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Case Study • DMA (UK), Gold, 2020

ODEON Cinemas, a cinema company, set out to extend the emotive, joyful experience of a cinema visit all the way from the ticket booking journey to the point of consideration.

Using narrative analytics to win customer trust: Applying machine learning and natural language processing to hundreds of millions of digital expressions

Research Paper • Jeff Marshall, Becky Owens, Rogier Verhulst, ESOMAR Conference papers, Insights Festival, 2020

Social media network LinkedIn used narrative analytics to discover how it could avoid being tarred with the same distrusted brush as other tech and social media companies in the US.

Seed audiences – “From not knowing you to tapping into millions like you”: Leveraging hypertargeting to maximise media ROI

Research Paper • Mario Dughi, Utsav Mamoria, Abhinav Mohan, Souvik Roy, ESOMAR Conference papers, Insights Festival, 2020

FMCG multinational Unilever created a hyper-targeted audience to change market behaviour and grow consideration and sales for its Breeze liquid laundry detergent in the Philippines.

Hello Alexa, is there any survey for me? VAI (voice assisted interview) as a way to stop chasing respondents

Research Paper • Ennio Armato, ESOMAR Conference papers, Insights Festival, 2020

Smart speaker brand Amazon Echo was used to explore if Voice Assisted Interview (VAI) could gain insights from panels and offer fresh ways to reach the digital consumer in the US.

Acer ConceptD: Creativity Decoded

Case Study • Kristina Knut, Mu Lee, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Electronics brand Acer crafted a creative multimedia campaign for its new ConceptD brand, to take on its well-established competitors and support and empower those in the creative fields.

Reform Alliance: When It's Over

Case Study • Dean Challis, Samantha Deevy, Paulina Liang, Molly Klein, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Prison reform non-profit Reform Alliance used icons such as Kim Kardashian and Madonna to front a social media campaign aimed at getting personal protective equipment into prisons in the US and secured a $10m donation from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey in the process.

Obs: Reinventing How to Communicate Black Week

Case Study • Christoffer Nergård, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Norwegian retail brand Obs made its employees the stars of the show to get noticed in Black Week, grow market share and attract new customers.

Inside out: Social media influencers in rare and invisible conditions

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Healthcare Research, 2020

Healthcare Research Worldwide (HRW), a research company specialising in healthcare, conducted a pilot study for a new method of understanding the digital behaviour of influencers with rare and invisible medical conditions.

In our own tweets: LBGTQ+ lives on Twitter

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Inclusive Research, 2020

Twitter, a social media network, used a blend of data analytics, semiotics and traditional research techniques to explore the implications for brands on how to authentically connect with the LGBTQ+ community.

Dawn Foods: The voice of the customer

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Business-to-Business Research, 2020

Dawn Foods, a bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier, created an international online community to gain key customer insights.

World Animal Protection: Love is blind – Changing attitudes towards the global dolphin entertainment industry

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for International Research, 2020

World Animal Protection, a global charity for the prevention of animal suffering, used its research into visitors to dolphin venues worldwide to fuel its campaign to end the promotion of dolphin venues.

Two teams, 3000 miles, lowest emissions possible: How Shell used The Great Travel Hack to reach out to Millennials

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Creative Development, 2020

Shell, an oil and gas company, launched a research study using combined online ethnography and mini workshops to reveal key insights about its target which allowed it to better connect with millennials globally.

The Women’s Health Tech Hive: Unapologetic stories – using AI-accelerated qualitative analysis to scope out the true size of the Women’s Health Data Gap

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Winner, MRS Award for Healthcare Research, 2020

Women's Health Tech Hive, a network working to improve healthcare for women, brought to light the gender data gap and highlighted the scale of the problem in the UK and the USA.

The FA: Understanding England Football Away Fans

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Cultural Insights, 2020

The FA, the governing body of association football in England, increased positive sentiment by launching a three-stage ethnographic observation study to prove that England’s away fan culture was largely misrepresented in the media.

How Discovery Inc. powers people’s passions

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Media Research, 2020

Discovery, a mass media company, conducted research into the role that passions play in people's lives in Europe, LATAM and the USA and investigated how the media can influence these passions.

