Digital marketing industry case study library

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As sponsor of the GAA Football Championship, AIB set itself the goal of becoming the most admired sponsor in sport in Ireland in the summer of 2017. The brand had to compete against dozens of Gaelic football sponsorships, as well as sponsorships around massive events like the Lions Tour and the Irish FIFA World Cup campaign. What’s more, they needed a way to raise Gaelic football’s status – an amateur sport played at a professional level – to a much wider audience.

10/04/2018  |  Full story...

DoubleClick helped L’Oreal to understand the entire customer journey across all publishers and channels

15/03/2018  |  Full story...

Dulux wanted to understand the true impact of AdWords in driving people to physical stores. This case study looks at how the paint retailer used Google AdWords to boost return on investment.

15/03/2018  |  Full story...

Unilever worked with Google to create a highly targeted YouTube campaign for its Omo detergent brand to the Gulf region. This case study looks at how the campaign reached 16.4 million unique users.

05/01/2018  |  Full story...

Sportswear brand Under Armour had 16,000 items are advertised on Google Shopping and invested in campaign optimisation to increase visibility and improve insights into its ecommerce operations.

07/11/2017  |  Full story...

Candy Crush-owner King tested a new advertising platform with Double Click to boost in-app ads. This case study looks at how FMCG giant Nestle created a ‘value exchange’ within mobile games to get player’s attention.

06/11/2017  |  Full story...

Despite being a multi-channel retailer, Bensons for Beds historically only measured the effects of online marketing on online sales. With no way of assessing the impact of digital activities on in-store sales, it wasn’t possible to accurately calculate the return on digital ad spend and to subsequently optimise marketing budget.

07/09/2017  |  Full story...

In summer 2015, Snickers launched another iteration of its ‘You’re Not You When Your Hungry’ campaign, this time featuring Mr Bean for a funny martial arts adventure. During the campaign Mars UK tested a mix of TV and online video (specifically YouTube) to determine if the media plan was optimised to drive the most in-store sales.

28/04/2017  |  Full story...

The Automobile Club of Romania (ACR) created Street View Test, the first practice driving test created using Google Street View. Students get to "drive" on the streets of Bucharest while answering multiple choice questions, generating 7,000 tests taken in just 10 days.

11/04/2017  |  Full story...

For brands, is 360 video worth it? The format is potentially revolutionary, but do 360 video ads actually drive more engagement than standard ads? Google partnered with Columbia Sportswear to find out.

11/04/2017  |  Full story...

An inventive use of mobile voice search and TrueView Shoppable Videos on YouTube brought Ted Baker’s campaign to life, turning regular clothing catalogue into a cinematic espionage movie.

09/03/2017  |  Full story...

Vodafone used structured snippets in Google AdWords to improve ad relevancy, sees click-through rate increases of up to 100%.

07/02/2017  |  Full story...

Fashion retailer River Island partnered with Google on a campaign that included Google+ Hangouts and the virtual reality platform Google Cardboard.

05/12/2016  |  Full story...

Using Google's enhanced campaigns, Miller's Bakery in New Jersey was able to manage bids across devices, locations, and times of day. This more targeted approach led to a significant increase in both online and store traffic, with in-store sales growing by as much as 100% during peak hours. The best part? It's advertising budget didn't budge.

21/09/2016  |  Full story...

To promote the innovative new Colgate Optic White Express White toothpaste, Colgate-Palmolive put YouTube at the core of its integrated media and creative campaigns. By overhauling its marketing strategy and investing more heavily in digital, Colgate scored big and "will never look back."

07/09/2016  |  Full story...

Indian insurance firm Coverfox intercepted YouTube for several days and continued with their message until people renewed their insurance. This case study looks at how the firm made smart and fun use of retargeting that was far more effective than a simple email reminder.

01/09/2016  |  Full story...

Three, with their puppet hero Jackson, wanted to raise awareness of the #makeitright campaign and their brand. Using Google Preferred, TrueView and the very latest techniques in remarketing they achieved "mind-blowing" results that lifted brand metrics, including ad recall and brand search interest.

12/05/2016  |  Full story...

When it came to expanding their impact across audiences, GSK and MediaCom turned to DoubleClick’s video technology Programmatic Guaranteed to buy video ad inventory on premium websites. This case study looks at how the pharmaceutical giant got a 65% view-through rate with the new automated platform.

21/04/2016  |  Full story...

Recruitment is a competitive sector, so how can one agency stand out from the crowd online? This case study looks at how Property Personnel achieved a significant (375%) increase in conversions for its new website working with Vertical Leap.

07/03/2016  |  Full story...

Web design firm Frooition increased conversions by 21% while reducing costs by over 65%, working with Google to reduce restrictions based on adverts.

18/02/2016  |  Full story...

Over the past year, Hertz partnered with digital agency Forward 3D and Google to identify its key challenges and devise a step-by-step strategy for improving its marketing and sales operations. A series of behind-the scenes videos shows how Google worked with the vehicle hire company to identify how its display ads were undervalued by a massive 400%.

03/02/2016  |  Full story...

In February 2015, Google’s Android ramped up the cuteness overload for its follow up ad to ‘Be Together, Not The Same’. But by pairing unlikely animals, the mobile operating system drove home a powerful message that helped it become the most shared ad ever.

26/11/2015  |  Full story...

Proving the link between online ads and offline sales is the holy grail of digital marketing. This case study shows how geo-marketing testing with Google, Mobile network EE was able to research its customers path to purchase and found that for every 1 online sale driven through search, it drove an additional 2.6 offline in-store sales.

03/09/2015  |  Full story...

Mondelēz International, a snacking powerhouse consisting of brands such as Oreo, Nabisco and Cadbury, wanted to measure the marketing effectiveness of two new product launches in Brazil: belVita and Trident Unlimited. To do so, it embraced Google's Brand Lift solution, which revealed valuable insights into the campaigns' viewer retention rates, target audiences and frequency caps. Based on the findings, Mondelez adjusted its targeting and its creative to reach a 15% view-through rate.

21/05/2015  |  Full story...

In a wildly popular commercial for Turkish Airlines, two of sports" greatest stars-Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi-vie for the attention of one starstruck kid. Following on its success, the company created a new YouTube ad called "Kobe vs. Messi: The Selfie Shootout" to continue increasing brand awareness in Europe, North America, the Middle East and the Far East. The spot was another huge success: It became one of the fastest spreading commercials on YouTube, with 77 million views in just one week, and was one of the most popular ads of 2013.

21/05/2015  |  Full story...