Title: The joy of content: how a new communications model is paying back for Cadbury
Client: Cadbury
Entrant: Fallon London
Authors: Rachel Barrie, Tom Goodwin, Fallon; Lucy Evans, Margaret Jobling, Cadbury UK
Contributing authors: Karl Weaver, David Hartley, Data2Decisions
Credited companies - Creative agency: Fallon London; digital agency: Hyper; media agency: PHD; PR agency: Red
Media used: Ambient, cinema, interactive, magazines, newspapers, online display, outdoor/poster, PR, sales promotion, search, TV, viral/social media, website/microsite
IN A NUTSHELL
Glass and a Half Full Productions delivered a master brand payback that was 171 per cent more than previous campaigns.
SUMMARY
By 2007, Cadbury Dairy Milk (CDM) was running out of steam, facing flatlining sales, losing relevance to younger generations and with an advertising model that felt tired. The solution was to create Glass and a Half Full Productions, a content-led campaign including "Gorilla", "Eyebrows" and "Trucks". The new direction moved CDM from being a manufacturer of chocolate to a producer of joy. It also created a debate around whether creating "joyful" content rather than "persuasive" advertising featuring chocolate actually works or not. The whole campaign delivered a master brand payback that was 171 per cent greater than previous campaigns, with "Gorilla" alone delivering a ROI of £4.88 for every £1 spent.
JUDGE'S COMMENT
This case is a great example of an incredibly powerful and effective campaign in the face of a tricky market that is seasonal and unhealthy. Cadbury successfully cut through media criticism with brave, but fantastic, creative work that captured the public's imagination.
Steve Sharp, executive director of marketing, Marks & Spencer.
