Cannes Lions

Granny Office

VML HUNGARY, Budapest / VODAFONE / 2024

Awards:

1 Shortlisted Cannes Lions
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Overview

Background

Elderly who live alone have no one to talk to, while their children and grandchildren are in the phase of life that focuses on work. According to research, within Hungarian families, these two generations are the most removed from each other, have the least things in common and connect the least.

Vodafone wanted to be part of strengthening connections within the family, and bringing grandkids and grandparents closer together.

A secondary objective was new customer acquisition and the support of Vodafone cable internet's reliability and quality perception.

Idea

Because most of the 20-30-something grandkids today work at least partly from home office, we turned that into Granny Office. We invited them to spend at least 1 home office day working from grandma's apartment.

To upgrade Granny Offices, we invited grandparents to upgrade their broadband internet via a targeted campaign. We also gave grannies a toolkit to invite their grandparents. Now, Granny Office was open for business.

Strategy

Vodafone wanted to be part of strengthening connections within the family, and bringing grandkids and grandparents closer together. A secondary objective was new customer acquisition and the support of Vodafone cable internet's reliability and quality perception. So we made the brand a crucial part in creating Granny Office, via upgrading grandma's internet and even via Granny Office wall carpets (a spin on the very traditional and highly common wall carpets in elderly people's homes).

Execution

The two legs of the campaign made sure we targeted our 2 different target groups separately. Grandmas were incentivised to turn their home into Granny Office on the number 1 radio for the elderly, Kossuth Radio, their neighbourhood and crochet community Facebook groups, and on Instagram recipe pages.

Vodafone targeted Grandkids on Instagram and with influencer branded content on TikTok. These all talked about the perks of Granny Office and called on our audience to spend at least 1 home office day working from grandma's apartment. A Youtube film targeted everyone, and a PR campaign on the most watched morning show of the 2 biggest TV channels also supported the campaign.

Granny Office also became part of office life with downloadable Granny Office Teams backgrounds, calendar invites and email signatures.

Outcome

Vodafone's internet quality perception: +9%

New internet subscriptions: +5%

(compared to the same quarter last year).

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