OUR APPROACH
"UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTIONS WE SHARE WHILE LEVERAGING THE DIFFERENCES WE CELEBRATE"
Our cross-consumer philosophy inspires our thinking and creativity by focusing our attention on Celebrated Differences, those factors that are in the DNA of a specific culture and make the difference between simply hearing your message versus establishing a meaningful emotional connection rooted in compelling insights, while when necessary identifying and tapping Shared Connections, those insights based on human needs that are typically consistent across multiple.
OUR VISION
- OUR VISION commonground lives at the intersection of culture, content, technology, and creativity. Our unique lens to the world provides a cultural context that allows us to develop innovative creative content to engage, inspire, and entertain consumers at multiple touch points. We take a strategically based TRADIGITAL approach to connecting with consumers at the right time and the right places…on their terms.
- OUR APPROACH
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
- CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
- BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT
- SOCIAL APPLICATIONS
- STORYTELLING
- BUILD DIGITAL COMMUNITIES
SHOPPER MARKETING
- SHOPPER MARKETING
- RETAILER ANALYSIS
- RETAIL PROGRAMMING
- IN-STORE COMMUNICATIONS
- SHOPPER BEHAVIOR
ACCOUNT RESEARCH
- ACCOUNT RESEARCH
- CONSUMER ANALYSIS INSIGHT
- ATTITUDE & USAGE SURVEYS
- TRADITIONAL & ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS
- SHOPPER ANALYSIS & INSIGHT
- SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING
EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING
- EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING
- PRODUCT SAMPLING
- MOBILE TOURS
- BRANDED EXPERIENCES
- BRAND AMBASSADORS
- PREVENTS
ADVERTISING
- ADVERTISING
- TV
- OOH
- RADIO
- ONLINE
DIGITAL, SOCIAL, MOBILE MEDIA
- DIGITAL, SOCIAL, MOBILE MEDIA
- MOBILE INTEGRATION
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- ADVERTISING
- CAMPAIGN WEBSITES
- CONTENT CREATION
BRAND STRATEGY
- BRAND STRATEGY
- BRAND ARCHITECTURE
- BRAND POSITIONING
- COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING
- NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH
- BRAND REMODELING
Coors Light
Search For the Coldest
Adult Males 21-34
- Coors Light’s Search for the Coldest is an annual summer program built around a national search to identify the coldest, freshest talent in music.
- Grounded in strong retail execution, consumer generated content, a strong digital social media push and local market activations, the Search for the Coldest gives emerging artists the chance to show off their ice‐cold skills in front of their peers and some of the most well‐known stars in the music industry.
The Coca Cola Company
Pay It Forward
African American Moms and Teens
- Coca-Cola’s Pay It Forward is a year-long platform that celebrates today’s up-and-coming African American teens, while ensuring their future outlook is filled with optimism, happiness, and opportunities to share their gifts with the world.
- African American Moms will go to My Coke Rewards to nominate their teen for a chance to win one of four apprenticeship opportunities with a celebrity partner. Apprenticeships will be available in the areas of entertainment, business, art, & community.
Northstar Lottery Group for the Illinois Lottery
Red Ribbon Cash Campaign
adults 21-44
- Red Ribbon Cash is one of Lottery's "Specialty Instant Tickets" where all proceeds go to helping Illinoisans with HIV/AIDS and preventative care. CG created a comprehensive ad campaign to help raise awareness of the ticket as well as HIV/AIDS. The 5 week program included Radio, Digital (banners, promo pods and dedicated landing page), OOH (CTA bus interior and exterior placements and community placements) as well as experiential.
- Unique to this program is the experiential and documentary components: 4ORTY6IX BY RED RIBBON CASH: A music concert with Illinois musicians performed to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and what we as Illinoisans can do to help free our state of HIV/ AIDS.

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Coors Light
Case Study:
Search for the Coldest
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Coca-Cola
Case Study:
Pay It Forward
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Illinois Lottery
Case Study:
Red Ribbon Cash
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Print
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TV
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Digital
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Retail
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Experiential

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