SEARCH RACISM. FIND TRUTH.
| Title | SEARCH RACISM. FIND TRUTH. |
| Brand | REFUGEES WELCOME |
| Product/Service | REFUGEES WELCOME |
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C04. Response / Real-time Activity |
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Entrant
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FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
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Idea Creation
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FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
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Media Placement
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FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
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Media Placement 2
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INITIATIVE MEDIA Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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PR
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EHRENBERG KOMMUNIKATION Hamburg, GERMANY
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Production
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FCB ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
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Additional Company
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TONSTUDIOS Z Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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Credits
| Dennis Lück |
FCB Zürich |
Chief Creative Officer |
| Andy Lusti |
FCB Zürich |
Creative Director |
| Hanja Baruschke |
FCB Zürich |
Creative Director Digital |
| Sarah Ming |
FCB Zürich |
Copywriter |
| Olivia Schläpfer |
FCB Zürich |
Art Direction |
| Fabian Sigg |
FCB Zürich |
Art Direction |
| Elgee David Wee |
FCB Zürich |
Art Direction |
| Lia Bellini |
FCB Zürich |
Art Direction |
| Emanuel Büchler |
FCB Zürich |
Content Developer |
| Marco Frei |
FCB Zürich |
Content Developer |
| Mark Becher |
FCB Zürich |
Client Service Director |
| Mirjam Milenkovic |
FCB Zürich |
Account Director |
| Michael Hürlimann |
FCB Zürich |
Account Director |
| Sharon Nehrenheim |
FCB Zürich |
Account Director |
| Nina Hinkelmann |
FCB Zürich |
Account Director |
| Aleksandar Sofranac |
FCB Zürich |
Frontend Developer/Designer |
| Snezana Tadic |
Ehrenberg Kommunikation |
PR |
| Peter Fobe |
Ehrenberg Kommunikation |
PR |
| Giulia Ciarla |
Initiative |
Media |
| Jazmin Suriel |
Initiative |
Media |
| Renzo D’Alberto |
Tonstudios Z |
Sounddesign |
The Campaign
The idea was that courageous refugees stand up against the digital hate preachers: right before the racist videos on YouTube. Unskippable pre roll ads should leave right-wing extremists with no choice but to stop and think about the refugees and their arguments. So we disturbed them on their way to consume racist material by giving them the chance to watch the story of a refugee instead of listening to more prejudices and hate. Additionally, we booked terrible Google Ad words to lead the viewer directly to the stories of the refugees.
Campaign Success
With a combination of channel and keyword targeting 10 spots were shown as unskippable ads in front of over 100 racist videos on YouTube. All of them disproved common prejudices with hard facts, surprising revelations or humor and anticipated the content of the following videos. For instance, when searching for Lutz Bachmann, the German right-wing leader of Pegida, viewers were confronted by Arif from Syria, who did away with prejudices. Other pre-roll ads showed that refugees put a lot of effort into learning the local language or debunk false statistics. Additionally, Google Ad words were booked to lead the users to the spots of our refugees. So the racists where confronted with their biggest fear for the first time. And they realized that there is nothing to be afraid of or hateful about, as the refugees are just normal people like us.
Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results
The news of courageous refugees trolling nazi content?went viral – already on the second day they were published. In only one week the campaign got 160.358.977* views on different news platforms and blogs. Furthermore 1.213.059* social shares could be reached. We also achieved 12.2 million in earned media. But even better: “Refugees welcome” received an unbelievable boost of 723%* in donations that will be used to integrate many more refugees into the German communities and culture.
(*status end of April 2016)
Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service
The rising amount of refugees as well as the hate that goes along with them is currently one of the biggest and most emotional issues in Germany. The campaign “Search racism. Find truth.” wanted to activate a whole nation in order to stop the right-wing extremists who are getting stronger and stronger. Furthermore, it should encourage people to form their own opinion instead of following others. The idea of placing refugees in front of over 100 racist videos on YouTube made people pay attention to not believing and spreading wrong prejudice about refugees.
The strongest weapon of the far right is the internet, where hate can easily be spread. To address the right people we went where racists are and beat them with their own weapons. Thanks to a complex combination of channel (YouTube) and keyword targeting (Google) complemented by the placement before very specifically selected videos we achieved maximum attention. Unskippable pre roll ads allowed us to confront the right-wing extremists on their personal digital device. The booking of the worst Ad words like “refugees out”, “fuck merkel” or “muslim infiltration” normally leads users to the right-wing extremist material. But thanks to our campaign those who looked up xenophobic terms were lured to the disarming clips of the refugees. The videos themselves led to a campaign page where people could learn more about the refugees, their stories and the truth.