Meta Marketing Is Back In Vogue. Here’s Why.
In Esurance’s latest marketing campaign, actor Dennis Quaid nonchalantly opens the spot by telling viewers that he, star of The Parent Trap and A Dog’s Purpose, is now appearing in an insurance campaign because he is “highly likeable.” He points out the overly dramatic music kicking in, and the kitchen he enters has prop apples, not real ones. It’s all part of a meta-marketing trend that is resurfacing, where a brand and its spokesperson clue the consumer in that they’re watching an ad. Think Anna Kendrick in Newcastle’s 2014 faux Super Bowl ad where the actress addresses the camera head on to discuss the fact that she was almost in a big-budget ad campaign before the brand realized the ad buy was too expensive.
This time around, meta marketing’s return feels more like a larger wave, beginning with Tide’s 2018 Super Bowl campaign, followed closely by Esurance, Izod and RXBar. Each time the trend returns, experts suggest it’s because brands are hungry to forge bonds of trust with viewers during uncertain times. Now more than ever, experts suggest that’s at play.
This story is from the September 24, 2018 edition of ADWEEK.
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