Garnier for Men wanted to boost engagement in the Thai market. It worked with Maxus and Sizmek to make that happen.
The Challenge:
Garnier for Men, part of global personal care company L’Oréal Paris, wanted to generate awareness and drive engagement with its products online as well as sales through e-commerce.
The strategy it wanted to implement was to take a TV ad that had already proved hugely popular and take into the digital realm. Given that this would be a first in the Thai market for Garnier for Men, there were some initial concerns that users would not be familiar with interactivity in a video ad.
The Solution:
The brand brought on board media agency Maxus which used ad tech company Sizmek's Ad Builder for video to transform the TV spot into an interactive digital video. This ultimately helped to solve the fears the company had about whether unfamiliar Thai consumers would get to grips with the interactivity. The company adopted "easy-to-use" ad features, adding a click-to-like Facebook product fan page, click-to-product website, and click-to-shop online, to the broadcast commercial.
The Results:
The new interactive ad led to a six times higher dwell rate over average – with users hovering their mouse over the ad 600% more than the benchmark - bringing substantial user response and interaction.
The linkage with the brand's new e-commerce channel helped expand visitor numbers. The call-to-action in the interactive ad resulted in 0.27% click-through rate overall, with click-to-shop and click-to-product-website features garnering approximately double the number of click-to-like Facebook page interactions. 42% of users chose the click-to-shop option.
“Adding interactive ad components brought substantial user response and interaction with Garnier for Men’s interactive video ad. In addition, linking to the brand’s new e-commerce channel helped expand the brand’s sales channels,” said a Sizmek representative.
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