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WARC Best Practice, October 2019
Looks at the processes through which people make decisions, often sub-conscious, instinctive and driven by bias, and how to work with these processes effectively.
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WARC Best Practice, September 2019
This article provides marketers with information and guidance about using behavioural economics (BE) to inform marketing strategies.
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Crawford Hollingworth and Liz Barker, WARC Best Practice, June 2017
This article explains the lessons from behavioural science about the formation of habits and lists six strategies that marketers can employ to build, maintain and disrupt consumer habits.
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Low Lai Chow, Event Reports, Web in Travel (WiT), October 2019
A summary of research by Phocuswright and Sojern into the role of mobile and social media on travel booking behaviour.
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Case Studies on WARC, 2019
Aldi, the budget supermarket, grew its penetration in the face of resurgent price cutting from its competitors in the UK.
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WARC Media Awards, Shortlisted, Best Use of Data, 2019
Children's Panadol created a custom algorithm to drive sales and deliver outstanding results in Australia.
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Luke Brown, Angela Smith, WARC Media Awards, Shortlisted, Best Use of Data, 2019
Tourism board Tourism Central Coast created an integrated campaign driven by data-insights, to change traveller perceptions of the Central Coast, in New South Wales, Australia.
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Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards, Bronze, 2019
Kraft Parmesan, a cheese brand, increased sales in Japan by launching a video in a hospital lobby and in-store activations to show people the health benefits of the high calcium content in its parmesan.
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MMA Smarties, Gold, X (Global), 2019
P/S, a toothpaste brand, created a 21-day tooth-brushing campaign for children in Vietnam, which used artificial intelligence and augmented reality to encourage them to change their toothbrushing habits.
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MMA Smarties, Silver, X (Global), 2019
P/S, a toothpaste brand, launched a partnership with a child-safe social media platform to deliver content that effectively educated Vietnamese children about brushing their teeth and increased brand awareness.
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Mike Wells, WARC Exclusive, November 2019
In a digitised world, smart use of data can provide useful insight into how customer journeys can be optimised.
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MMA Smarties, Gold, X (Global), 2019
Biti's Kids, a footwear brand, designed a smart shoe and paired smartphone app that allowed Vietnamese parents to monitor how much physical exercise their kids were doing, as part of their education.
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MMA Smarties, Silver, North America, 2019
Cereal brand Honey Nut Cheerios created an Amazon Prime giveaway to make it the top recommendation on Alexa and secure its voice commerce future.
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MMA Smarties, Gold, North America, 2019
Luxury car brand BMW created a cross-mobile integrated media campaign to appeal to elite and aspirational buyers for the launch of its 8 Series marque in Canada and the US.
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MMA Smarties, Silver, North America, 2019
Hellmann’s mayonnaise used video, social, out of home and on-ground activations to raise awareness about food waste and redefine its corporate responsibility in Canada.
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Julia Ayling, WARC Exclusive, October 2019
Mindshare’s study surveyed 1000 shoppers to analyse a range of different food shopping scenarios to better understand consumer motivations and purchase behaviours.
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28 October 2019
Many brands are failing to monetise at the shelf, with a poor shopper marketing strategy - the success of shopper marketing lies in creating an integrated idea with a clear, memorable engagement mechanic that is, at its heart, linked to purchase.
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25 October 2019
Pre-testing animatic television spots that have not yet finished the production process can be as useful as testing the final ad if the correct methodology is employed, a study in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR) has argued.
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Ksenia Khalina and Amy Brown, WARC Exclusive, October 2019
Explores five of the most important barriers that marketers face when connecting with today’s shoppers and provides advice on how to cut through.
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SABRE Awards, LATAM, Geographic, Gold , 2019
The League Against Cancer, an institution that promotes the prevention of cancer, encouraged men in Peru to get checked for penile, prostate and testicular cancer by launching a campaign on Instagram that manipulated its famous love heart reaction.
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Account Planning Group - (UK), Entrant, 2019
Virgin Atlantic, an airline brand, increased sales globally by encouraging customers and staff to wear a wire while on board, which tracked consumers' reactions to the experience and allowed Virgin to transform its services based on the results.
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Account Planning Group - (UK), Entrant, 2019
Samaritans, a charity, Network Rail, a railway company, and The British Transport Police, a force that polices the railway, helped reduce the number of suicides committed on British railways by enlisting the public to intervene.
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Account Planning Group - (UK), Entrant, 2019
The Truth Project, a project linked to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (CSA) in the UK, launched a campaign to challenge the stigma associated with CSA, resulting in over 13,000 survivors expressing interest.
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Account Planning Group - (UK), Entrant, 2019
Smart Energy GB, a UK government-backed campaign to roll out smart meters across the UK, launched a campaign featuring human stories and saw an increase in the number of people who would seek or accept a smart meter.
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Account Planning Group - (UK), Gold, 2019
Change4Life, a public health programme, helped tackle childhood obesity in the UK as a result of the humorous and non-judgemental way it framed the health conversation.