TAG Heuer Chooses IC-Agency for its Social Media Strategy

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Founded by Edouard Heuer in 1860 in a small village in Jura Switzerland, TAG Heuer has become the worldwide leader in sports chronographs. This year, the emblematic Swiss brand celebrates its 150^th anniversary. For the occasion, TAG Heuer has formed a visionary partnership with Tesla, the Californian electric car brand.

“We have to realize that 220 million people connect to Facebook every day and that Facebook is the most downloaded app on the iPhone. This site has become as ubiquitous as Google”

Details of this pioneering venture between the two brands will be unveiled at Baselworld.

TAG Heuer has chosen IC-Agency, leader in Luxury Digital Marketing and author of the WorldWatchReport™ study, to conceive and launch a social media strategy tied to this historic event. The goal is to offer TAG Heuer, owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, online visibility that corresponds to the importance of this anniversary and partnership with Tesla.

“We have chosen IC-Agency for their sharp social media skills, as well as the pragmatism of their approach” indicates Françoise Bezzola, Director of Communication for TAG Heuer.

The custom methodology created by IC-Agency for TAG Heuer will be launched, most notably, on Facebook: “Analysis by IC-Agency has confirmed that tens of thousands of watch fans, and TAG Heuer aficionados in particular, are active on Facebook and are more than willing to interact with our brand, especially through our Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/TAGHeuer” says Françoise Bezzola.

“We have to realize that 220 million people connect to Facebook every day and that Facebook is the most downloaded app on the iPhone. This site has become as ubiquitous as Google” indicates David Sadigh, Managing Partner at IC-Agency – and adds “With our studies, we were able to map out the way an exclusive brand can secure its position in the open environment that is social media. It’s the fruits of our research in Luxury Digital Marketing that we will place at TAG Heuer and Tesla’s disposal to create the digital conversation.”

TAG Heuer, who already works with IC-Agency, notably for their search engine optimization strategy, was lauded in 2009 and qualified as “Genius” for its excellence in Digital Marketing in a study by New-York Stern University.

The first results of this collaboration will be present during Baselworld and will allow the brand to reinforce its leadership online.

About IC-Agency

IC-Agency is the company in which the Luxury Digital Marketing™ concept was founded. This unique approach offers exclusive brands the ability to reinforce their positioning online. Based in Europe (Switzerland) and in North America (Canada), IC-Agency offers services including analysis, promotion, and protection of brands, products and services. A number of independent luxury brands can be found among IC-Agency’s clients, as well a brands belonging to groups such as Swatch, Richemont, LVMH and PPR / Gucci. In 2009, following an invitation from the Financial Times, IC-Agency participated in the worldwide launch of HowToSpendIt.com. To coincide with Baselworld 2010, IC-Agency will publish the 6th edition of the WorldWatchReport, the market study of reference for luxury watch brands online. http://www.ic-agency.com

About TAG Heuer

In 2010, TAG Heuer proudly celebrates 150 years of pioneering Swiss watchmaking. Founded in Saint-Imier in 1860 by Edouard Heuer, TAG Heuer has set many major milestones of high-end watchmaking, especially in the field of chronographs and ultimate precision. TAG Heuer is the first watchmaker to master luxury chronographs with an unsurpassed precision of 1/10th, 1/100th and 1/1,000th of a second. The newest addition to the TAG Heuer legacy is the Calibre 1887, an in-house, Swiss manufactured, integrated column-wheel chronograph movement that pays tribute to the original Heuer oscillating pinion of 1887, one of the brand's first patents and a major benchmark in modern watchmaking. http://www.tagheuer.com