You can check out the ‘too sexy for TV’ video here, and the crux of the plot is about a chance meeting with a model (played by real-life model, Jessica Gomez) at a trendy hotel bar. ‘Diddy’ and the model exchange flirtatious stares which signal the beginning for a night of passion. Oh yeah, the ad or ‘movietisment’ as said by Combs, was done to promote his female fragrance product, Unforgivable Women, following the 2006 launch of the men’s fragrance called Unforgivable.
The rap industry has long described Combs as a marketing genius and this latest incident may give us the chance to see how clever this move could be. Of course his hand was forced when US TV executives refused to air an un-edited version of his movietisment, but by him causing enough fuss for mainstream media to pick up on the story, and by defying those TV executives with the online full version (which is in keeping with his Bad Boy Entertainment branding) – I’ll be waiting to see if the video successfully goes viral.
At last night’s Emmy Awards, I recall someone saying that TV is still the most influential medium but marketers by now, all know the power of the Internet and the phenomenal things it can do for your brand. Will there ever be a time when marketers, given only one option, would pick online over TV without hesitation?
