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WALL STREET BALLS

FP7 McCANN, Dubai / TESTICULAR CANCER SOCIETY / 2023

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Silver Cannes Lions
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Overview

Why is this work relevant for Creative Data?

One of the greatest contributors to this campaign was the selection of the target audience, and this could only happen through multiple data points, including thousands of social media posts of people touching the Wall Street Bull’s balls - highlighting that the Wall Street Bull’s balls are “the most checked balls on earth”. With that knowledge, we could monitor and analyse the reasons for the interaction, and we discovered they boil down to Career, Luck and simply a Tourist must-do. Having these insights helped us to curate witty comments that could capture the users’ attention and illicit positive responses.

Background

Research shows that 1 in 250 men will develop testicular cancer. Regular self-examination increases the chances of early detection and treatment, but most men still don’t perform regular self-checks, and even fewer speak about it openly online.

In partnership with the Testicular Cancer Society, we needed a way to break the stigma, get more people talking about self-checks, and help normalize the behavior of reminding men to do them. To do that we had to reach as many people as possible on a very limited budget.

We discovered that, while most men’s balls go unchecked, thousands of people check out the Wall Street Bull’s balls every day, making them, “The most checked balls on earth.” This made the Wall Street Bull’s balls the perfect pair of ambassadors for a quirky and impactful campaign.

Describe the creative idea / data solution

We used the Wall Street Bull’s “most checked balls on earth” to raise awareness for testicular cancer by turning social media comments into lifesaving reminders and reaching more people than ever in a light-hearted way. Using text mining and image recognition we tracked every post on social media featuring the famous Wall Street Bull’s balls, and set up a reactive content team to identify a point of engagement in multiple languages. Multiple copies were tested to identify the most suitable content for engagement through generative AI and published as comments to users’ posts in real time, reminding men to check their own balls instead, or for women to remind their male friends and family.

Describe the data driven strategy

Using text mining and image recognition we were able to find several thousands of posts relating to people touching the Wall Street Bull’s most checked balls on earth. Through this process, we were confident to say the bull’s balls are the “The most checked balls on earth.”

We looked at the data of the individual posts to understand users’ reasons for posting pics of the balls, which boiled down to 3 key themes: Career, luck and a tourist “must-do”. Tonally, it was obvious the posts were generally light-hearted, and our campaign was to match that. Using these data backed insights we targeted all social media users posting pics of the Wall Street Bull’s balls, with comments catered to these themes, and specifically to every individual comment, using a light-hearted and humorous tone that would appeal to individuals, capture attention and illicit positive responses.

Describe the creative use of data, or how the data enhanced the creative output

Using text mining and image recognition we were able to find several thousands of posts relating to people touching the Wall Street Bull’s most checked balls on earth. Through this process, we were confident to say the bull’s balls are the “The most checked balls on earth.”

We looked at the data of the individual posts to understand users’ reasons for posting pics of the balls, which boiled down to 3 key themes: Career, luck and a tourist “must-do”. Tonally, it was obvious the posts were generally light-hearted, and our campaign was to match that. Using these data backed insights we targeted all social media users posting pics of the Wall Street Bull’s balls, with comments catered to these themes, and specifically to every individual comment, using a light-hearted and humorous tone that would appeal to individuals, capture attention and illicit positive responses.

List the data driven results

Data enhanced consumer experience Data driven behaviour change Business impact

Through a smart use of data and cultural insights the campaign went a long way to breaking the stigma around testicular cancer and talking about self-checks, leveraging social media and PR in a hugely effective way on a very limited budget.

Using data analysis, text mining and image recognition, we were able to target several thousands of individual users with over 25000 unique data-backed comments. Over the course of a month the campaign reached over 2 million people across 21 countries, resulting in 6 million impressions on social media.

On a very limited budget, the campaign was able to leverage social media and PR to generate $110,000 in earned media with $0 media spend.

The campaign was further amplified by Major League Baseball player and testicular cancer survivor Conor Joe, and appeared on national T.V. news and radio stations in

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