This document compiles ‘Internet marketing cases’ conducted by Korea University Business School undergraduate students in Fall semester of 2017.
Each of company report includes following contents;
- A brief history of target company
- A summary of target company’s Internet Marketing activities
- Target campaign: description & performance
- References
4. 1. Company Introduction - History
Hong Kong flag carrier, founded 1946
Named by Farrell and de Kantzow
Recorded HK$5 billion profit in 2000
2011: 100th anniversary – HK aviation development, with related promotion campaign
Acquired Dragonair in 2006, as a mean to further expand into mainland China
Slogan: Life Well Travelled
6. 1. Company Introduction-
Main Business Units
First Class Business Premium
Economy
Economy
First Class Flex Business Flex Premium Economy
Flex
Economy Flex
First Class
Standard
Business Save Premium Economy
Standard
Economy Standard
Economy Save
Economy
Supersaver
8. 1. Company Introduction –
Key Performance Indicators
b) Engagements in desktop & mobile web (May-Oct 17)
9. 2. Internet Marketing Activities
Communication
• Facebook - # of page like Cathay Pacific Airways: 1,676,338 Singapore Airlines: 3,372,600
• Youtube - # of subscribers Cathay Pacific Airways: 42,498 Singapore Airlines: 36,392
• Instagram – # of followers Cathay Pacific Airways: 382,000 Singapore Airlines: 678,000
• Twitter - # of tweets Cathay Pacific Airways: 23,600 Singapore Airlines: 46,000
# of followers Cathay Pacific Airways: 512,000 Singapore Airlines: 627,000
• Pinterest # of pin Cathay Pacific Airways: 240 Singapore Airlines: 2
• Blog # of posts: 159 (only Cathay Pacific Airways)
Sales
cathaypacific.com – official site
hutchgo.com/ ctrip.com – 3rd party site
Cathay Pacific – Application for PlayStore
Recent campaigns
• Campaign 1:
• Campaign 2:
10. 2. Internet Marketing Activities
Facebook Page
Cathay
Pacific
Singapore
Airlines
page_like 1,676,338 3,372,600
Avg_like 45.34 2667.2
Avg_comment 2.13 50.32
Avg_share 4.16 74.68
Main Posting
Ask for Participation
Tourist Attractions
Practical Information
Avg. is for postings from Sept – Oct 2017
11. 2. Internet Marketing Activities
Youtube Channel
Cathay
Pacific
Singapore
Airlines
Subscriber 42,512 36,432
View 11,462,604 31,136,645
Avg_Pageview 25,554.9 5456.25
Avg_Like 29.4 78.5
Avg Comment 2.3 11.75
Avg. is for postings from Sept – Oct 2017
Main Videos
Company Information TV Commercial
Campaign Explanation
12. 2. Internet Marketing Activities
Instagram
Cathay
Pacific
Singapore
Airlines
post 869 1215
follower 382,906 678,832
like 5282.88 10,994.12
comment 33.25 88.05
Main Postings
Off-line EventsProduct Advertising
Avg. is for postings from Sept – Oct 2017
13. 2. Internet Marketing Activities
Twitter
Cathay
Pacific
Singapore
Airlines
Tweet 23,626 46,100
Follower 512,007 627,000
Account Like 3987 158
Retweet 2 4
Avg Comment 28.8 34.44
Avg. is for postings from Sept – Oct 2017
Practical Information Tourist Attractions
Off-line Events
15. 2. Internet Marketing Activities
Sales – Official site
Air tickets are mainly sold through official and 3rd party sites. For official site,
customers can book flights by inputting their 1) departure/arrival dates 2) preferred
cabin class. Thus customers can adjust their dates of flight according to the fare table
shown on the next page.
16. 2. Internet Marketing Activities
Sales – 3rd party site (e.g. hutchgo.com/ctrip.com)
There are numerous online platforms that enable customers to book flights
of Cathay Pacific. In particular, consumers nowadays become less loyal to
airlines. Their emphasis has shifted from brands to price-service ratios.
Therefore, instead of going for the official site, consumers prefer websites
that offer price comparisons among the airline brands.
17. 3. Recent Campaign 1 -
Life Well Travelled Campaign
• Start: Jan 18, 2015
• Global Scale
• 60-sec clip conveying the meaning of
travelling in lives of different people
• Youtube Video (/TV)
Results (Jan-Feb 15)
• Google Trend “Cathay Pacific”:
Fluctuations between 76 to 100
• Youtube Daily/Total Views: Surge
18. 3. Recent Campaign 1 -
Key Idea 1: Sympathy
Videos took place in public area (e.g. metro, park etc.)
Audience can resonate with the actor/actress
Agree that travelling is an indispensable part of life -> linking Cathay Pacific to “life well travelled”
19. 3. Recent Campaign 1 -
Key Idea 2: Concise
• Campaign videos are limited to 60s
• Netizens generally have low attention span
• Concise yet effective -> reinforce brand image
20. 3. Campaign 1 Performance Measurement -
The change among pre/during/post campaign
Exposure
- Youtube
1. The no. of daily video views surges during the campaign.
2. Contrast to the rapid increase of total video views during the campaign, the total video
views of pre/post campaign are quite steady.
-> Most successful campaign over the years
21. 3. Campaign 1 Performance Measurement -
The change among pre/during/post campaign
Exposure
- Google Trend
No identifiable trend was found among pre/during/post campaign
Fluctuations between 76 to 100 in Jan-Mar 2015
22. 3. Recent Campaign 2 -
The Sounds of Travelling Well Campaign
• Start: July 24, 2017
• Focus on Malaysia
• Combine thousands of audio
(travel) moments into a song
• Youtube Video (/Website)
Results (Jan-Feb 15)
• Google Trend “Cathay Pacific”:
Fluctuations between 76 to 100
• Youtube Daily/Total Views:
Short-term – surge
Long-tern – return to steady growth
23. 3. Recent Campaign 2 -
Key Idea 1: Unique
Combine the sound of different places into 1 video
Artistic appeal: differentiate itself from other promotion video
Gimmick: favorable for word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Tokyo
24. 3. Recent Campaign 2 -
Key Idea 2: Reinforce its Slogan (Brand Image)
Theme of the video – The Sounds of Travelling Well
=> Slogan of Cathay Pacific – “Life Well Travelled”
Successful Example: Intel – “Intel inside”
25. 3. Campaign 2 Performance Measurement -
The change among pre/during/post campaign
Exposure
- Youtube
During campaign (late July)
1. Daily Video Views: surge from ~3.5K to ~330K
2. Total Video Views: slightly increase, returns to steady growth in August
26. 3. Campaign 2 Performance Measurement -
The change among pre/during/post campaign
Exposure
- Google Trend
No identifiable trend was found among pre/during/post campaign
Fluctuations between 60 to 74 in late July 2017
27. 3. Recommendation
Interact with Netizens
Reason: despite the large no. of Youtube views, the marketing campaign of Cathay Pacific
is not effective in terms of increasing the popularity of the brand (mile fluctuation in
Google Trend). Thus, a higher degree of engagement should be implemented in future
campaigns, in hopes of boosting customer loyalty towards the firm
How to: on top of posting practical information/ tourist attractions, mini-games (w/
rewards) can be conducted on Facebook/Instagram
O2O Events
• Reason: similar as above
• How to: organise offline marketing events (e.g. @Airports) that resonate with the theme in
the online videos – “life well travelled”
Collaborate with KOLs
• Reason: similar as above
• How to: invite KOLs with high reputation to be the center of the campaign - leveraging
their popularity and large fanbase, it is used as a mean to stir up a buzz among the general
public (Buzz Marketing)
61. 1.1. History & Key Facts
“All children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better
world.”
founded by the United Nations in 1946
Headquarters: New York, USA
non-governmental organization (NGO)
operating in 190 countries and territories
supported entirely by the voluntary contributions of governments, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), foundations, corporations and private individuals
64. 1.3. Key Performance Indicators
General:
1. Achievement of impact goals
2. Amount of per capita contributions
Further relevant KPIs (not depicted in this report):
# of contributors
# of contributions
Expenditure for program and development
effectiveness
Total funding
Online Marketing specific:
1. Revenue
2. Total visits on desktop & mobile web
3. Domain engagement rate – worldwide
78. Facebook
7,073,374 page likes
6,932,087 followers
high post frequency → up to 8 posts per day
Mix of images (18) & videos (11)
68.61% of website traffic generated by
Facebook (desktop only, last 3 months, primary
source)
Unicef Amnesty International
# page likes 7073374 1841028
# followers 6932087 1814279
Ø reactions 7348,23 2910,60
Ø comments 116,67 155,70
Ø shares 951,47 940,57
Ø engagement 0,12% 0,22%
30 most recent posts (start: 2017/11/15)
79. Instagram
2 million followers
2,896 posts
regular post frequency → around 1-2 posts
per day
Mix of images & videos (image/video = 2/1)
Unicef Amnesty International
# followers 2000000 113000
# posts 2896 396
Ø likes 30480,90 1557,33
Ø comments 215,30 23,57
Ø video views 92828,33 13213,55
Ø engagement 1,53% 1,40%
30 most recent posts (start: 2017/11/15)
80. Twitter
6,802,542 followers
35,617 tweets
high post frequency → up to 4 posts per day
mix of images, videos and links, seldom purely
text tweets
11.36% of website traffic generated by
Facebook (desktop, last 3 months, secondary
source)
Unicef Amnesty International
# followers 6802542 1047920
# tweets 35617 15329
Ø likes 1793,93 158,67
Ø comments 18,27 14,43
Ø retweets 704,20 150,27
Ø engagement 0,04% 0,03%
30 most recent posts (start: 2017/11/15)
82. Google+ Pinterest Tumblr
1,091,971 followers
Active account but little engagement
compared to other social media
channels
11,673 followers
17 boards
1,443 pins
Last post 10 month ago
83. 2.2. Sales
ONLINE
Due to the UNICEF‘s non-profit oriented business model no sales are generated, neither online nor
offline.
An exception is the online sales platform UNICEF Market in cooperation with NOVICA. Customers can
purchase inspired real life gifts, greeting cards, artisan jewelly/fashion/decoration items and branded
items.
“In addition to UNICEF Market customers getting great handcrafted products, part of the proceeds goes
to both the talented artisans and to help UNICEF save and protect children.”
Inspired gifts (e.g. Anti-Malaria drugs) can also be purchased via selected national UNICEF shop
websites (e.g., https://inspiredgifts.unicefusa.org/shop).
UNICEF greeting cards are also distributed via partner websites (e.g. minted.com).
84. 2.3. Recent Campaigns - Overview
1. Super Dad – #EarlyMomentsMatter
2. #ENDviolence x BTS
Note:
The majority of Unicef‘s campaigns run over a period of several months or years. As the daily coverage rate on many Unicef
channels is, however, fairly high manual tracking is impossible. Therefore, I decided to pick rather specific initiatives which are part
of a bigger campaign.
85. 1. Super Dad– #EarlyMomentsMatter
KeyObjectives:CommunityEngagement,Awareness
BACKGROUND:
The first 1,000 days of life can shape a child’s future. Children need
play, nutritious food and love to build healthy brains. For every child,
early moments matter - and, it’s on all of us to care for the little
ones in our lives. We have one chance to get it right!
CAMPAIGN IDEA:
• Spotlights fathers' critical role in children's early development
• Involvement of celebrities, such as Lewis Hamilton etc.
• Photo and video competition for Father‘s Day
• Time frame: 1-19 June 2017
• Task: Share photo/video via Instagram or Twitter with
#EarlyMomentsMatter
• Voting on campaign website
• Selection of 20 out of 50 most voted photos/videos
• Feature on UNICEF channels
86. Campaign Performance Measurement
Exposure (on Unicef channels)
Instagram: 6th – 30th June 2017
Twitter: 5th- 23rd June 2017
Facebook: 5th – 24th June 2017
YouTube:
# Posts # Likes # Comments # Retweets
71 27,380 490 10,661
# Posts # Likes # Comments
25 589,881 3,000
Campaign Website
# Posts # Likes # Comments # Shares
24 119,867 1,978 8,629
# Posts # Views # Likes # Dislikes
6 10,333 283 5 →No data on traffic available on
similarweb.com
87. Campaign Performance Measurement
Search
Time Range: 1 year (Dec.-Nov. 2017)
No specific movement regarding the Google
search behavior for the term „Unicef“: Term
Popularity Score of 64 out of peak 100 (Dec.
2016)
Engagement
The campaign is focused on community engagement motivating users to participate and share a personal photo or
video. The emotional engagement of participants is high as the posts reflects real-life moments and memories. The
high amount of uploads show the overall high engagement and success of the campaign.
→ Instagram: 5,621 posts of #earlymomentsmatter
88. 2. #ENDviolence x BTS (Launch)
KeyObjective:Awareness,Donations
Background:
#ENDviolence, launched in 2013, is a global initiative involving
governments, private sectors and non-governmental
organizations to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all
forms of violence and torture against children.
Campaign Idea:
2 year campaign with successful Korean pop band
pledge of 500 million KRW ($447,400) to the UNICEF
campaign and donation of 3% of the Love Yourself series’
physical album sales income & entire income from sales of
official goods related to the LOVE MYSELF campaign
connect with the youth, raise awareness to support UNICEF‘s
mission of #ENDviolence
91. Campaign Performance Measurement
Search: Google trends
Time Range: last 3 months
Strong impact of campaign start
on the Google search behavior
for the term „Unicef“: Term
Popularity Score of 85 on
November 1st out of peak 100
(=2nd highest peak within last
three month)
Bts in combination with Unicef is
market “Breakout“ referring to
topics that had a tremendous
increase.
Engagement
Instagram: 61,473 posts #btslovemyself
93. Less is more. During my research I realized that there is an overload of social media
channels, some of which are not even actively managed. For a more effective
online marketing, UNICEF should focus its effort to a view, relevant channels. Same
accounts for the posting frequency on some channels, e.g. Facebook. Excessive
posting might work against the objective of achieving high engagement levels.
Maintain current high level of creativity. The overall online activity shows that
UNICEF strongly invests in online marketing. This enables the organization‘s
constant endeavor to raise awareness for children‘s needs with a creative approach
day after day.
Improve Engagement. Even though the amount of followers is fairly high on the
most relevant accounts, the active engagement is still relatively low. Tactics to
improve engagement could be to include more questions, use more often the
followers‘ content or reduce the posting frequency.
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Company Introduction
Ready-to-assemble furniture retailer founded in 1943
1943 – Started off as a retailer of small items like pens, wallets, picture
frames, and watches at reduced-prices by purchasing from low-priced
sources
1948 – Furniture were added into the newsletter
1951– The first IKEA catalogue was published
1953 – The first showroom was opened in Ä lmhult (Sweden) to assure
customers of the quality
1956 – Designed furniture for self-assembly to save costs
1958 - The first IKEA store opened in Ä lmhult, the largest furniture
display in Scandinavia at that time
1960 – First IKEA restaurant was opened
1963 – First IKEA store out of Sweden opened in Oslo, Norway
1978 – IKEA arrived in Singapore
1997 – IKEA website was launched
Source: www.ikea.com
99. 33
Company Introduction
In Singapore, IKEA has 2 main business units:
Primarily as a furniture retailer
Product categories ranging from Bedroom, Kitchen, Living Room, to Balcony
IKEA Singapore launched online store in October 2017
IKEA Restaurant
Main Competitors in Singapore:
Courts Asia Ltd
Philips Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd
100. 44
Market Prospects
Market is matured
Home furnishings grew by 1% in current value terms, reaching
SGD2,199 million in 2016
Predicted to register a retail value CAGR of 1% at constant 2016 prices
over the forecast period, reaching SGD2,331 million in 2021
Competition expected to heat up over the forecast period
Industry remains highly fragmented
New foreign and local entrants, bespoke furniture makers and designer
brands are experiencing demand
Online furniture start-ups e.g. Castlery and HipVan have been enjoying robust
growth since opening in 2013, both reporting triple-digit growth rates year-on-
year
Light-emitting diode lamps (LED) was the fastest growing category
in 2016, at 11% in current value terms.
