Often the simplest solution is the best. Here’s one you might find interesting.

Marketing is about making something appealing. It’s kind of making the sow’s ear into a silk purse (although I’ve never seen that done successfully but it’s an attention getter.) This article is about a chopper and a hog of sorts, that The Association took on for a custom video production.

McDonnell Douglas was introducing their new MD 500 Explorer helicopter, which was designed for the Medivac market. It was a complete re-design from the sleek helicopters in the 500 series. It was, well… fat and slow. The bigger cabin made room enough for stretchers and medical personnel, but it certainly lowered the score in the sleek and sexy department. So the marketing problem we faced was how to make a boxy, sluggish helicopter appealing? Our creative department came up with the idea of positioning it with another chopper, i.e. the Harley Davidson Electro Glide. We got a vintage Electro Glide and fueled up the Explorer and off they went into testosterone territory, followed closely by our expert video production crew.

Click here to see the award-winning video that premiered the Explorer at the Helicopter Association Internal convention: