2018 Brand Experience & Activation

ADOPTIFY

TitleADOPTIFY
BrandTIERSCHUTZVEREIN MUENCHEN E.V.
Product/ServiceADOPTIFY
Category A13. Not-for-profit / Charity / Governemt
Entrant SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Munich, GERMANY
Idea Creation SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Munich, GERMANY
Media Placement PLAN.NET Munich, GERMANY
Production NEVEREST München, GERMANY
Additional Company SPOTIFY Hamburg, GERMANY
Additional Company 2 DATAMINTS Penzberg, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Alexander Schill SERVICEPLAN GROUP Global Chief Creative Officer
Matthias Harbeck SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Creative Managing Partner Germany
Hans-Peter Sporer SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Managing Creative Director
Luitgard Hagl SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Creative Director
Kornelia Szatko SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Copywriter
Michael Lux SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Art Director
Leon Morelli SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Junior Copywriter
Konstanze Kliesch SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Account Director
Felix Koschmidder PLAN.NET GERMANY Technical Director
Heinrich Plener PLAN.NET GERMANY Technical Director
Luis de Maia Freelance Director
Ewald Pusch Neverest Managing Director
Maggy Fischer Neverest Executive Producer
Annett Gruenbeck Neverest Executive Producer
Maik Schmidt Neverest Executive Producer
Nicole Ostermeier Neverest Producer
Sebastian Hofer Neverest Junior Creative Producer
Saskia Diers Neverest Producer Assistant
Janine Meyer Neverest Senior Editor
Petra Scherer Freelance Editor

Why is this work relevant for Brand Experience & Activation ?

Inspired by the strong insight that every dog has his own taste in music, we teamed up with Spotify to create a new way of adopting shelter dogs: „Adoptify“, matching dogs with potential owners based on their musical tastes. There’s no music provider that analyzes the musical preferences of their listeners as well as Spotify. By targeting rock fans, electro heads, opera enthusiasts, hip hop addicts and indie pop lovers every promoted shelter dog found a new home – and someone that shares his love for music.

Background

The Munich Animal Shelter is one of the largest shelters in Europe. In order to raise awareness for hundreds of dogs who are waiting for new owners, we were asked to create a campaign. Considering that some of them have been living in the shelter for many years, we had to come up with an innovative non-classical way to attract attention – with a very low production budget and no money for media.

Describe the creative idea

There is nothing that ties bonds together like music. So when a recent study from the University of Glasgow confirmed that dogs have individual tastes in music – just like people – we felt inspired to initiate a new way of adopting shelter dogs: For the Munich Animal Shelter, we teamed up with the popular music streaming service Spotify to create „Adoptify“, matching shelter dogs with potential owners based on their musical tastes.

Describe the strategy

First, we had to find out the dogs’ favourite genres. The dogs that provoked the most reactions were chosen for the videos. On Spotify, we then targeted users with the same taste in music and matched both through banner ads. That’s how rock fans, electro heads, opera enthusiasts, hip hop addicts and indie pop lovers found their perfect dog. The banners directly led listeners to the website where they could find additional information and get in touch with the shelter.

Describe the execution

The testing of the musical preferences of the shelter dogs took place in the Munich Animal shelter from 29.11.2017 until 01.12.2017. The dogs that provoked the most positive reactions were chosen for the videos. The campaign aired from 27.12.17 until 25.01.2018 on Spotify Streaming Service, Spotify Web-App and Mobile and included Video and Audio Banner with regional targeting.

List the results

With 1,85% clickrate the performance of overlay desktop banners was many times higher than the usual Spotify benchmark of 1,22%. Traffic on the website of the Munich Animal shelter increased by one third during the campaign period. Press coverage in over 80 countries worldwide 70 Million media impressions 6.5 million € in earned media Animal Shelters between Berlin and Bogota want to adapt the campaign. All promoted dogs found a new home. Adoption enquiries increased by 340%.