The Task
Capitalise on the recent Black Hole sighting and National Star Wars day opportunity through bespoke doughnuts and tailored PR strategy.
The Solution
We activated newsjacking at it’s very finest jumping on a comment made by KISS FM’s breakfast show presenter, Tom Green, suggesting that the first ever Black Hole sighting (The Guardian, 10.04.19) in fact looked like a doughnut floating in space. “The next thing you’ll know, Doughnut Time or Krispy Kreme will bring out the black hole doughnut” he said. This was of course an opportunity we could not miss and so we pitched the idea to the creative minds at Doughnut Time and within the working day, Doughnut Time’s limited edition Black Hole doughnut was born. The next morning during KISS FM’s Breakfast show, Tom bit into his very own Black Hole doughnut. He then filmed himself heading to his nearest Doughnut Time store to see the limited edition doughnuts in store, encouraging his Instagram followers to grab one before they were all gone.
Three weeks later we were back on the radio with Doughnut Time – this time for National Star Wars day! With Absolute Radio host Frank Skinner and the doughnuts which inspired a segment on the national day and of course featured Doughnut Time’s extraordinary creation.
The Results
Black Hole Doughnut
• 2 minute 33 second feature on KISS FM Breakfast Show reaching 4,626,000 listeners
• Instagram story on KISS FM’s account reaching 166,000 users
• Tweet from KISS FM’s account reaching 606,000 users
• Black Hole doughnuts sold out!
Star Wars Doughnut
• 2 minute 40 second feature on Absolute Radio’s The Frank Skinner Show reaching 1,479,000 listeners
• Tweet from Absolute Radio account reaching 263,000 users
• Tweet from host Frank Skinner’s account reaching 86,400 users
• Instagram post from host Frank Skinner’s account reaching 7,942 users
• A Galaxy Far Far Away doughnuts sold out!