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Ad Campaign · SPARQ · 2025

The People's Diagnostic Tool Ad Campaign

Your car is talking to you. Can you hear it?

The brief
Give the device some personality and warmth while positioning it to be industry leading — confident, never arrogant, and built to under-promise and over-deliver.
My role
Campaign concept, headlines
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01 · The treatment

We wanted to give the device some personality and warmth while positioning it to be industry leading — without the arrogance or the self-anointing prose. Confident diction and showing rather than telling left room for the product to under-promise and over-deliver.

02 · Copy direction

  • The car has a voice; SPARQ is how you finally hear it.
  • The rally call made it feel you were a part of something bigger than just overcoming a bad repair.
  • It was about aligning with our mission of automotive transparency.
  • Show, don't tell: the device, the app, a mechanic's worn gloves — one headline each.

03 · The rewrites

  1. Draft 1 — The boastCut

    The most advanced car diagnostic tool ever made.

    Self-anointing. It tells instead of shows, and it over-promises before the device has done anything. Cut.

  2. Draft 2 — The featureCut

    Plug in. Read every code. Know what's wrong in seconds.

    Honest, but cold — a spec sheet. No warmth, no personality, nothing to rally behind.

  3. Draft 3 — The voiceKept

    Your car is talking to you. Can you hear it?

    The turn: the car gets a voice, and SPARQ becomes the one who listens. Personality without bragging. Kept as the hook.

  4. Draft 4 — The causeKept

    Speaking up for muzzled cars everywhere.

    Raises the stakes from one bad repair to automotive transparency for everyone. Kept as the rally call — but it's a cause, not an action.

  5. Final — The actionFinal pick

    Take your car off mute.

    Hands the rally call to the driver as one move they can make. Confident, plain, and it under-promises: the device just lets the car speak.

04 · The final product

Take your car off mute.

05 · The metric

+10% CTR · 20% add to cart

And significantly less commentary on price

Platform line

Your car is talking to you. Can you hear it?

The rally call

Speaking up for muzzled cars everywhere.

Call to action

Take your car off mute.

Price

Tired of expensive car repairs? So are we.

Attitude

It's time to cheat on your check engine light.

Proof

The world's most powerful diagnostics in the palm of your hand.

Personality

Get your car out of its terrible twos.

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