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How digital channels can help build a brand

Article • Oliver Feldwick, WARC Best Practice, April 2018

Explains how digital channels, when used well, can play a fundamental and complementary role in brand building.

The state of rich media

Article • Jaime Enrico Singson and Mike McNulty, WARC Best Practice, May 2017

This article explores the notion of what rich media is as well as delving into its formats, channels, providers and the challenges facing it.

How to run an effective rich media campaign

Article • Jaime Enrico Singson, WARC Best Practice, May 2017

This paper explores the key points for the running of a successful rich media campaign and provides examples of case studies that have succeeded in creating compelling rich media content.

How to maximize the return on investment from digital marketing

Article • Gian Fulgoni, WARC Best Practice, March 2016

This article explains how marketers can maximize the return on investment in digital marketing, a platform predicted to overtake TV in adspend in 2016.

Volkswagen Ag: Laughing Horses

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Volkswagen, an automotive brand, promoted its trailer assist with an emotional and comedic piece of video content that would win back brand love in Germany.

Diesel: Go With The Fake

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Diesel, the Italian fashion company, re-established itself as a brand that dares through a campaign that targeted millennials and turned the threat of counterfeit goods into the key element of its campaign.

Burger King: Whopper Neutrality

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Burger King, a fast food restaurant chain, helped influence internet regulations for net neutrality in the US by creating an educational and entertaining video surrounding its Whopper burger.

Budweiser: Tagwords

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Budweiser, a beer brand, promoted its tagline "the beer behind the music" through an out-of-home campaign in Brazil.

Apple: The Rock X Siri — Dominate The Day

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Apple, a technology brand, created a short film on YouTube that showed Siri organisation Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's busy schedule to encourage users across China, Japan, Germany, the UK and the US to re-engage with Siri.

Google: Chrome Music Lab – Song Maker

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Tech giant Google launched the Chrome Music Lab's Song Maker tool in the US as full music creation tool for anyone interested in music.

Lacoste: Save Our Species

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Lacoste, the clothing company, raised awareness of endangered species and IUCN in the US when it replaced its iconic crocodile polo with other endangered animals.

Busan Metropolitan Police Agency: Stop Downloadkill

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, a police department in South Korea, created fake voyeur videos that used scare tactics to decrease circulation of such videos across the country.

Christie's: The Last Da Vinci

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Christie’s, the British auction house, set the record for a painting sold in auction when it sold the last known work by Leonardo da Vinci held in private hands, Salvator Mundi.

Sunsilk: Hair Talk

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Bronze, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Sunsilk, a haircare brand, connected with its millennial audience in Thailand thanks to its viral film which prompted the brands 13.1% growth.

Stayfree: Project Free Period

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Stayfree, a feminine hygiene brand, used the power of two taboos, periods and prostitution, to draw attention to women's employment potential in India and achieve 19% growth for the brand.

Mcdonald's: The Flip

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

McDonald's, the fast food chain, celebrated women and the women's empowerment movement through a simple outdoor stunt that flipped the iconic McDonald's logo upside-down in the US.

Apple: Three Minutes

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Apple, a technology company, created an emotional connection with consumers in China by launching a film surrounding Chinese New Year, shot entirely on an iPhone.

Hornbach Baumarkt Ag: Hornbach "Werkstück Edition 001"

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Hornbach Baumarkt, a DIY store, reached a new target audience in Germany with precised media placements in relevant print and digital publications which increased its brand preference score by 16%.

Danish Cancer Society & Trygfonden: Help A Dane

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

The Danish Cancer Society and TrygFonden, the Danish health and safety non-profit organisation, encouraged Danes to use sun protection by making an appeal to destination countries.

Ford Motor Company: Safe Cap

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Ford, the American motor company, reconnected its Ford Trucks brand with its audience in Brazil by creating a wearable accessory that let truck drivers know when to take a rest.

GRAMMY Awards: Compton

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

The Recording Academy, a music recording company, promoted the GRAMMYs in the US by launching a film that showed the roots of 7-time GRAMMY award winner Kendrick Lamar, with the message that greatness can come from anywhere.

Bodyform/Libresse: Bloodnormal

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Shortlisted, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Bodyform, the feminine hygiene brand, used a digital film to break taboos and connect with women globally.

Seem: The Family Way

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Recruit Lifestyle, a human resources company, launched the Seem device to raise awareness of men’s fertility issues in Japan.

Dorina Nowill Foundation For The Blind: Braille Bricks

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind, a non-profit aiming to help blind people, created a literacy tool for visually impaired children in Brazil by creating Braille Bricks, a braille alphabet formulated out of toy bricks.

Free Democrats "Dark Diaries"

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Free Democrats Party (FDP), a political party in Germany, rejuvenated its party by attracting young voters in Germany.