2021 Social & Influencer

INTENSIVÃO DA PPK

TitleINTENSIVÃO DA PPK
BrandBAYER
Product/ServiceCANESTEN
Category D03. Single-market Campaign
Entrant ANALOGFOLK London, UNITED KINGDOM
Idea Creation ANALOGFOLK London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production ANALOGFOLK London, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Lucy Wertheim AnalogFolk Completing the entires on behalf of my team
Simon Richings AnalogFolk Executive Creative Director
Sara Pouri AnalogFolk Creative Director
Gracie Hawes AnalogFolk Creative/Art director
Jacqueline Hedge AnalogFolk Creative/Copywriter
Pete Munro AnalogFolk Associate Client Partner
Alisa Maul AnalogFolk Strategy Director
Alisa Maul AnalogFolk Strategy Director
Rosie Flood AnalogFolk Senior Producer
Erica Sedgwick AnalogFolk Senior Producer
Erica Sedgwick AnalogFolk Senior Producer
Dan Saxton AnalogFolk Design director
Eve McQuaid AnalogFolk Designer
Margarita Losif AnalogFolk Senior Designer
Paul Woodward AnalogFolk Senior Designer

Why is this work relevant for Social & Influencer?

This campaign was created specifically for social and created using influencers. The platform we used was chosen based on where our target audience of 16 to 25 year olds can be found – TikTok. We worked with TikTok influencers whose vision aligned to our own – ones that we knew could reach our audience, build trust and drive engagement. We chose them because they already had their own following and were well-known for creating original and engaging content.

Background

Many taboos have been lifted since Canesten came into the Brazilian market 50 years ago. But openly discussing the topic of women’s intimate health isn’t one of them. And the root of this problem is a lack of education. Canesten challenged us to create and roll out a new global brand purpose: to help women to set themselves free from the shame and discomfort caused by intimate infections. Our objective? To firmly establish this mindset within the next generation of first-time sufferers. Enter Intensivão da PPK (or Vagina High), the shame-free school on TikTok that comes with a curriculum covering all the ins and outs of vagina health. And our teachers? An all-star cast of TikTok creators (and masters in the field of intimate health), ready to bring out the facts about our brilliant bodies.

Describe the creative idea (30% of vote)

The root of shame around vaginas is lack of education. In Brazil, cultural taboos are preventing women from speaking or learning about their bodies. But with access to the right role models, taboos can be broken. We wanted to give young people the opportunity to receive a scientifically-backed education within the privacy of their phones, with well-known Brazilian influencers as teachers and on the boldest platform out there: TikTok. In a series of influencer-led videos, Intensivao da PPK helped young people learn the truth about their vaginas and how to help them stay healthy. The school’s curriculum covered all the ins and outs of intimate health, with topics tailored to the unique cultural landscape of Brazil. Each of our TikToker teachers is a master in their field, talking about everything from the internal workings of the vagina, to cultural perceptions and their effects.

Describe the strategy (20% of vote)

Vagina health is a taboo topic in Brazil – our research found that 1 in 4 Brazilian women are ashamed of saying ‘vagina’. With the government now targeting young people with a message of abstinence, this poses huge issues for understanding vagina health and getting treatment. So, to tackle a culturally deep-rooted situation where even teachers and parents avoid the subject of vaginas, we used influencers who were happy to shout about it. We built our school on TikTok, the platform where our target audience, aged 16 to 25, hang out the most – 57% of TikTok users in Brazil are females aged 13 to 24 and use it for about 60 minutes per day. Our influencers were hand-picked based on what they stand for on the platform, from their attitude and their follower types to the way they deliver information – the more entertaining the better.

Describe the execution (20% of vote)

Throughout the campaign, we focused on using market-specific influencers in different, interesting ways. In our school of intimate health, students enroll, have lessons, share notes and take an exam but unlike a real school, famous TikTokers are the teachers. Our nine interactive lessons (covering everything from clothing that upsets your vagina PH to the perception of ‘normal’ vaginas), and final exam were led by headteacher and pelvic physiotherapist Claudia Milan, body positive advocate Hana Khalil and psychologist and comedian Pequena Lo. They are all credible experts in their field – and bold, engaging and fun. Our cohort of example students were young, well-known faces on TikTok – followed for being outspoken and confident. They shared their notes in a call-to-arms for followers to learn alongside them. Intensivão da PPK was launched on TikTok in Brazil in February 2021 and ran for five weeks.

List the results (30% of vote)

Since its launch, the Intensivão da PPK TikTok channel has driven: 43M video views 210K TikTok channel subscribers (equivalent to filling 17.5K real-world sized classrooms) 1 de-censorship of the word ‘vagina’ on TikTok (vagina health is now a welcomed topic on TikTok – a world-first – after we appealed and won ‘vagina’ de-censorship) Our paid media drove the following results: TopView video had 21.13 seconds average watch time per person (almost double the TikTok Brazil benchmark range of 11.24-14.24s) Click-through rate of 19% (vs. TikTok Brazil benchmark of 17.5-18.1%) Uplift in positive brand perception, with an increase of 5.2% of people rating Canesten’s contribution to helping reduce intimate health taboos as ‘High’

Please tell us how the work was designed / adapted for a single country / region / market.

We designed our digital school especially for the Brazil market. First, we studied the landscape of Brazil, exploring the general level of intimate health education, and found it was very basic across most demographics. So we created lessons that everyone could easily access, understand and participate in. Our lessons specifically targeted Brazilian-specific intimate health myths and taboos. For example, within our biology class we referenced ineffective ‘home remedies’ for intimate health conditions, which our research found were popular. Our fashion and cosmetology classes tackled other typically local nuances, like why wearing wet swimwear for prolonged periods or over-frequently washing your vagina could increase your chances of upsetting your PH. And in our media studies lesson, we addressed the alarming static that Brazil is the leading country for labiaplasty procedures worldwide, teaching our young audience that ‘normal’ vaginas come in all shapes and sizes.