DIGI-DOPE

TitleDIGI-DOPE
BrandANDERZORG
Product/ServiceNTB
Category E02. Social Purpose
Entrant XXS AMSTERDAM Schiphol, THE NETHERLANDS
Idea Creation XXS AMSTERDAM Schiphol, THE NETHERLANDS
Media Placement MINDSHARE Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
PR RIANNE DE VRIES Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Production XXS AMSTERDAM Schiphol, THE NETHERLANDS
Credits
Name Company Position
Paul van Uden XXS Amsterdam Creative
Anne-Maro Huberts XXS Amsterdam Creative
John de Vries XXS Amsterdam Creative Director
René Verbong XXS Amsterdam Creative Director
Michael van den Brande XXS Amsterdam Strategy Director
Robert-Jan Hoesman XXS Amsterdam Design Director
Annika Timmer XXS Amsterdam Account Manager
Josien de Heul XXS Amsterdam Producer
Jasper Baartmans XXS Amsterdam Producer
Kreukvrij Kreukvrij Motion Graphics

Background

Anderzorg is a Dutch health insurer in the no-frills segment. They had recently lost its largest advantage: the lowest price. Competition in this commoditized sector was rising and sign-ups through comparison sites increased. It became paramount that Anderzorg pivoted their communications from sales activation to brand building. To add (brand) value to justify our relative higher price. To build more value for our audience, the communications platform ‘Zorg voor #deleven’ (translated: ‘Care for #thelife’) was launched. In the Netherlands, #deleven is a popular hashtag used to caption the parts of life you remember. With this platform, Anderzorg made it her mission to let young people live their life to the fullest. Through online content visible throughout the year, the brand didn’t just promise more #deleven, but actually helped people overcome modern health obstacles preventing millennials from living their life. This campaign is about one of those obstacles: phone addiction.

Describe the strategy

Phone addiction has a profound impact on mental and physical health. Many millennials know they use their phones too much, but don’t feel the need to do something about it. How do we get these young people to think about their addiction, when they can’t take their eyes of the latest instagram story? How do we get the attention of addicts? By dealing dope ourselves! That is how Anderzorg introduced DigiDope: an Instagram channel that dealt digital dopamine in the form of likes and comments. When you follow DigiDope, you get a shot of free social attention. After the addicts followed our channel, Anderzorg showed up in their Instagram stories to educate them about their phone use. Together with psychobiologist Boy, our audience learned about the effect of phones on their brains, the consequences of phone addiction and advice on how to trick your brain into going cold turkey.

Describe the execution

We followed the modus operandi of a dealer. First, we gave them a taste: a short teaser on social media asked people if they wanted a shot of DigiDope. The only thing they had to do was follow @digidope on Instagram. When they followed our channel, they received a shot of DigiDope: an overwhelming stream of likes and comments that would tickle the part of their brain associated with pleasure: they got their shot. Once they followed our instagram, we started rehab. Anderzorg showed up in their Instagram stories and eased them into the road to recovery with short, snappy and entertaining videos explaining the chemical effects on our brains, why they were probably not sleeping well and gave tips on how to go cold turkey. Celebrities and influencers also asked for shots and shared about their experience with phone addiction and rehab, turning DigiDope into an epidemic.

List the results

Anderzorg dealt over a million likes and comments to an addicted audience. By giving our addicts a ‘taste’ of DigiDope we were able to get into the spot where their addiction takes place: their Instagram feed. We educated 3.6 million people directly (through our feed) or indirectly (through sharing on social) about the causes, symptoms and dangers of phone addiction. The campaign ran in three phases (teasing, education, recap) and received more than 15 million impressions. Among those who were exposed to the campaign, brand consideration for Anderzorg increased from 28% to 43% and preference from 5% to 8%. A key driver of consideration ‘A refreshing brand’ increased from 70% to 75%. The long term effects of our overall strategy and creative approach have been equally successful: Anderzorg’s spontaneous awareness jumped from 5% to 15%, preference from 3 to 7% YoY and the brand has doubled in market share.