Laughlin Rigby

Shortlist

Awarded for The Irish Times Theatre Awards in association with TileStyle

Awarded Silver for the campaign "The Irish Times - Small Island Big News" for marketing strategy behind the launch and rollout of The Irish Times digital subscription service. The IAPI ADFX Awards honour the most effective advertising campaigns in Ireland based on proven impact. The key criteria for an award win are a great strategic idea, an impactful creative execution and the measurable business effects that resulted. This year’s awards ceremony was held on 27 September at the RDS Concert… Show more

Awarded Silver for the campaign "The Irish Times - Small Island Big News" for marketing strategy behind the launch and rollout of The Irish Times digital subscription service. The IAPI ADFX Awards honour the most effective advertising campaigns in Ireland based on proven impact. The key criteria for an award win are a great strategic idea, an impactful creative execution and the measurable business effects that resulted. This year’s awards ceremony was held on 27 September at the RDS Concert Hall in Dublin. Show less

Received 2 awards for The 2016 General Election Advertising Campaign for The Irish Times.
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With the newspaper market in Ireland declining at a rate of -6%, it was imperative to invest in communications, specifically brand communications.

Business Objectives:
Halt decline of sales and readership.
Grow readership and revenue (in print and online).
Make The Irish Times a compelling choice for advertisers.

Communication Objective:
To position The Irish Times as a trusted… Show more

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With the newspaper market in Ireland declining at a rate of -6%, it was imperative to invest in communications, specifically brand communications.

Business Objectives:
Halt decline of sales and readership.
Grow readership and revenue (in print and online).
Make The Irish Times a compelling choice for advertisers.

Communication Objective:
To position The Irish Times as a trusted source of news, comment and analysis.
To retain existing readers and maximise their engagement.
These objectives had to be obtained through a creative campaign that cut through with the Irish market.

This award recognised how the 2015 campaign ‘You Are What You Read’ has significantly increased readership (JNRS) and marginally increased sales (ABC) in a declining market. The proposition has brought new life to The Irish Times’ brand.

- Average daily readership of The Irish Times is up +10% year on year.
- This is the second highest daily reach of all Irish daily titles.
- 159,000 consume The Irish Times content online on an average day (up 15%).
- The Irish Times is also proud to have 40,000 loyal readers who pay online subscriptions.

The campaign achieved all of the objectives set out at the start of the process, and is continuing to grow readership and sales and improve perceptions of the brand and the product. Show less

The Australian Tourism Awards are the tourism industry’s peak Awards – recognising and promoting excellence in tourism. First established by the Federal Government in 1985, the Australian Tourism Awards are now owned and managed by Australian Tourism Awards Inc, on behalf of the tourism industry. A wide and diverse range of tourism businesses enter their state and territory Tourism Awards. Over 200 reach the prestigious status of becoming a national finalist.

The "Australia’s Nature Coast" campaign won the Queensland Tourism Award for best Destination Marketing, reflecting the success of the innovative marketing project in attracting European and other international visitors to the Sunshine and Fraser Coasts.

The power of the Australia’s Nature Coast (ANC) marketing strategy saw record growth in European visitation to region, with the Great Beach Drive – launched earlier this year – attracting significant international and domestic interest… Show more

The "Australia’s Nature Coast" campaign won the Queensland Tourism Award for best Destination Marketing, reflecting the success of the innovative marketing project in attracting European and other international visitors to the Sunshine and Fraser Coasts.

The power of the Australia’s Nature Coast (ANC) marketing strategy saw record growth in European visitation to region, with the Great Beach Drive – launched earlier this year – attracting significant international and domestic interest as well.

In the most recent 2015 International Visitor Survey (IVS), the Sunshine Coast recorded 10.6% increase in overseas arrivals to June 2015, fuelled largely by growth in the UK (up 23.7%) and Germany (30.6%) – the two markets where ANC is most heavily promoted. Show less

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In 2013 the Irish Government undertook it’s largest ever tourism initiative after a colossal 23% drop in tourism. The initiative was called, The Gathering. A movement that asked 4M Irish people to reach out to the 70M Irish global diaspora, inviting loved ones home to celebrate Ireland in 2013. The communications challenge was to go from zero awareness to a full blown social movement at a time when people had no… Show more

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In 2013 the Irish Government undertook it’s largest ever tourism initiative after a colossal 23% drop in tourism. The initiative was called, The Gathering. A movement that asked 4M Irish people to reach out to the 70M Irish global diaspora, inviting loved ones home to celebrate Ireland in 2013. The communications challenge was to go from zero awareness to a full blown social movement at a time when people had no belief in the Irish government and the economy was bankrupt. This required creating a shift in five different levels: behavioural, cultural, financial, trust and investment. We created a simple idea called “Be part of it”; and by building a new brand using predominantly social and content media we engaged 35% of the population exceeding targets of €168 Million by 19%.
The Gathering took home two golds, best new learning and the Grand Prix at the 2014 awards. Show less

An innovative digital strategy highlighted specific reasons to visit, matched suitable events to the passions of target consumers, and drove engagement with these events to achieve conversion.

The Best in Travel and Tourism category recognises excellence in the use of digital media within the travel and tourism industry covering everything from tourism initiatives to providing travel services and information which includes purchasing tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, holiday packages and other travel services.

The Grand Prix award is presented to the most highly acclaimed project that receives the overall highest mark across all 27 categories.

This category recognises a project which has had a positive affect upon the nation as a whole, enhancing the environment, cultural or social activities, transport links or the economic stability or growth of the local and national communities who use it.

Finalist in 3 other categories including Best Use of Social, Best Integrated Digital, Best Website