Five Ways to Better Integrate Thai multi-channel Marketing Campaigns: Kantar Millward Brown AdReaction Study 2018

However, most marketers (89%) think that they deliver well-integrated campaigns, but a third (35%) of Thai consumers do not think that the ads fit together cohesively.

In Thailand, three in four (73%) of consumers surveyed report that they are seeing more ads in a wider variety of places than they did three years ago. But 42%Thai consumers don't think that the ads they see online and offline fit together well, shows AdReaction: The Art of Integration 2018, a new study from Kantar Millward Brown.

The study examines the state of multichannel advertising campaigns, drawing on quantitative research in 45 countries including Thailand, multichannel copy testing, and custom analysis of Kantar Millward Brown's global media effectiveness and copy testing databases. So, while the variety of channels available to Thai marketers has increased dramatically, ineffective multichannel strategies are jeopardising the success of these campaigns.

"In Thailand, a strong campaign idea is the heart of a successful campaign. Ensuring that your campaign idea is validated by consumer insights at the beginning can save a lot of pain in later stages. Most Thai marketers today spend more money and time to research the final execution without clear understanding if the consumer insights are strong enough for a successful campaign," says Usana Chantarklum, Chief Client Officer, Kantar Insights, Thailand.

What's more, ineffective and disjointed advertising runs the risk of alienating consumers. Many surveyed in Thailand said they were uncomfortable with this increase in advertising, with 70% agree that ads are more intrusive nowadays. The fact that over half of Thais see advertising in a negative light should be a wakeup call for marketers in the country.

"Consumers feel overwhelmed by advertising from all angles while marketers struggle to make the most of ad formats and channels to best reach consumers, and the latest AdReaction report unveils a disconnect between how marketers and consumers perceive campaign success. In AdReaction, we've laid out guiding principles to help marketers better integrate campaigns across channels and identified the key creative elements of successful campaigns as best practices." says Duncan Southgate, Global Brand Director, Media & Digital, Kantar Millward Brown.

AdReaction: The Art of Integration identifies five key guiding principles for brands to consider when implementing multichannel campaigns that fuel their growth and avoid the pitfalls of fragmentation:

1. Start with a strong campaign idea: Campaigns with a strong central idea perform better across all brand KPIs (+64%), especially brand image associations (+91%), as well as across all channels. The idea is the most important component of the campaign. Great campaigns need a strong central idea to act as connective tissue across all content, and integrated content needs to cue this idea.

2. Make each ad in an integrated campaign amazing: With multichannel pretesting, we see a campaign is defined most closely by the average of all executions, even more so than the best or worst individual execution. Unless media spend will be skewed towards one execution, every piece of content matters and contributes to overall success and brand building.

3. Integrate more campaign cues: Even without any customization, integrated campaigns are 26% more effective at building brands, yet still one in four of the campaigns analyzed were not well integrated. The more cues used, the better. Consumers expect multichannel campaigns to deliver basic connective elements like the same logo and slogan. However, the study shows that consistent characters or personalities and music/soundtrack are the individual cues which most help brand impact, often differentiating the best campaigns. The report also found that all channels benefit from synergies, but some channels work particularly well with each other. The strongest overall synergy combinations are between TV and Facebook, and TV and outdoor.

4. Invest only in channels that have a clear role in the campaign: Marketers need to choose channels wisely – only using those which have a clear role in the campaign and in reaching the target audience. It's also important to understand what each channel can deliver in terms of impact and cost. For example, online ads are cost effective in extending TV reach and building brand metrics from awareness through to purchase intent. However, consumers' attitudes are more positive to traditional media than online advertising and people are more likely to recall negative online targeting experiences than positive ones.

5. Customize content for each channel: There is a sweet spot between integration and customization. A strong integrated campaign must be flexible enough to enable novel, complementary content, but familiar enough to link the key campaign elements tightly together.Review the global and country specific results of the AdReaction: The Art of Integration report here.About AdReaction: The Art of Integration

Kantar Millward Brown surveyed more than 14,000 16-65 year olds between August and November 2017 in 45 countries (at least 300 per country). Consumer attitudes quoted above are global averages across all countries. Media effectiveness learning came from new analysis of Kantar Millward Brown's CrossMedia database among 223 campaigns which had been monitored during 2015-2017. Creative learning came from campaign ad testing of 12 campaigns in eight countries.

This new AdReaction consumer research was contrasted with results from Kantar Millward Brown's September 2017 Getting Media Right study including views from over 300 leading marketers representing advertisers, agencies and media companies across the world.

AdReaction studies have been conducted since 2001, delivering insights on consumers' perceptions of advertising, particularly digital formats.

AdReaction: The Art of Integration addresses key questions facing marketers, including:

• What is the global state of play for multichannel campaigns?
• How should campaigns be integrated to maximize overall impact?
• How should campaign creative be customized to make the most of each individual channel format? About Kantar Millward Brown

Kantar Millward Brown is a leading global research agency specialising in advertising effectiveness, strategic communication, media and digital, and brand equity research. The company helps clients grow great brands through comprehensive research-based qualitative and quantitative solutions. Kantar Millward Brown operates in more than 55 countries and is part of WPP's Kantar group, one of the world's leading data, insight and consultancy companies. Learn more at www.millwardbrown.com.

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