A real (dream) job

/ Award-winning case study
An unusual job offer in the classifieds sparked curiosity and led to an increase in product sales.

A real (dream) job

/ Project Overview
Year:
2019
Customer:
Koala Rest
Services:
Activation, PR, Social Media

Challenge

Koala Rest, a Portuguese brand that sells mattresses online, develops its products through continuous testing to define the sleep and comfort preferences of the Portuguese public. The small Portuguese company was about to launch its latest product, the Koala pillow, and wanted a low-budget, high-impact PR campaign. Impossible?

2019
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2019

Strategy

The idea was to create a new job: pillow tester—literally, a dream job. However, "dream job" has become a cliché in the Portuguese press, and that type of promotion is increasingly seen as overly commercial and, consequently, insufficient to convince decision-makers. Corpcom's concept was to subvert the "dream job" idea and, just like any other job opening in Portugal, post the pillow tester position on major job boards, right alongside the usual ads for plumbers or housekeepers. Inevitably, driven by curiosity, a journalist would have to contact Koala Rest about this unusual job, and after that initial discovery, Corpcom could pursue an organic outreach strategy.,

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Results

In just one month, the small company Koala Rest became one of the most talked-about topics on Google, and we captured the attention of the media, including high-rating radio and television programs. In total, we received about 20,000 website visits and 13,000 applications, contributing to hundreds of sales. By the end of the month, Wired Magazine named Koala Rest one of the best startups in Lisbon.

/ Proven Impact

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