Visa: Consumer payments landscape – delivering a single source of truth

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Financial Services Research, 2020

Visa, a financial services corporation, developed a single database to be used by all principle stakeholders in the complex payments market in the UK.

BBC: Compass – a partnership between BBC and Ipsos MORI

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Media Research, 2020

The BBC, a British public service broadcaster, developed Compass, an audience measurement tool, to provide crucial data to help the BBC serve its audiences.

Towards deeper consumer understanding – Building personas for GSK

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for New Consumer Insights, 2020

GSK, a British pharmaceutical company, bridged the gap between brand teams, agency teams and creative executions by creating consumer mindset personas that added a new perspective and changed the way people thought about engaging consumers.

The Guest Club: Driving customer-centred decision-making at Whitbread

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Applications of Research, 2020

Whitbread, a hotel and restaurant company, launched The Guest Club, a hybrid research community that engaged customers at all parts of the design and development process to improve its relationship with them.

JCDecaux UK: The two screen capture

Research Paper • MRS Awards Papers, Finalist, MRS Award for Media Research, 2020

JCDeaux UK, an out-of-home (OOH) advertising company, partnered with On Device Research, a mobile sampling and technology company, and proved that digital OOH (DOOH) makes mobile advertising work harder, while highlighting the power of the two-screen future to grow DOOH as a medium.

Tesco Stores: Bringing Back Supermarket Sweep

Case Study • Amy Butterworth, WARC Media Awards, Gold, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2020

Tesco, the grocery retailer, used ad-funded programming to amplify its nostalgic centenary celebrations in the UK.

Global Pride: Global Pride Crossing

Case Study • Werner Iucksch, Melantha Tan, Arnaud Robin, WARC Media Awards, Silver, Effective Use of Tech, 2020

Global Pride created a unique virtual experience to keep the Pride Day flag flying, engage the LGBTI+ community and increase visibility of the Pride movement to society as a whole.

Burger King: Twitter Bait

Case Study • Jimmy George, Annabelle Butler, Jane Dorsett, WARC Media Awards, Silver and Platform Pioneer Award, Effective Use of Tech, 2020

Quick-Service Restaurant chain Burger King created an online campaign based on 'creeping' on social media influencers' pages to launch a new dessert product to young millennials in the US.

Angry Birds: #BringTheAnger

Case Study • Kathryn Ruocco, WARC Media Awards, Bronze, Effective Use of Tech, 2020

Gaming company Rovio Entertainment celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Angry Birds game and made it culturally relevant again in the US with its #BringTheAnger campaign, encompassing digital OOH, influencers and on-ground activity featuring gadgets powered by anger.

Rice Krispies Treats: Krispie Kitchen

Case Study • Chris Harder, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Tech, 2020

Confectionery brand Rice Krispies Treats recruited a virtual assistant to increase sales in the holiday season and boost the connection between American parents and their kids in a fun new way.

The WARC Guide to Making Segmentation Work

Article • WARC Best Practice, March 2020

A summary of new thinking and best practice on making segmentation work, from the WARC Guide.
What's working in social

Article • WARC Category Intelligence, July 2020

Global strategies, campaign updates and trends in social.
Understanding the digital path to purchase

Article • Marilyne Alie, Chris Perry and Imaad Ahmed, WARC Webinars, March 2020

Marilyne Alie, VP Strategy Sport Chek at Touche Media, Chris Perry, VP Education at EDGE and Imaad Ahmed, Head of Planning and Field Marketing at WARC, look at how brand’s know their consumers' path to purchase.
What we know about social listening and real time research

Article • WARC Best Practice, December 2019

Summarises knowledge and offers guidance and reading on social listening and real time research, the process of gathering data from audience conversations across social media platforms and processing into structured insights.
Identity shifters: A Gen Z exploration

Article • Research on WARC, April 2019

Details research carried out by advertising agency RPA that reflects the thoughts of more than 1,090 Gen Z researchers and research participants.
What we know about online communities

Article • WARC Best Practice, April 2020

Explores how online communities have emerged as an alternative to online panel research, being an effective way of interacting with and sourcing customer insight.