, offline and on multiple screens. Across all marketing levers, the work interweaves memes from social media and pop culture references to tell the brand story and allow consumers to play with and make the content their own.

The campaign kicks off with new commercial spots hitting airwaves in August. Two versions of the commercial were created specifically to engage both General and Hispanic audiences. The English-language spots mash-up iconic images with current pop culture memes to relay the timelessness and multi-sensorial experience of the cereal. The Spanish-language spots maintain the style and tone of these ads, but use images centered on cultural nostalgia and family. The ads will air across A E Networks, Disney, NBCUniversal, Scripps Network Interactive, Turner, Viacom, and Univision Network, amongst others, in both 15 and 30 second spots.

“By design, a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats is never one, but rather multiple tastes and textures that combine for the ultimate taste experience. So when we started down the journey of creating a new campaign, we wanted to celebrate the fact that our cereal is not just one thing – it’s EVERYTHING. We decided to play on the popularity of the phrase ‘This Is Everything’ to showcase our uniqueness in a fun and playful way,” says Ann Stockman, Senior Brand Manager, Honey Bunches of Oats. “With this campaign, we wanted to unify our message among our consumers. “ESTO. ES. TODO.™” the Hispanic version of the campaign running in Spanish-language media, is a culturally-relevant interpretation of our message that we hope will resonate positively with all members of our fan base.”

In addition to the TV spots, the campaign will come to life in digital through an experience which allows fans to star in their own “THIS. IS. EVERYTHING.” video. Fans will be encouraged to visit www.honeybunchesthisiseverything.com and personalize the new ad with photos of themselves and their families. By creating and sharing their unique video, consumers will automatically be entered into the “Starring You!” sweepstakes. One winner will be randomly selected to win $10,000. The sweepstakes launches today, August 29, 2016, and ends October 31, 2016.

“The Starring You digital sweepstakes was the perfect overlay to show our fans how they mean EVERYTHING to us, by allowing them to become a part of the commercial. We think it’s engaging, shareable, and most importantly, a memorable way to involve our fans in the campaign,” says Julie Hewitt, integrated marketing communications Manager, Honey Bunches of Oats.

In addition to television and the digital and social elements, some of the multiple touchpoints that will bring the fully integrated campaign to life include a sampling tour, retailer events, media partnerships, including “Jane the Virgin” in CW primetime, and Screenvision Media (cinema) ads. “Through all our marketing levers, we’re promoting a synergistic campaign, so our fans will experience the “THIS. IS. EVERYTHING.™” message at every step of their journey,” says Hewitt. Snapchat users will even experience the “THIS. IS. EVERYTHING.” campaign via the social platform’s newly launched Snap Ads Between Friends platform.