Source: Euromonitor – Home Furnishings in Singapore (Published May 2017)
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Performance – Focus on Home Furnishing
IKEA (managed by Ikano Pte Ltd ) perform significantly better than
their main competitors in Singapore, with SGD256.4 million retail sales
performance in 2016
This may be due to the fact that Courts and Philips are not pure home
furnishing business – They focuses on electronics as well
Source: Euromonitor – Home Furnishings in Singapore (Published May 2017)
*Philips Electronics does
not have a main focus on
home furnishing products.
It is on the list due to their
strength in LED lighting.
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Key Performance Indicator
IKEA’s leads the market with a value share of 11.7% in 2016
Next biggest player: Courts (3.1%), Phillips (2.0%), Novena (1.5%)
Home owners in Singapore are becoming more design-conscious and
selective regarding furniture pieces IKEA owes its leading position to
its affordable and well-designed furniture
Source: Euromonitor – Home Furnishings in Singapore (Published May 2017)
‘Others’ takes up 77.6% of
the share in 2016
Highly Fragmented
104. 88
Internet Marketing Activities
Communication
IKEA has separate social media pages & websites for each respective
markets (E.g. IKEA USA, IKEA Australia, IKEA Singapore)
These pages are linked to the global site to ensure integration
With these country sub-pages, it helps IKEA to customize localized messages
and campaigns that would meet the different needs of customers from
different countries
This analysis will focus on IKEA Singapore
105. 99
Internet Marketing Activities
Communication (Singapore Page)
App
Sales
www.ikea.com/sg/en/ - Launched in October 2017
Metrics IKEA Courts Novena
Facebook # of page like 238 913 210 355 9 169
YouTube # of subscribers 13 337 997 -
Instagram # of followers - 276 -
Twitter # of tweets
# of followers
- 3 665
2 367
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Metrics (Android) IKEA
IKEA Catalogue # of downloads (Worldwide)
Ratings
10 Million
3.7/5.0
IKEA Store # of downloads (Worldwide)
Ratings
5 Million
3.4/5.0
Data from Social Bakers as of 21 November 2017, Retrieved 21 November 2017
Data from Google Play Store as of 21 November 2017, Retrieved 21 November 2017
**Novena was chosen as comparison since their product lines
are more similar with IKEA as compared to Philips
**Courts and
Novena do not
have any
commercialized
mobile application
106. 1010
Internet Marketing Activities – Facebook
Main Postings
IKEA Courts Novena
Page Likes 238 913 210 355 9 169
Avg_Likes 436.9 87.9 20.8
Avg_Reactions 546.8 92.8 21.0
Avg_Comment 61.4 14.0 0.9
Avg_Shares 257.8 7.7 2.3
Reaction/Page Like 0.0687 0.0132 0.0688
Average is for 30 recent postings from 21 November
2017, Retrieved 21 November 2017
PromotionalNew ProductsContent
Marketing
Events/
Informational
107. 1111
Internet Marketing Activities – Facebook
Implications
Comparing with the other competitors, IKEA is the most active on
Facebook with the highest number of page likes
Reaction/Page like is significantly higher than Courts, but comparable
with Novena
One of the reason could be that Novena is leveraging on their staff to
generate Word-of-Mouth on Facebook
We see the same people commenting and sharing the posts
Since Novena has a significantly smaller fan base on Facebook, this action
can greatly affect their calculated data
108. 1212
Internet Marketing Activities – Youtube
Main Postings
IKEA Courts Novena
Subscribers 13 337 997 -
Total_Views 23 408 278 499 756 -
Views/Subscriber 1755.1 300.7 -
Date_Joined 18 March 2011 16 August 2011 -
Avg_Views 45 207.9 8445.0 -
Avg_Likes 99.1 5.9 -
Avg_Dislikes 65.6 2.9 -
Avg_Comments 8.7 0.1 -
Average is for 10 recent postings from 21 November
Retrieved 21 November 2017
Collections Campaigns Ads Content
Marketing
IKEA’s
Happenings
IKEA’s interactions mainly comes from the campaign videos as well as the introduction video of the online store.
