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WARC Best Practice, August 2016
This article provides guidance and reading on storytelling strategies, or the fashioning of events into a meaningful, relatable story for customers to identify with and remember.
News
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05 July 2017
SYDNEY: Australian financial brands should "connect at a human level" in a time of heightened financial anxiety, according to a senior marketer at NAB, a 'big four' Australian bank.
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Anna Hamill, Event Reports, Mumbrella360, June 2017
This article covers how NAB, one of Australia’s leading banks, is repositioning its brand as one of inclusion with storytelling, on-site activations and sponsorship of an LGBT event.
Article
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Russell Davies, Market Leader, Quarter 3, 2017, pp. 57-57
This article looks at the use of stories in advertising and their value in building brands and driving sales.
Case Study
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Market Leader, Quarter 3, 2017, pp. 30-33
This case study describes how Mars, the confectionery and food manufacturer, reversed declining growth and increased sales of its Maltesers snack through its portrayal of disability in its advertising.
Article
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Sam Peña-Taylor, Event Reports, Digital Content Summit, May 2017
This event report considers the evolution of Contiki's content marketing strategy as the travel firm tackled the challenges of category disruption.
Case Study
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Cannes Creative Lions, Bronze, Creative Global Effectiveness, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how Adidas, the sports brand, used an inspiring message targeting teens around the world to launch its new NMD shoes.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how AT&T, a telecommunications brand, increased awareness for distracted driving using a shocking campaign film in the US.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how children's charity SickKids Foundation used a range of emotional online ads to raise awareness of children's illnesses and the charity's work in the US.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how Hennessy, the cognac brand, connected with young African-American and Hispanic men by focussing on their ambition and drive, using a multi-year campaign in the US.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how PETRONAS, an auto fuel retailer, used an emotional short film distributed online and on TV to connect with the Chinese community in Malaysia during Chinese New Year.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Bronze, Creative Longer-Term Effectiveness, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how Extra, the chewing gum brand owned by Wrigley's, used an emotional film to increase sales in the US.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how MS Limited Australia, an Australian charity organisation, successfully raised awareness about Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by designing a bicycle laden with the disease's symptoms.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Shortlisted, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how sports clothing brand Under Armour worked with swimmer Michael Phelps to produce an emotional video and increase sales in the US.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how ANZ, a financial services brand, successfully engaged Australian female audiences by launching a phased campaign regarding equal pay.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Shortlisted, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how John Lewis Insurance, the insurance branch of the retail brand, increased its sales by successfully adapting John Lewis' iconic marketing identity to its campaign in the UK.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how Subaru, the car company, helped American national parks end landfill with a documentary film, website and social media.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how the Salvador Dalí Museum, located in Florida, US, created an interactive exhibition to attract millennial and out-of-state visitors, and promoted the exhibition with a social media video.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Shortlisted, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how Barbie, the toy brand, reversed declining sales in the US using a social media campaign focused on the doll's aspirations rather than her looks.
Case Study
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Cannes Creative Lions, Silver, Creative Longer-Term Effectiveness, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how John Lewis, the British department store, used social media and content to make an emotional TV ad famous and increase sales during the Christmas period.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how Audi, the car manufacturer, increased service sales in Germany by releasing a dramatic ad that engaged consumers' fears over car repairs.
Case Study
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how Guinness, the beer brand, used emotional storytelling focussing on inner strength to increase sales in the UK and Ireland during the Rugby World Cup.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study explains how the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), a consortium of civil rights and housing organisations in the US, used a short, emotional film to influence business leaders and policy makers.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how Itaú, a financial services brand, successfully increased its audience's perception of the brand as a digital bank, by using Facebook's new Canvas feature to launch a reading campaign across Brazil.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Bronze, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how the Spanish Christmas Lottery, a holiday lottery ticket, successfully increased its sales in Spain by developing a social media campaign where users could follow the everyday lives of its campaign ad's fictional characters.
