BURY THE PAST

TitleBURY THE PAST
BrandGABRIELA
Product / ServiceCAMPAIGN AGAINST SEX SCANDAL VIDEOS
CategoryA09. Best Use of Social Media Marketing
EntrantDDB DM9JAYMESYFU Makati City, THE PHILIPPINES
Entrant Company:DDB DM9JAYMESYFU Makati City, THE PHILIPPINES
Advertising Agency:DDB DM9JAYMESYFU Makati City, THE PHILIPPINES

Credits

Name Company Position
Merlee Jayme DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Chief Creative Officer
Eugene Demata DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Executive Creative Direcor
Aste Gutierrez DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Associate Creative Director/Copywriter
Biboy Royong DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Art Director
Buboy Paguio DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Associate Creative Director For Digital
Gabbie Santiago DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Account Director
Natalla Dionisio DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Intern
Criselda Jane DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Intern
Rhalyn Maske DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Intern
Jed Perez DDB Dm9jaymesyfu Intern
Carlo Perlas Temple Of Doom Producer
Jeffrey San Juan Tower Of Doom Editor

Results and Effectiveness

Scandal video hosts were buried as deep as 30 pages in search results across Facebook, Yahoo!, and Google. In addition to the free media earned via PR, the ingenius use of Facebook names as a medium generated free impressions worth more than $1,200,000. Helping thousands of scandal victims move one step closer to finally burying the past.

Creative Execution

We knew this began with stopping their videos from being easily dug up. So we created the Gabriela ‘Bury the Past’ project. An integrated campaign that got thousands to add to their last name on Facebook the one word common to every scandal video search—“Scandal”. In tandem with further Search Engine Optimization, this would bury scandal video sites deep in search results, making them that much harder to find for sex scandal video searches.

Insights, Strategy and the Idea

The Philippines is number one in the world in sex scandal video searches, with 300,000 a month on Google, Yahoo!, and now, alarmingly, Facebook. These lead to the million-plus local sex scandal videos online, most featuring girls now living in shame due to the predominantly Catholic society. Gabriela, one of the world’s foremost advocates of women’s rights, wanted to help these victims start anew.