“It’s More Fun in the Philippines” promo landed third among the world’s best marketing campaigns, according to the Warc 100, a global annual ranking of marketing campaigns based on performance, effectiveness and strategy.
Warc announced the rankings in the inaugural Warc 100 recognising the 100 smartest marketing campaigns of the past year.
In giving its ranking, Warc 100 specifically took note of the Department of Tourism (DOT)’s "It’s More Fun in the Philippines" marketing campaign’s tremendous success despite minimal budget allocation.
Warc 100 noted that “how a low-budget strategy tackled an image problem that prevented potential tourists from visiting the Philippines.”
The It’s More Fun campaign was launched in 2012 by the DOT with BBDO Guerrero, one of the country’s most awarded advertising firms.
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Warc 100’s ranking is mainly focused on marketing that makes a difference, driving business performance or changing consumer behavior.
It also considers if the marketing campaign was able to become a benchmark for commercial creativity, allowing brands and agencies to compare their performance with their peers.
Also, it takes into account if the marketing campaign was able to showcase the world’s smartest strategies, and the people and organizations behind them.
The rankings are compiled based on the winners of 75 effectiveness and strategy awards from around the world.
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Aside from the It’s More Fun in the Philippines campaign, at the top of this year’s Warc 100 rankings is an Egyptian campaign for Vodafone.
The number two spot was taken by “Small Business Saturday,” a US campaign for American Express by Digitas and Crispin Porter & Bogusky.
Fourth is “Thank You, Mom,” a US campaign for Procter & Gamble by Wieden + Kennedy, while fifth place went to “Overstay Checkout” for Art Series Hotels in Australia by Naked Communications.
The Warc 100 is designed to be a benchmark for commercial creativity. It assigned points based on the awards won (for example, gold, silver or bronze), then weighed those points based on the competition’s rigor and prestige in the global industry.
The Warc 100 has been developed to reflect the growing importance of strategic thinking and measurement rigor in marketing. It will showcase the best work from around the world, and will help raise awareness of the leading cases.
“The growing number of effectiveness and strategy awards around the world shows how important it is to prove marketing can make a difference,” Warc CEO Louise Ainsworth said in a statement.
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The rankings were topped by 'Vodafone Fakka', a campaign from JWT Cairo. The case study describes a campaign in Egypt by Vodafone, the mobile telecommunications company, to promote micro credit recharge cards in a way that built on local culture.
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