Red Bull Soap Box Derby 2008, Delores Park, San Francisco, California, 10/18/2008

Red Bull has an aggressive international marketing campaign. The numerous sponsored activities range from extreme sports like windsurfing, snowboarding, cliff-diving, surfing, Formula 1 racing, and break dancing to art shows, music, and video games. It also hosts events like the "Red Bull...
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Red Bull Soap Box Derby 2008, Delores Park, San Francisco, California, 10/18/2008

Red Bull has an aggressive international marketing campaign. The numerous sponsored activities range from extreme sports like windsurfing, snowboarding, cliff-diving, surfing, Formula 1 racing, and break dancing to art shows, music, and video games. It also hosts events like the "Red Bull Flugtag" (German for "flight day" or "flying day") and other such contests. Red Bull is also sponsoring football teams, in Salzburg, Austria, and New York, and have included their company name in the club's names. By associating the drink's image with these activities, the company seeks to promote a "cool" public image and raise brand power. In addition, the slender container is used to suggest a "sexier" image than some other cola counterparts. Hence, this one energy drink has helped create a market for over 150 related types of merchandise,[16] like Red Rooster (drink) and Blue lightning. British institution Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about claims made in the publicity of Red Bull in the United Kingdom since 1997.[17] Even with all of the concerns regarding Red Bull, in 2000 the corporation earned around $1 billion in worldwide sales and Red Bull held 65% of the market share.[18]
In Malaysia, however, Red Bull does not use its "Gives you wings" slogan, but instead a single one-word slogan, Bullleh!, a word play on the Malay word Boleh (lit: Can be done) and the word Bull.
The first Wipeout games on the PlayStation had numerous in-game 'billboards' advertising Red Bull on them, but after the release of Wipeout Fusion none have been seen. Instead, the developers have created a fictional energy drink to take its place.
In the Playstation 3's new social app, Playstation Home, Red Bull has developed their own in-game island, specifically advertising its energy drink and the Red Bull Air Race event.
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