Case study · Osmo UK · Aylesbury Explained in the time it takes to apply.
Osmo UK distribute wood finishes to a national trade and retail audience from Aylesbury. They found us through a Google search, which is a nice thing for a marketing agency to be able to say. We planned a six pillar content strategy, made two product films for LED Smart Oil, and spent a full day filming at the painting and decorating show at the NEC for their advertising.
A search, not a referral
The UK arm of a wood finish manufacturer whose oils and waxes are sold through merchants, retailers and trade suppliers across the country. The customers are joiners, flooring fitters, decorators and the merchants who advise them, and the question they all ask about a new product is the same: how do I use it, and what does it look like when it is done?
Osmo found us organically, through a search, and the brief was to answer that question on film for a technical product, LED Smart Oil, in under two minutes.
Six pillars, so the films are not one offs
Before filming, a content strategy across six pillars: educational, sustainability, colour, product, events and engagement. The films sit inside a plan rather than floating on their own, and the plan tells the brand what to make next.
Explained, then applied, by an expert
LED Smart Oil explained, which covers what the product is and why it exists. Then how to apply LED Smart Oil, filmed with the product being applied and cured in real time by someone who does it every day, so a fitter watching on a phone can follow along. Accurate first, polished second, because the films work on the company’s own channels, on trade partners’ websites and in merchant training. Both are below, on Osmo UK’s channel.
A full show day at the NEC, for the ads
We spent a full day at the painting and decorating show at the NEC filming for Osmo’s advertising: the stand, the demonstrations, the trade visitors, the product in hands that know how to use it. A show day produces months of ad creative if it is planned properly, and it was. The results of those ads are Osmo’s own and stay private, and they were happy, which is the line we are allowed to print.
Films a national brand actually uses
Product films a national brand uses across its own channels and with trade partners, and show footage that runs in its advertising. As a production project the measure is the films themselves and how widely they are used, not a lead count, and we do not dress it up as one. View figures are Osmo’s own and are not published here.
How it unfolded
From a search result to a show floor.
- The searchThey found us on Google
Osmo UK, thirty minutes away, looking for product films for a technical finish.
- The strategySix pillars
Educational, sustainability, colour, product, events and engagement, in one plan.
- The filmsExplained, then applied
Two films for LED Smart Oil, the second at the real pace of the job.
- The NECA full show day
The painting and decorating show filmed for Osmo's advertising.
- NowProject by project
Films in use across the brand's channels and its trade partners.
The work, in the open
Why the measure is the film
A trade audience does not want an advert. It wants to see the product used properly by someone who knows it, at the real pace, and then to find that film wherever it looks: the brand’s channel, a merchant’s website, a training session. That is what these films are for, and how widely they are used is the result. View figures are Osmo’s own.
See the finish go on
LED Smart Oil explained, and then applied and cured at the real pace of the job, filmed for Osmo UK and hosted on their channel.
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