Scoring Inside and Outside The Box:
World Cup Insights in Search Marketing

Sam Zindel, Data Strategist
Sam Fenton-Elstone, Head of Media
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- Search insights from SA 2010
- Audience Insight
- Marketing in The Moments

- The Road to Rio

Image: Chungkong Art

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Search Insights

T
r
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5
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Tickets
Travel

Content

Generic

Teams

Info
Players

Merchandise
Data Source: Google Trends/Adwords
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Search Insights - Players

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Search Insights - Merchandise
SEARCH TRENDS - INFORMATION

Flags - 1.5m (92%)

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Image: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Search Insights - Information
Facts/
History
8%
Odds/Betting
13%

Fixtures/Schedule
51%
Teams/Groups
28%

Data Source: Google Trends/Adwords
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Which of
these had
the most
searches?

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Images: motownsports.com/travelseelove.com/dailymail.co.uk

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Search Insights – News/Viral

Data Source: Google Trends/Adwords

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Search Insights – News/Viral

Data Source: Google Trends/Adwords

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Search Insights – News/Viral

Data Source: Google Trends/Adwords

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Which of
these had
the most
searches?

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V

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Images: motownsports.com/dailymail.co.uk

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Audience insight
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Audience
Insight
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Search gives you unique, real time insight into your
audience

Keyword/
User Intent

Message
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Understanding real time customer ‘intent’

Keyword
Targeting

+

Intent
Signal

=

Audience Access

INSIGHT
DATA
TECHNOLOGY

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Right message, time and price
Tailor the strategy to your specific audience segment

MESSAGE, BID, DEST 1
MESSAGE, BID, DEST 2
MESSAGE, BID, DEST 3
MESSAGE, BID, DEST 4
…

live england games

Audience Segments

Keyword

Message
The Pitch has changed

Audience insight

The Pitch Has Changed…
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The Lines Redrawn.

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But you can still interpret the intent and

Your Website
Your extended playing surface
A unified approach will deliver better ROI
England Fan
Up weight
Investment, Alter
messaging &
Destination

Football
Widow
Expand KWs,
alter message,
up-weight
investment

Pub Goer

Wales Fan

Up weight
Investment, Alter
messaging & Drive
through to
mobile
destination

Remove
Advertising as they
will never qualify
drive through
Natural
Search

Your extended playing surface
Marketing in the Moments

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Key Moments

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Key Moments

Sun 27th June
England lose
to Germany

Sun 11th July
World Cup
Final
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The Road to Rio – Who’s on Board?

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The Teams…

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The Fans…

…Which
audience
will win our
attention?
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United States
Japan
Brazil
Russia
Germany
Nigeria
France
England
Mexico
South Korea
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Colombia
Iran
Australia
Netherlands
Chile
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Greece
Algeria
Ecuador
Ghana
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Honduras
Cameroon
Ivory Coast

Data Source: Google Trends/Adwords
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United States
Japan
Brazil
Russia
Germany
Nigeria
France
England
Mexico
South Korea
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Colombia
Iran
Australia
Netherlands
Chile
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Greece
Algeria
Ecuador
Ghana
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Honduras
Cameroon
Ivory Coast

Population

Population Power-houses:
1 – United States 314m
2 – Brazil
200m
3 – Nigeria
170m

Data Source: Wikipedia
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United States
Japan
Brazil
Russia
Germany
Nigeria
France
England
Mexico
South Korea
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Colombia
Iran
Australia
Netherlands
Chile
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Greece
Algeria
Ecuador
Ghana
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Honduras
Cameroon
Ivory Coast

Population
Internet Users

Internet Users:
1 – United States
2 – Japan
3 – Brazil

255m
101m
99m

Data Source: Wikipedia
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United States
Japan
Brazil
Russia
Germany
Nigeria
France
England
Mexico
South Korea
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Colombia
Iran
Australia
Netherlands
Chile
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Greece
Algeria
Ecuador
Ghana
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Honduras
Cameroon
Ivory Coast

Population
Internet Users
World Cup 2014
Search Interest

World Cup Search Demand:
1 – United States 2.6m
2 – France
1.9m
3 – England
1.7m
(average monthly searches)

Data Source: Wikipedia/Google AdWords*
* Based on sample keyword set of 600 terms

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United States
Japan
Brazil
Russia
Germany
Nigeria
France
England
Mexico
South Korea
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Colombia
Iran
Australia
Netherlands
Chile
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Greece
Algeria
Ecuador
Ghana
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Honduras
Cameroon
Ivory Coast

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

Avg Monthly Searches

World Cup 2014
Search Interest

Other Key Search Markets:
4 – Germany
0.9m
5 – Brazil
0.7m
6 – Italy
0.7m
7 – Spain
0.6m
8 - Mexico
0.6m
(average monthly searches)
Data Source: Google AdWords*
* Based on sample keyword set of 600 terms

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Can England Win?

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Internet Use Penetration:
1 – Netherlands
93%
2 – England
87%
3 – Switzerland
85%

Smartphone Penetration:
1 – Australia
65%
2 – England
62%
3 – United States 56%

World Cup Search:
1 – Ivory Coast
4.4%
2 – England
3.7%
3 – France
3.4%

Facebook Penetration:
1 – Ecuador
93%
2 – Chile
92%
3 – Uruguay
90%
Data Source: Wikipedia/Google Insights/Google AdWords

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England’s Facebook Penetration?

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’66%
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A Final Word –
Why We All Love The World Cup

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Introducing…
The “caxirola maraca”
Official instrument of the 2014
World Cup
45 decibels quieter
1/30,000th of sound energy

Image: caxirolamaraca.com

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Thanks for listening
sam.zindel@icrossing.co.uk
sam.fentonelstone@icrossing.co.uk
@samzZin
@sjfe
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Scoring Inside and Outside The Box: World Cup Insights in Search Marketing