Johnson Pitches Cricket to Home-Phone Market

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A new campaign from the Johnson Group for Cricket Communications marks a shift in creative strategy for the wireless provider. In two 30-second television spots, the Chattanooga, Tenn., shop is telling consumers to ditch their landline telephones.

Both the agency and the client wanted Cricket to be among the first telecom advertisers to talk about replacing the familiar home telephone, said Johnson executive creative director Mike Fazende.

“Given that the wireless market is not expanding, we’ve got to think of who we can take share away from,” Fazende said.



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