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KLM uses people based measurement to prove the impact of its mobile ad spend

Deciding how to split a marketing media budget can be difficult without in depth measurement and insights from previous campaigns. Airline KLM believed that mobile ads were important, but to what extent when the majority of their sales take place on a desktop? KLM needed to set up cross device customer tracking so that they could discover the real impact mobile was having on sales.

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09/02/2018  |  Full story...

NET-A-PORTER uses people based measurement results to target their audience and allocate budgets

NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER are premier online luxury fashion stores. The company wanted to sharpen their campaign plans by finding smarter ways to target their audience and allocate budgets. In order to do this the fashion ecommerce store decided to use people based measurement tools rather than just traditional cookies to gain much deeper insights to their customers path to purchase and in turn allocate media budgets accordingly.

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09/02/2018  |  Full story...

Instagram case study: DiGiorno takes on takeaways with ‘Plan A’ pizza story

Pizza maker DiGiorno followed Instagram best practices to develop a teaser video ad and Instagram Story that would encourage people to enjoy its pizza for their next get-together, resulting in an impressive lift in purchase intent.


04/01/2018  |  Full story...

Journalist-powered search engine tackles 'fake news'

French news organisation Liberation decided to take on a fight against fake news and hoaxes to clean the information landscape when the French presidential election entered its final stage in March last year. The result, Liberation took a bold step to stop the bleed and countered the algorithms that connect news article together without considering sources and created the first human search engine by gathering a team of journalists to answer any question asked with curated and sourced information. It started with “Desintox”, an exclusive twitter service before launching Checknews, the slowest search engine on the market, also, its most reliable.


LIBERATION - CHECK NEWS from The CABS on Vimeo.

04/01/2018  |  Full story...

Budweiser revives a Brazilian basketball legend to share its core values

“Being true to your choices is what makes you an icon”. Oscar Schmidt is a retired Brazilian basketball legend who mostly played in his country and in Europe between the 80s-90s. The all-time leading scorer in the history of basketball was naturally drafted to play in the NBA in 1984 but due to an old ruling which prohibited playing for the NBA and any other team, he rejected the offer so he would be allowed to play for his national team. He chose the “hard way” to become a famous player so in 2016, Budweiser who sponsors the NBA in Brazil partnered with ESPN to give Oscar a remarkable tribute and the challenge he always deserved at a time where Brazil got suspended from international competitions by the FIBA.

03/01/2018  |  Full story...

Bilka boosts in-store sales with Facebook ads

Danish supermarket Bilka used Facebook’s store visits ad objective to encourage people to shop at its multiple stores, helping to drive 45,000 store visits.

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02/01/2018  |  Full story...

Christmas case study: Pandora builds brand awareness with Facebook’s in-stream video ads

Danish jewellery company Pandora used Facebook’s automatic placement options to create a Christmas video ad series that lifted online sales by over 60%.

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02/01/2018  |  Full story...

Matteson’s Fridge Raider gets kids coding with Snacker Hacker

Fridge Raiders teamed up with gaming influencers (who had a combined follower reach of 20 million) to interrupt the space where teens were spending all their time after school while snacking – playing computer games.

29/11/2017  |  Full story...

Case study: Hardware retailer Lowe’s used Snapchat to reach a new audience

Hardware retailer Lowe’s had a new generation of home owners to market to, the digitally savvy millennial generation. This group didn’t grow up wielding hammers or fixing shower curtains; they are typically less experienced with home maintenance compared to the generations before them; and this has created a knowledge gap - just as this demographic moves into home ownership. Lowe’s is tackling the problem by training millennials on social media; giving them the confidence to take on home improvement projects.

29/11/2017  |  Full story...

How consumer-generated content powered Argos business growth

This case study from Argos and Bazaarvoice, covers how the UK retailer ensured its website is a ‘one-stop shop’ for customers, including product descriptions and images, reviews, real-life images and Q&As of the products among others, and how it utilises product sampling prior to bringing new products to market.

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29/11/2017  |  Full story...

Now 61 reaches 3m people with Snap Ads ‘deep links’

Now That’s What I Call Music! turned to Snapchat when it looked to promote its 61st edition of the iconic Now! series.

