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Nobody buys cough medicine when they feel well. Nobody wants to even think about colds when they’re warm in the sun. Beechams knows that. So, to make its adverts more focused, it needed a way of targeting people that have flu, or are on the verge of coming down with it.

Recent advances in digital out-of-home advertising technologies have allowed much greater flexibility for brands in their advertising strategies. Beechams, determined to make the most of this, tailored its all-in-one flu remedy campaign to be temperature-dependent.

Using JCDecaux’s 17 digital screens spread throughout London, they rolled out ads during December. However the ads were only shown when the temperature dropped below 10 degrees, information from the met office allowing them to screen adverts when people were at their most receptive.

The campaign achieved huge amounts of PR. It reinforced the core brand message – that Beecham’s helps you face the day, no matter how inhospitable that day may be.

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