Title | BODYLOVE |
Brand | DOVE |
Product/Service | DOVE |
Category |
G07. Corporate Purpose & Social Responsibility |
Entrant
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EDELMAN Berlin, GERMANY
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Idea Creation
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EDELMAN Berlin, GERMANY
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PR
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EDELMAN Berlin, GERMANY
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Credits
Manuel Frank |
Edelman Germany |
Chief Creative Officer |
Johanna Von Rumohr |
Edelman Germany |
Creative Director |
Thomas Walther |
Edelman Germany |
Managing Director Strategy |
Sina Buhler |
Edelman Germany |
Client Lead |
Kim Santini |
Unilever |
Category Lead Skin Cleansing DACH |
Natalie Dargus |
Unilever |
Category Lead Body & Oral Care DACH |
Alissa Martens |
Unilever |
Brand Manager Skin & Face Care DACH |
Why is this work relevant for Brand Experience & Activation?
The Dove Bodylove installation was designed to confront consumers in an arresting and powerful way, which would gain their attention and give them a vivid experience of Dove's brand purpose. The key campaign touchpoint generated conversations and reflection, giving the people impetus to confront online negativity. In this way the installation powerfully communicated Dove's core belief around body positivity. This core purpose was then amplified at every touchpoint with an online social film of the activation as well as influencers sharing their own experiences, encouraging their followers to stand up & fight against body shamers.
Background
When Dove launched its first #RealBeauty campaign over 15 years ago, celebrating “normal” women and their bodies was a revolution. Today, the body positivity movement has reached mainstream brands and media but bodies that don’t comply with mainstream beauty standards are still the targets of hatred, especially on social media.
Dove wanted to raise awareness on the issue of body shaming on social media, engage their target audience (women aged 18-50) and create conversation around the topic, which would also elevate the Dove brand and its purpose.
Objectives
Raise awareness around the issue of online body shaming
Engage target audience (women aged 18-50)
Elevate the Dove brand and its purpose
Increase landing page visits
Increase social media engagement with Dove
Describe the creative idea (20% of vote)
With Bodylove – The Social Experiment, we brought an Instagram post to 3D life, with a visual so compelling that it couldn’t be ignored.
The anonymity of social media has led to a terrible rise in body shaming. The internet is experienced as a lawless space, where the ordinary rules of etiquette and accountability don’t apply.
Negative comments are devastating to the recipients, but the perpetrators feel no consequences.
Many people who would never body shame someone, can become unintentionally complicit in the abuse as they don’t intervene online the way they might do in real life.
The 7 x 9 foot box contained a live model in just her underwear and a cardigan, and featured a “comment section” showing hateful body shaming comments taken from online.
The Exhibit confronted onlookers and gave them an opportunity to respond by countering the hate with positive messages of their own.
Describe the strategy (20% of vote)
Dove has a diverse audience of women aged 18 - 50 interested in positive beauty.
The live installation was the centrepiece from which all other aspects flowed.
Shareable & Snackable
A 2min film that could be shared on Dove’s owned, paid and earned channels, & by consumers.
A teaser clip was used by influencers with links to the landing page.
We provided shareable content pieces with instructions on how to report body shaming.
Channels
We targeted the tendentially younger, social-media-savvy audience with content creators on Instagram
We targeted the older, more traditional-media-oriented group with paid and earned media in women's and lifestyle magazines.
A diverse audience
We included high-reach celeb influencers and those with particularly engaged audiences to maximize engagement & reach
We worked with influencers with different looks, backgrounds and stories to tell.
We also offered credibility through survey data and interviews with Dove's body image expert.
Describe the execution (30% of vote)
Installation
Participants were asked to enter the square, reflect on the piece, add positive comments to the boards to counter the hate, and interact with the women in the installation. They were then asked to share their thoughts.
Film
A short film captured reactions & reflections. Prominently featuring on Dove’s owned channels, in earned & paid media coverage and linked to by influencers, it encouraged viewers to stand up to body shaming and stand by the body shamed.
Content
The influencers included a TV celebrity which enabled us to reach far wider audiences. They shared their experiences of body shaming and asked their followers to stand with Dove.
Educate
Dove educated its audience on actions they could take to fight body shaming and stand with the body shamed. Actions included reporting comments via the social platforms and adding their own body positive
List the results (30% of vote)
75 million total media reach
German publications Freundin and Jolie specifically reported dwell time of 3 and 5 times higher than their respective average.
13K landing page views for Dove
Influencers generated 500K online video views, 15,000 Swipe Ups, and a reach of 4.4 million.
5 X higher interaction rate than other Dove campaigns (Unilever’s internal reporting)
Twice as many ‘shares’ as other Dove campaigns
All the influencer’s posts exceeded performance benchmarks, with post performances of 19 – 148% (Dove benchmark: 9%), and 3 – 17% Engagement Rate (benchmark: 2%).
In messages to the influencers, followers shared their own experiences. Some related that they started reporting body shaming, and many voiced their appreciation.
“An epic message and I have also already reported a hate comment that was immediately taken into account. Body Shaming, racism and discrimination must generally be put a stop, I do no longer look away, thank you"
Please tell us how the brand purpose inspired the work
Dove’s brand is synonymous with spreading the message of body positivity for all women. This has been demonstrated for over 15 years of educational, caring and thought provoking campaigns. The Dove Bodylove campaign strikes at the heart of this purpose by directly addressing the global social issue of online body shaming and the misery it can bring. It not only gives a voice to women who can share their own experiences but also brings the issue out of the shadows and gives a platform to the wider community to stand up against body shaming, providing unity & support.