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07/11/2017  |  Full story...

How Clean & Clear got 40 million views with Snap Ads

Clean & Clear used Snapchat filters across US schools to create a positive message for teens to use its products. This case study looks at how the skincare brand achieved 7% lift in brand favourability with a smart social media campaign.

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07/11/2017  |  Full story...

Portakalbahcem drives fruit sales with Facebook pixel and carousel ads

Online fruit seller Portakalbahcem.com s used the carousel ad format and the Facebook pixel to retarget customers and drive sales of fresh citrus fruits from its family garden—resulting in a 35% increase in turnover from the same month the previous year.

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06/11/2017  |  Full story...

Facebook case study: Milka builds brand awareness with targeted Mother’s Day video ads

Popular chocolate brand Milka used targeted video ads for a Czech Republic Mother’s Day campaign that increased ad recall by 7 points.

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06/11/2017  |  Full story...

Instagram case study: UBI Banca wins over millennials

Italy’s UBI Banca captured millennials’ attention when it promoted its instalment credit card using ads in Instagram Stories, resulting in more than 300 direct enquiries in 3 weeks.

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11/10/2017  |  Full story...

Instagram case study: SK-II tests newsfeed ads for optimal ROI

Running ads in Instagram Stories in addition to mobile video ads in Instagram and Facebook News Feed helped the skincare brand SK-II achieve an incremental 13-points of ad recall.

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11/10/2017  |  Full story...

Chatbot case study: KLM boosts customer interactions 40% with Facebook messenger

KLM added Messenger as a new entry point for customers to ask questions and receive flight information, including boarding passes. The case study looks at how the adoption of AI chatbots helped the airline giant achieve a 40% increase in customer interactions.


10/10/2017  |  Full story...

Twitter case study: Simple Skincare promotes makeup removal on Halloween night

Leveraging the popularity of the Harley Quinn costume during 2016, Simple showed tweeters how easy it is to remove all the Halloween makeup with their product.

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03/10/2017  |  Full story...

User generated marketing: Cheetos Museum

No two Cheetos snacks are alike, Pepsico decided to turn its cheesy snack into a piece of art. This case study looks at how the FMCG giant user user generated content and social media in a fun and engaging way to boost brand engagement.


Cheetos Museum from Kristin Graham on Vimeo.


06/09/2017  |  Full story...

Chatbot case study: Alzheimer's sufferers remember, by chatting to themselves

The Italian Ministry of Health made smart use of Facebook chatbots to help improve the quality of life of Alzheimer's patients… but chatting to themselves.


08/08/2017  |  Full story...

Snickers ‘Hungerithm’ bases 7/11 prices on internet’s mood

Snickers teamed up with 7/11 for an interactive campaign which saw prices of the brand's flagship chocolate bar lower when the internet got angry.


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08/08/2017  |  Full story...

Halloween Facebook Live ad turns viewers into mouse killers

Premiering on Halloween 2016, this quirky campaign from Tomcat Rodent Control followed the tropes of horror movies, but had one major twist: the viewers were the murderers, choosing how each mouse character got killed in real time.


Tomcat - Facebook Not Live from Jesse Brown on Vimeo.

04/08/2017  |  Full story...

Expedia creates social campaign to promote British tourism

Travel firm Expedia partnered with 180LA and Friend Productions on their series of tongue-in-cheek infomercials for Expedia Visit Britain, to create a unique web and mobile experience. Five quirky characters invite users to explore the highlights of London, Manchester, Wales, Cornwall and the Scottish Highlands.


Expedia: Visit Britain from UNIT9 on Vimeo.


04/08/2017  |  Full story...

VR case study: AUDI lets customers “Enter The Sandbox”

Car brand Audi is encouraged people to return to being a kid in a sandbox with a new virtual reality project promoting its Q5 model.


AUDI - Enter The Sandbox VR Experience from Tobias "Tysken" Reiner on Vimeo.


04/08/2017  |  Full story...

Dune London boosts revenue with customer-created content on product pages

Dune London introduced user generated content (UGC) on its product detail pages to inspire customers during the shopping journey, and reported an 82% increase in sales where UGC played a part in the transaction over a two week period after the feature went live.

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27/06/2017  |  Full story...

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