Malaysian Media Awards Winners Showcase

Objective & Challenge
Challenge: CNY festive is increasingly becoming more cluttered as many brands are now beginning to leverage on the festive season. Every brand is now trying to draw inspiration from the Chinese zodiac signs to make the experience more memorable and distinctive. In 2021, the challenge for Tiger Beer is, how will the brand be distinctive and memorable by leading and owning the CNY festivity. Objective: To drive top of mind awareness and improve brand recall among target audience during the festive season and to stand out from the communication clutter amongst competitors and other brands to drive sales for Tiger Beer and Tiger Crystal

Insight & Strategy
Insights: Malaysians are eager to celebrate CNY after 2 years of compromised festivities. They are optimistic but at the same time are worried about Covid. What they need is that extra encouragement and push to get started and a show of comfort and courage. Tiger is the only brand that has the sole right to bring this to life and own CNY 2022 for 2 reasons: 2022 is the Year Of The Tiger and Tiger is the one brand that can demonstrate optimism to consumers because it is the only beer brand in the world that was brewed in a climate that is not suitable for beer brewing – Asia, showing courage and determination. Strategy: Personify Tiger Beer brand values and show people that we can channel the courage of the Year Of The Tiger to once again feel prosperous and give a voice to all Malaysians to embody and share the Tiger spirit and roar together. Using the iconic Tiger symbol and own the Year of The Tiger by uncaging the festive possibilities and new media world by doing media activation that is first in category and first in market and showcase to consumers that with the spirit of the tiger, anything is possible.

Execution
Tiger Beer ventured into the world of NFTs (Nonfungible Tokens) with an exclusive collaboration with Pestle & Mortar Clothing (PMC). The NFT collection, known as The Tiger Archives, feature vintage Tiger artwork ingrained into the blockchain, and each artwork is uniquely drawn fully by hand. These NFTs will unlock a series of perks throughout the Year of the Tiger, from exclusive merchandise down to curated experiences by PMC. The Tiger Archives NFT collection will be released for sale on 25th January 2022. 30% of the proceeds will go towards supporting local musicians, artists and street food chefs via Tiger’s UNCAGE platform throughout the Year of The Tiger. The first ever 6688 Tiger Beer NFT collection with PMC sold out in 10 mins. Besides, Tiger Beer’s efforts to champion the local art scene continues to grow. To spread the CNY cheer to other regions in Malaysia, Tiger engaged with various local artists to create exclusive ‘Roar Together’ murals at eight different locations nationwide including Petaling Street’s famed Kwai Chai Hong. Visitors can view Kwai Chai Hong’s ‘Live Wild & Prosper’ installations by Alice Chang and Odd, giving fans even more Instaworthy moments to welcome the Year of the Tiger. Breakthrough of media, the first Tiger 3D ads on Pavillion screen. Use KOL to capture the gigantic 3D roaring Tiger and on ground activation along the connection to experience the festive vibe. In the same venue, audiences had the opportunity to feast their eyes on the specially commissioned Tiger “Roar Together” art installations at the main entrance by three up and coming artists of diverse backgrounds – Thomas Powell, Sheena Liam and Pamela Tan. Along with the eye catching digital lanterns at the fountain area, guests were also able to experience traditional Asian street decor with a contemporary twist and score exclusive Tiger merchandise via activities at the Connection area. Tiger gathered Thomas Powell, Pamela Tan and Sheena Liam for the artist collaboration in Pavillion, a high traffic place that gathered everyone especially during festive. Tiger turned all the product (Limited edition Can), packaging, merchandize (Ang pao packet), Newspaper to AR roaring greetings. QR code became very common to the citizen since Covid hit. The QR code allowed audience to interact, win special prizes and send greetings to their friends and family. Tiger Beer lined up an abundance of activities and promotions to evoke the Tiger spirit among fans.

Effectiveness
6688 NFTs sold out in 10 mins, the highest traded NFTs euro4,960, total reach of 9 mill with 1.2 mill engagement, recruited 22k member in a month. Kantar captured the highest awareness 85% responses on Tiger 3D ads branding as compared to other advertiser. Aligned with the statement, makes me think Tiger Beer is progressive and dynamic brand. 100k unique visitors to the website, 58k AR roaring greetings session.