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Oasis & The Sun website case studyMaking the nation’s lunchtimes better and driving sales of Oasis

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The Challenge

We needed to develop a campaign that would make Oasis synonymous with lunchtimes and drive sales

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Background• Coca-Cola needed to increase the consumption levels of Oasis on

weekdays amongst their core target market of 16-35 year olds• Their research identified that most workers found their lunchtimes

“boring”. Oasis’ communication proposition was “Delivering a Better Lunchtime”. Vizeum’s challenge was clear – how could we make lunchtimes a far more enjoyable experience for the nation?

• Success would be measured by the strength of association consumers now made between Oasis and better lunchtimes, positive shifts in key brand metric scores, engagement with the campaign idea and an increased propensity to consume Oasis

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The Thinking

Our insights revealed the average lunchtime for a worker lasted just 27 minutes and Touchpoints research showed us that many workers used this time to go online. Traffic statistics backed this up, showing that thesun.co.uk’s traffic peaked between 12pm and 2pm with a significant peak on the Showbiz channel. This highlighted our readers were actively looking for entertainment content at lunchtime

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The Idea

Oasis Lunchtime Bites:• We created an exclusive 'Oasis Lunchtime Bites’ channel on

thesun.co.uk. The channel hosted unique and bespoke content created by Tommy Holgate, The Sun’s Comedy Correspondent, that was fun, irreverent and entertaining (perfect for Oasis’ brand personality)

• New content would be released on the sun.co.uk every weekday lunchtime and would be supported by a competition to win a 'Dream Lunchtime'

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Making It Happen• Video footage for each content pillar (Oasis Lunchtime Challenge,

Weird World, Gaming, Comedy and Quizzes) and a hugely impactful mock-up of the Oasis Lunchtime Bites channel enabled the client to understand the tone and feel of the campaign (and why it would have huge appeal to our readers). Allied to our passion for the idea, it ensured buy-in from agencies and client, who loved our fresh thinking

• Supported by in-paper coverage of the campaign, content on Oasis’ Facebook page and Tommy Holgate postings on Oasis’ Facebook wall, Lunchtime Bites engaged the nation every lunchtime. It culminated with Tommy Holgate compering the Dream Lunchtime competition event. The client was so impressed that we were asked to make a separate video of the day, showcased at Coca-Cola’s annual conference

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Results

It was the most successful campaign in thesun.co.uk’s history, with:• Nearly 1million page impressions • Over 300,000 unique users • 62% of survey respondents loved the eye-catching content • 49% associated Oasis with better lunchtimes• 25% were more likely to buy Oasis following the campaign

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