How did we do it?
Strategy
The campaign was based on reaching the widest possible audience, and with as many as 6 radio plays addressing the issue of people of different ages, the target was exceptionally broad. The means of outreach were national media - lifestyle, women's, opinion and marketing, as well as creators who make a real impact on the communities they follow and generate discussion in the digital space and beyond.
For this campaign, we joined creative forces with the agencies Przestrzeń and Polot to maximize the potential of a topic that in Poland we are more often silent about than discuss. Sex in Poland is still a taboo subject, and the reason for this is nothing other than the culture of shame that has been built up for centuries. Our activities were aimed at not only exposing this shame, but also breaking it down. We did this through, among other things, a video promotion in which the topic of sexuality was confronted with the singing of a gospel choir - a symbol of spirituality, joy and community, and an interactive mural on Jaworzyńska Street in Warsaw. Passersby could read the message encrypted on it - a short story about sexual needs. To discover it, one had to use a filter on TikTok or Instagram.
Other important elements of the campaign included activities such as sending out press releases, launching mass media promotions and coordinating paid collaborations with individual media outlets and influencers.
Customer Situation Analysis
Storytel approached us to promote the "(Let's not) talk about sex" campaign, which aimed to break the taboo of sexuality. The client wanted to reach strategic media outlets that would take an interest in a controversial but socially important topic.
In addition to the purely entertainment aspect, the purpose of the radio plays was to educate through fictional stories and events of the main characters inspired by real-life problems mapped and described by SEXEDPL Foundation experts.
The campaign's communication strategy included
1 Mapping media and creators who enjoy authority in the lifestyle category, but also in the educational category. We wanted content with seemingly "uncomfortable" topics to fit naturally into their daily content.
2 Identify touchpoints - that is, where, how and why, media and creators should speak.
3. running the press office of the brand at the campaign - taking care of media relations and maintaining the right dynamics in the execution of activities are very important points of implementation at the time campaign.
4 Prepare a crisis communication manual in case the narrative around the campaign begins to focus on threads that distract from the clue of the campaign - that is, spreading awareness of sexual needs, and promoting the radio plays that were the axis of the campaign.
5. coordinate media and influencer communications with the current Topic of the Week present on the SEXEDPL Foundation's communications channels
The results we expected and... Which exceeded those expectations:
1. interview by Natalia Kusiak, Storytel ambassador, with Maciek Musiał, who is one of the actors reading the radio play "Aware of Rights and Responsibilities." The interview was widely reported and engaged the audience in a larger discussion, and was reprinted in lifestyle media and quoted on gossip sites.
2. over two million campaign reach in media alone and over one hundred million (!) impressions of campaign content!
3. nearly two million impressions of the ambassadors' publications and boiling discussion on sex!
Advantage
Public relations and Influencer marketing complement each other brilliantly for activities specifically geared toward broad outreach and generating discussion in the public space. Strategically selected media partnerships and contexts in which we embedded the radio plays and cross-promotion of touchpoints ensured the synergy of activities of a very dynamic campaign and.... resulted in nomination for KTR awards in as many as three categories.
Result
The "(Let's Not) Talk About Sex" campaign has produced significant results.
- FORBES, ONET, Wyborcza, Wysokie Obcasy, Pudelek, newonce, Polityka, ELLE - the most popular and largest media in Poland talk about sex.
- The discussion under the publications of authors from Katarzyna Miller, Justyna Mazur, Paulina Mikuła and Natalia Kusiak, among others, boiled over and was based on sometimes extreme approaches - we wanted everyone to have a voice in the discussion, which is why as many as 6 radio plays were created for the campaign, addressing the challenges of different groups.
Effects
Through the eyes of the customer
In working with the Tigers team, I appreciate the attention to detail and holistic approach to planning media communications and influencer activities. The agency is responsible for building awareness of Storytel through PR and influencer marketing, which has a real impact on business and audience education. Tigers' advantage in the market is first and foremost their way of working and openness to feedback, as a result of which the agency provides comfort to those working on the brand side.
Klaudia Chruściel
Country Marketing Manager Storytel Poland