Love, Little Rock
Creating a Campaign to Say “No” to Amazon When Everyone Else Says “Yes.”
While we know that Little Rock has beauty, brains and loads of personality, we’re also realists and understood that it didn’t meet all the criteria set by Amazon for its new HQ2. But we leveraged all the attention that Amazon created during the selection process to launch an economic development brand for the city.
“Love, Little Rock” is a tongue-in-cheek campaign designed to share the city’s resources and benefits with site selectors across the country. We hoped it would garner some attention. We had no idea it would go viral.
Video to Amazon
The Dear John letter appeared as a full-page ad in the Washington Post (owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos) on the RFP deadline.
Aerial banner in Seattle, Amazon Headquarters location
“Brilliant. (It) taught us all a lesson we needed.” - Inc.
Press event
The campaign received more than 1,000 unique news placements in online, print and broadcast media including such notable publications as Fortune, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times and Inc. among others.
