Cannes Lions
SOLVA MARKETING CONSULTATION, Shanghai / JM PLASTIC & COSMETIC HOSPITAL / 2015
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Description
Background:
The product was a plastic and cosmetic surgery service. The original brief which was to raise the brand awareness and to make people impressed by the brand’s value: Beauty brings you a better life.
Challenge:
The challenge was to raise the brand awareness in a ‘smart and cost-effective’ way.
Strategy:
Make people experience the benefit of ‘being good-looking’ and feel that ‘beauty really brings a better life’.
Solution:
We create a theme restaurant named ‘Pay-by-Beauty’ where people with pretty face are promised food for free.
Experts from JM Plastic and Cosmetic Hospital play the role of the jury who evaluate customers’ looks according to open professional standards.
The process of the game:
Step 1: Customers are facially scanned with a machine before dining
Step 2: Diners’ scans are scored by the jury
Step 3: 50 most beautiful faces of a day are displayed on the screen
Step 4: 50 winners are stamped on the bill and granted with a free meal
Results:
Free news report from nearly 100 media worldwide
Over 10,000 people visited the restaurant within a month
Over 40 Million Clicks on the news video online
$3.7 Million media value with $ 66,000 total cost, which means 5606% ROI.
‘PR’ Elements of the Campaign:
The campaign contained the creative use of reputation management by the building and preservation of trust and understanding between the product and the consumers. An interesting theme restaurant made people feel and experience how wonderful being good-looking is.
Execution
Where: The location of the restaurant was at the most high-end CBD area in the city (at an intersection of 2 main roads).
When: The activity was held on 10th January 2015.
Duration: The activity was held for one month, from 10th January to 9th February 2015. (The CBD area is visited by 500,000 people per day)
Experts from JM Plastic and Cosmetic Hospital play the role of the jury who evaluate customers’ looks according to open professional standards.
Step 1: Customers are facially scanned with a machine before dining
Step 2: Diners’ scans are scored by the jury
Step 3: 50 most beautiful faces of a day are displayed on the screen
Step 4: 50 winners are stamped on the bill and granted with free meal
The campaign ran perfectly according to the original plan.
Outcome
Deliverability Statistics:
Over 10,000 people visited the restaurant within a month
Over 300,000 people BTL were reached by the message
Over 100,000,000 people ATL were reached by the message
Response Rate: 3%
($ 0.5 Million sales were realized by 313 new customers, while 10,000 people visited the restaurant during the campaign period)
Click Through:
Free news report from nearly 100 media worldwide
Over 40 Million Clicks on the news video online
Sales Cost Per Response: $ 211
(313 new customers were recruited during the campaign period while the total cost was $ 66.000)
Changes in Behavior:
31% of restaurant visitors start to consider plastic surgery as a way of self-improvement
Relationships Built:
Over 10000 potential customers’ personal information were recorded
313 people became new consumers for plastic surgery service
Overall ROI:
5606% ($ 3.7 Million media value with $ 66,000 total cost)
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