"No Drama" advertising by Switzerland Tourism breaks records
The film «No Drama» with Roger Federer and Robert De Niro from Switzerland Tourism went around the world. As the most successful European advertising film of the past twelve months, it is currently ranked in the top 10 of the global «Cannes YouTube Ads Leaderboard», which is published annually at the start of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
According to Google, ST's film is now listed in the leaderboard of the Top 10 Cannes YouTube Ads. Ranked seventh, the film is the most successful - and, according to ST, the only - European production of the past twelve months and could therefore attract a correspondingly large amount of attention at the Cannes Lions Festival this week.
The video call between Federer and De Niro can be seen in a 90-second film launched in early May (Werbewoche.ch reported).
A script becomes reality - and goes viral
With it, the promotional film has brought a correspondingly high response: with a media reach of 800 million contacts, 72.5 million video views and 7.6 million interactions, the campaign has exceeded all expectations and represents an unprecedented record in the history of ST, as the tourism organization writes.
"In the beginning, there was the strong partnership with Roger. But even a star-studded lineup is no longer a guarantee that people will voluntarily watch commercials these days. Wirz's idea for this self-deprecating clip about our perfectly boring country and the smart distribution by Sir Mary's media specialists were definitely the right approach to attract the attention of an international audience for our vacation destination," says André Hefti, Head of Marketing & Productions at ST.
Once the script was written, what was needed was not only a great deal of courage on ST's part, but also a good cinematic realization in times of pandemic and the new Zoom reality, as well as an orchestration that exploited the idea's potential to the full.
Smart media provides the boost
In order to support the virality with the use of media budget and to carry the content efficiently into the relevant target markets UK, USA, Germany, France, Italy as well as Benelux, Sir Mary developed an international, digital media strategy including planning, purchasing, controlling and success monitoring.
Targeting opinion leaders, scaling and targeting with Google Custom Audiences, and an efficient traffic boost to encourage the emotionally charged audience to interact with ST's content were the crucial pillars of the media strategy. This ensured an above-average click-through rate of up to 3.5 percent and an ad-recall lift of 15.1 percent.
Responsible at Switzerland Tourism: André Hefti, Martin Pally, Dominic Stöcklin, Alexandra Weber, Markus Berger, Daniela Chiani. Responsible at Sir Mary (Media): Fabian Habisreutinger, Katharina Günther, Vanessa Habisreutinger, Céline Zemp, Eticus Rozas, Maurizio Rugghia. Responsible at Wirz (creation): Livio Dainese, Alain Eicher, Johannes Raggio, Jannic Mascello, Elise Smidt, Elena Gabriel, Cosima Lang, Laura Saner, Erasmo Palomba, Simone Jehle, Janna Löhr.
