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Launch of Yale Doorman

Abloy launched a new and affordable smart lock. The aim of the launch campaign was to get families with children and home builders excited about a completely new type of lock. The Yale Doorman was brought to the public so that as many people as possible could try the lock for themselves.

Our collaboration with Abloy started when they asked us to develop a smart way to launch the Yale Doorman lock in Finland. The first thing we did was to name the product 'a smart lock' and at the same time we created a term for the whole new lock category. The Yale Doorman is a completely new type of smart lock, with the advantages of versatile uses that make life easier and a price that is affordable compared to the competition. With this in mind, we set out to create a launch campaign that would let everyone in the target audience know that "Yale Doorman is the smart lock of the new age".

At the heart of the launch was the Älylukko.fi web service, designed as a permanent "home" for the Yale Doorman. It allows the customer to put together a Yale Doorman system to suit their own home. The main idea behind the selector was to highlight the attractive prices as well as provide a route to an easy purchase decision and further online shopping.

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Other implementations used highly targeted retargeting banners, keyword advertising, break points in videos and a code line implemented together with the locksmiths, all of which effectively directed users to the Älylukko.fi service and thus to purchase orders.

Yale Doorman also went on a cinema tour. In the cinema lobbies across the big cities, families with children were effectively reached: both children and their parents. The idea of the promo was to get as many people as possible to try the smart lock themselves, to experience first-hand how easy it is to use and to spread the good news of their experience. The promoter handed out flyers with a unique code to unlock the big yellow door of the Yale Doorman smart lock and win free cinema popcorns. The code was also used online to enter a grand prize raffle, which prompted testers to carry the flyer all the way home. The draw data also generated a useful lead database. At the same time, a promotional animation showing the joys and benefits of the Yale Doorman was also showing in cinemas. www.abloy.com

Yale messukuva

"We wanted to launch a new product in a new way. We were convinced by Blink Helsinki's way of working and its vision of measurable actions."

Anssi Liski Client representative
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