At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Manzanilla Sophia halted their
sampling and physical presence plans in different cities across Mexico, so the
challenge was to keep being relevant for its consumers, minimizing the impact of the
pandemic on both its sales and brand value. To achieve this, we found behavior
patterns in the people practicing social isolation during the first few weeks of
quarantine, which revealed their need for distraction and entertainment at home.
That way, we understood that the brand could help people in two ways: the first one
was offering the chance to generate an income during this time for people who
otherwise couldn’t by letting them share their skills and services with the Manzanilla
Sophia community.
The second one was generating free and relevant on-demand
content for their consumers, to help them feel closer to a reality previous to the
pandemic.
To that end, we invited more than 20 experts in different fields relevant to the
followers of the brand to create videos with interesting content (based on data) for
people isolated at home thanks to the pandemic. We spread adequate content
through the correct channels and closed upon the social media where our targets
could connect and interact with these experts and the brand as a whole.
The campaign, named “Tu Tiempo en Casa” (Your Time at Home) reached more
than 6.4 million people, gathering 218 thousand interactions with social media posts,
and obtained 10 publications in different national newspapers, which shared the
story of how Manzanilla Sophia helped its fans to better navigate the quarantine
mandates.