Court’s posting frequency is low and inconsistent.
109. 1313
Internet Marketing Activities – Youtube
Implications
Comparing with the other competitors, IKEA is the most active on
Youtube with the highest number of subscribers
The industry’s presence on Youtube is relatively low as a whole with low
numbers of views and interactions
Video uploads are not often
Inconsistent posting cycles
Due to low sample size (n = 10 for each brand) and based on t-test
results, we cannot conclude that IKEA is doing better/worst than Courts
in terms of views, likes, dislikes, and comments
IKEA Singapore rarely create their own videos to be uploaded on
Youtube (excluding campaign videos)
Most of it are videos from IKEA Global
111. 1515
Internet Marketing Activities – Mobile App
Google Play Store iOS
App Name IKEA Catalogue IKEA Catalogue
Launch Date 30 November 2011 28 August 2010
Country Singapore Singapore
Ranking_Cat
119 (SG_Lifestyle)
28 (SG_Lifestyle)
676 (SG_Overall)
IKEA Catalogue
IKEA Catalogue 2018
Allow users to use the 3D
functions to test out how the
IKEA furniture would look in
their house
Data from App Annie as of 21 November 2017
Retrieved 21 November 2017
112. 1616
Internet Marketing Activities – Mobile App
Google Play Store iOS
App Name IKEA Store IKEA Store
Launch Date 13 April 2015 15 April 2015
Country Singapore Singapore
Ranking_Cat 22 (SG_Shopping)
354 (SG_Overall)
14 (SG_Shopping)
194 (SG_Overall)
IKEA Store
Plan shopping list
Get stock information
Locate products on the
shopping list in the store
Data from App Annie as of 21 November 2017
Retrieved 21 November 2017
113. 1717
Internet Marketing Activities – Mobile App
Implications
IKEA are adopting latest technology trends to improve their customer
service (e.g. 3D function of ’IKEA Catalogue’ App)
They manage to differentiate themselves from the main competitors by
being the only one that developed apps for their customers
Being a large global company, IKEA has the economies of scale advantage
by developing an app for the global audience and adapt the functions &
information to the respective market
Despite priding themselves on their iconic & traditional approach of
showrooms and hardcopy IKEA catalogue, IKEA remain alert to the
changing trends
They put in effort to integrate both approaches so as to create an improve
experience for their customers
114. 1818
Internet Marketing Activities – Website
IKEA Website
IKEA Courts Novena
Website ikea.com.sg courts.com.sg novena.com.sg
Country Rank (SG) #22 911 #936 #90 105
Unique_Visitors/Month 12 510 197 332 <5 000
Page_Views/Visit 4.37 4.95 5.65
Duration 1:28 3:52 2:53
Bounce_Rate 24.34% 39.37% 22.99%
Data from Similar Web
Retrieved 22 November 2017
E-Commerce Activities Customer Services About IKEA
115. 1919
Internet Marketing Activities – Website
Other Statistics
Data from Similar Web
Retrieved 22 November 2017
When looking at the data for the last 3 months (Aug – Oct 2017), most of the traffic to
IKEA’s Singapore website originates from IKEA’s global site referral (ikea.com) as well
as from organic search
Facebook dominates social traffic
116. 2020
Internet Marketing Activities – Website
Implications
All 3 companies provide e-commerce services on their website
IKEA perform the worst in terms:
Page Views per Visit
Average Duration of each Visit
Possible reasons:
IKEA Singapore does not do SEM
Lack of platform to direct traffic to their website
Online store was only launched less than a month ago
Traffic to website has yet to be built or stabilize
117. 2121
Sales – Online E-Commerce
IKEA Website
Products are introduced in the IKEA website based on themes (e.g. Back to
school), categories (e.g. Bed), rooms (e.g. Living Room)
Various filters can be applied according to preferences
