Most brands team-up with influencers who use their brand. VOO (Belgium’s biggest Telco challenger) however, teamed-up with influencers who need their brand. And they did so via a very clever intercept: real-time, voice-activated banners, transcribing our influencers anger because of a slow internet. Those ‘raging banners’ were shown on top of our influencers online gaming streams on social platforms Twitch and/or YouTube Live – a first!
Background
VOO Telecom is Belgium’s biggest Telecom Challenger. Since the internet has become so much part of our daily life, one of the main battlefields and reasons to switch provider is the speed of the internet. VOO Telecom has invested in modern technology and because of that, they are now able to offer their clients an internet speed that can be up to 4 times faster than their biggest competitor, the market leader.
Brief: gain market share (and share of heart) within the fast-growing Belgian gaming community. Because becoming the brand of choice in that community would be proof of the ‘internet-leadership’ of VOO telecom.
Describe the creative idea / insights (30% of vote)
To promote Belgium’s fastest internet, VOO telecom teamed-up (paid) with the most influential gaming streamers who were not yet VOO clients, by making them download a plug-in that will transcribe their ‘rage because of a slow internet’ into voice activated ‘raging banners’ that will be shown on top of their live streams on social platforms Twitch and/or YouTube Live – which is a first! (those social platforms normally don't allow banners)
Describe the strategy (20% of vote)
People watching gamers who stream their game on social platforms Twitch or YouTube Live is huge. There are now more people watching those streams than there are people watching sports on television. Obviously, both for the streamers and the ones watching, a speedy and stable internet are critical. The right community to sell Belgium’s fastest internet from Belgium’s biggest Telco challenger VOO. Aim was to grab the attention of that community via an unexpected influencers campaign (non-VOO clients), combined with a worlds first: voice activated banners that transcribe the ‘gamer rage’ of streamers into an overlay banner on Twitch and YouTube Live.
Describe the execution (20% of vote)
First, we programed an OBS plug-in. OBS is the most use software for streaming games on social platforms. This OBS plug-in attaches itself to the Microphone Audio and uses Microsoft Cognitive Services to transcribe speech data, in real-time, based on keywords. Then we programed all possible ‘slow internet rage’ keywords (in French only so far). Afterwards, once ‘raging because of slow internet’ is detected, a transcribed overlay banner is automatically shown on top of the live streams. This technical ‘stunt’ worked both on Youtube-live ànd Twitch (biggest streaming platforms) which is a first. Then we started a paid collaboration with Belgiums most influential gamers who are not yet VOO clients. They downloaded the plug-in and we waited for their internet to lag.
List the results (30% of vote)
The ‘raging banners’ turned into a real economical multiplier for VOO. Via our influencers and their lagging internet, the 'raging banners' quickly appeared on hundreds of real-time streams. Reaching 85% of the Belgian gaming community within a few weeks. Resulting in hundreds of positive engagements, an increase of 165% of the VOO ‘fast internet’ webpages, a radical increase when it comes to VOO brand preference within that community and most importantly, leading to an increase in sales of over 20%! When it comes to the ‘fast internet’ product, the biggest challenger VOO is now close to becoming the market leader.