CoverJock
CoverJock announces results of trial to increase sales of selected brands in Gentlemen’s
Clubs and launches new advertising service
April 2013 – The CoverJock system was recently used in a Florida based Gentlemen’s club, as part
of a controlled test, with exceptional results for both club owners and beers/spirits distributors. The
trial set out to use automated DJ promotion of selected beverages to increase sales of the selected
beverages without using any special offers, reduced pricing or other methods of promotion.
CoverJock collaborated with major beer and spirits distributors using approved images and
promotional “sound bites” that were created specifically for the trial.
A total of 15 beer brands were being sold at the club, 3 of these brands were selected and the
distributor of these brands, Anheuser-Busch InBev, asked to provide visual imagery and approve
short sound bites to be used in the promotion. One specific brand was selected and the “Lite”
version included in the beers to be promoted and the “non-Lite” version included in the selection of
beers not being promoted.
After a 6 week trial sales were compared and a stock take performed to confirm the data. The
results were dramatic.
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The specific beers in the trial were Bud Light, Bud Platinum and Stella Artois. The results
conclusively show that the use of CoverJock promotions encouraged customers to switch brands to
the promoted brands. Key to interpretation of the results is that beer consumption did not decline;
instead the use of CoverJock promos simply encouraged consumers to switch brands.
A full case summary of the trial, the results and comments from the observers and participants is
included with this information release.
Beer Sales during the Trial
Budweiser‐ Sales down 5.3%
Bud Light‐ Sales up 18.8%
Bud Platinum‐ Sales up 14.3%
Coors Light‐ Sales down 22.2%
Miller Light‐ Sales down 11.6%
MichelobUltra‐ Sales down 4.1%
Yuengling‐ Sales up 3.3%
MagicHat #9‐ Sales up 6.4%
Guinness‐ Sales up 4.9%
Amstel Light‐ Sales down 9.1%
Newcastle‐ Sales down 25.5%
Stella Artois‐ Sales up 27.9%
Heineken‐ Sales down 14.0%
Corona‐ Sales down 12.7%
Bars, pubs and clubs around the world know that if they feature a DJ they can take on average 44%
more money compared to those that don’t (Source: prsformusic), however, DJs are expensive for
quieter periods, dislike delivering repetitive promotions and can sometimes simply have an “off
night”.
Clubs of all sizes are now using CoverJock throughout the USA, Canada, UK and other parts of
Europe. CoverJock have also recently opened up in Australia and added new female DJ voices to
the system’s repertoire.
As a result of this successful trial promotional support within CoverJock has now been added and is
available to clubs using the system. There are two sides to “CoverJock Promotions”. The first is
“local promotion”, this allows club owners and managers to approach local businesses or partners
and offer voiceover promotion of their business or service, either occasionally or at regular
timeslots, throughout the night. The CoverJock system will report (audit) that the promotion was
completed, there is no additional cost from CoverJock for the additional voiceovers or the service
and the club can charge the local business.
The second side is CoverJock “National promotions”, at present CoverJock are negotiating or
reaching agreements with Beer distributors, clothing manufacturers, Water/Juice distributors,
magazines/publishers and many other similar national or regional organisations, to use their brand
trademarks/logos, specific visuals and selected approved sound bites. It is anticipated that clubs
using CoverJock will be able to select from a menu of third party brands and promotion options,
which will range from one voice over once a week to 12 voice overs/visuals a day. The full process
will be automated on their CoverJock system and it is planned that the Club will receive discounts
from their CoverJock fees, based on the promotion packages they select.
Neil Charrington, CoverJock Ltd CEO, explained “We have been aware for a long time, as a result
of anecdotal comment from our customers, that the consistent, professional CoverJock promotions
have a positive effect on sales of products. However, we are delighted at the results produced by
this controlled trial. The new promotion services within CoverJock provide further benefits to
CoverJock customers and further enhance the cost effectiveness of the service.”
CoverJock is available worldwide and new customers can try the system out for up to 30 days as
part of the company’s risk free trial. Additional information regarding CoverJock is available at
Author: Saxon
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