Provides comprehensive details about each products (E.g. Materials,
assembly, price)
Customers can choose to purchase online or check its availability in the
offline stores
118. 2222
Sales – Online E-Commerce
Implications
IKEA Singapore is still in the early
stages of stabilizing their online store
offering
Many unsatisfied customers took it to
Facebook to complain about the poor
service related to the newly launched
online store
Facebook posts relating to the online
store are seeing ‘Angry’ reactions
2 ‘Angry’ reactions observed
IKEA needs to efficiently solve their
operational issues and improve internal
procedures to reduce obstruction to
their online marketing efforts
119. 2323
Sales – Offline Stores
IKEA Retail
2 main stores in Singapore – IKEA Alexandra & IKEA Tampines
Showrooms to display their products
120. 2424
Campaign 1: IKEA Human Catalogue
A campaign created by agency BBH to promote the launch of 2018 IKEA Catalogue to be
distributed in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand
They challenged Yanjaa Wintersoul, a Mongolian-born (Sweden-based) two-time memory
champion, to learn every single detail of the 2018 IKEA Catalogue (328 pages) in a week
Launch Date: 29 August 2017
Executed primarily on Facebook; videos are posted on Youtube as well
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Campaign 1: IKEA Human Catalogue
The idea: Putting her to a test on Facebook live on 6 September 2017
A series of teaser videos were released to showcase her unforgettable memory skills
Audiences were then encouraged to participate in the Facebook Live session by
submitting questions for her to answer
Audiences who managed to stump her memory with questions on the Catalogue stood
a chance to win a $40 IKEA gift card
Drew the attention from Yanjaa’s fans as well as
the interest from the public who were impressed
by her skills
The $40 gift card reward encouraged
participation and created hype for the launch of
the flagship 2018 IKEA Catalogue
Promotional posts on Facebook appeared to be
boosted to reach a wider audience due to its
exceptional high number of reactions &
interactions as compared to the reach of usual
postings
122. 2626
Campaign 1: IKEA Human Catalogue
Facebook
The Facebook Live lasted around 40 minutes.
Pre-Campaign Facebook Live Post-Campaign
Posts 2 1 3
Avg_Video Views 927 000 (1 Video) 43 000 140 000 (Avg of 2 Videos)
Avg_Reactions 4950 619 346.7
Avg_Comments 350 771 11.3
Avg_Shares 5785 165 125
Retrieved 22 November 2017
Response was the best during teaser period.
Limitations: Ad reach and reactions depends on the
budget spent on ad.
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Campaign 1: IKEA Human Catalogue
Youtube
Pre-Campaign Post-Campaign
Videos Posted 3 2
Avg_Video Views 33 832.3 3 789.5
Avg_Likes 123.7 57
Avg_Dislikes 19.3 9
Avg_Comments 10 2.5
Serves as a secondary
platform for IKEA to share the
campaign videos
Retrieved 22 November 2017
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Campaign 1: IKEA Human Catalogue
Search
Analysis done on Google Search since this is the primary search engine used in Singapore.
Results:
Minimal Impact as search for ’IKEA’ did not increase during the campaign period.
Yanjaa is relatively unknown in the Singapore market as seen from the lack of search volume.
Data from Google Trends, Retrieved 28 November 2017
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Campaign 1: IKEA Human Catalogue
Website
Results:
Campaigns did not drive a positive significant increase in website increase as well.
The engagement generated by this campaign may be limited to just their Facebook channel,
since people generally turn to social media platforms such as Facebook for efficient updates on
the catalogue instead of checking out the website.
