
mystery marketing
life
Giving
…meant creating intrigue through mindful obscurity

posted clues on instagram
In a quest to explore contemporary marketing trends, my team staged a real life marketing experiment for a span of 3 weeks. I created a set of clues and placed them all over the campus of my home university in Switzerland. To preserve the anonymity of this experiment, we designated accomplices and created mysterious social media accounts while we kept people guessing.
Those attracted to the clues were not aware that the mystery led them to an event for which they would have the chance to participate in.. only if they had the courage and persistence of following the interactive clues.
HOW? CONDUCTING A REAL LIFE MARKETING EXPERIMENT
bulle, switzerland
team lead & creative director





"If information is currency, secrets are gold"

Unfolding a "challenging discovery" with rewards at the end of the experiment
steps

obscurity
mindful
towards
Choosing the right info to withhold from those guessing by including cliffhangers
Creating visually stimulating & relevant clues & spreading them around
Choosing accomplices that will work as gatekeepers