No special postings nor notable
news on 16 August. This spike may
be due to other factors.
Data from Similar Web, Retrieved 28 November 2017
126. 3030
Campaign 2: POÄ NG Chair Pose Contest
A campaign created to celebrating POÄ NG armchair’s 40th anniversary
Audiences are challenged to create their own chair pose share it on IKEA’s post comment
section
Selected submissions would win an IKEA POÄ NG armchair
Launch Date: 27 September 2016 (End Date: 2 October 2016)
Executed solely on Facebook
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Campaign 2: POÄ NG Chair Pose Contest
Only 1 post was posted with 5 different photos
Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5
Likes 75 91 107 119 81
Comments 18 7 12 13 5
Share 1 1 1 2 0
Main Post
Reactions 1600
Comments 201
Share 541
Statistics of Main Posting:
All data retrieved on 28 November 2017
High interactions may be due
to post boosting by IKEA to
reach a greater audience
128. 3232
Campaign 2: POÄ NG Chair Pose Contest
People actively participated in the contest
IKEA replied to both winning an non-winning submissions. This increase interactions between
IKEA and their fans/customers.
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Campaign 2: POÄ NG Chair Pose Contest
Search
Analysis done on Google Search since this is the primary search engine used in Singapore.
Results:
Minimal Impact as search for ’IKEA’ did not increase during the campaign period.
Random normal fluctuation in search interest
Data from Google
Trends, Retrieved
28 November 2017
131. 3535
Recommendation 1
Instagram
IKEA Singapore can expand their presence to the
photo-based social media platform
Current: Instagram account for markets like USA, UK,
and Hong Kong
In 2016, 63% of Singaporeans are using Instagram
(TNS, 2016)
This can help to boost IKEA Singapore’s reach and
have a greater engagement
Allow them to visually promote their merchandise
and showrooms through online channels effectively
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Recommendation 2
Facebook
Currently, campaigns are not held regularly
Campaigns are not targeted towards driving long-term
sustainability
Posts are mostly lifestyle posts that looks like advertisement
Does not effectively grab attention of internet audience
Can afford to hold more mini giveaways that requires participants
to like the page and share the post
Maximize the reach potential of Facebook
Many customer complains are voiced out through the comment
section of IKEA SG’s posts. Some of them are not replied to
publicly
IKEA need to reply to every possible complain so as to improve their
customer service & image
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Recommendation 3
Website
IKEA Singapore should try to drive more traffic to
their website especially with the introduction of their
new online store
Possible SEM strategy
Online advertisement (E.g. Through Youtube, Banner
Ads, or Facebook) to spread awareness
Website may be too repetitive
For example, customer can browse for merchandises
online through 3 different sections:
’Products’, ‘Room’, and ’Ideas’ Section
Website’s UX/UI needs to be improved to maximize
clarity and accessibility
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Conclusion
IKEA is doing well in terms of digital marketing for a company that is heavily
reliant on and well-known for their offline channels (e.g. Showrooms, IKEA
Hard-Copy Catalogue) to promote their merchandises
While IKEA is currently a market leader in Singapore, online furniture start-ups
like Hipvan and Casterly are leveraging on the potential of internet to provide
affordable Scandinavian-designed furniture
These companies have been seeing triple digit year-on-year growth since 2013, and
may threaten IKEA’s online presence in the Singapore market
Thus, IKEA should improve and maximize engagement with customers through
online channels in order to maintain their advantageous position
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References
Data & Analytics
Facebook, Youtube – Social Bakers
Mobile App – App Annie, Google Play Store
Website – Similar Web
Search Data – Google Trends
Other References
Euromonitor – Home Furnishings in Singapore (Published May 2017)
Report Link: http://www.euromonitor.com/home-furnishings-in-singapore/report
Shout.sg
Article Link: http://shout.sg/5-ikea-alternatives-for-affordable-furniture-shopping/
TNS
Report Link: http://www.fccsingapore.com/fr/publications/snapchat-and-instagram-usag
e-singapore-soars-people-migrate-photo-sharing-platforms