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FIFA World Cup 2018 on Twitter



FIFA negotiated a special deal with Twitter to promote sponsor-related content during the World Cup 2018 in Russia.



Challenge

FIFA negotiated a special deal with Twitter to promote sponsor-related content during the World Cup 2018 in Russia. Eventually, they decided to focus on the Budweiser Man of the Match voting.

Solution

Httpool worked on a solution with FIFA to promote sponsored- related content through Twitter during the Russia World Cup.

To do so, they created high-budget campaigns, running only in the participating countries during a short period of time, from the half-time break until the final whistle of every game, to create a big buzz aiming to motivate users to vote for their Man-of-the-match.

Results

20M

Impressions during the WC 2018


55K

Link clicks


6,20

Average CPM (throughout all markets)


Key to Success

  1. 1

    TWITTER AS A LIVE PLATFORM

    As Twitter is the No. 1 live platform and many people were expected to tweet about the happenings on the pitch, FIFA chose Twitter as their communication channel to generate high awareness for the Man of the Match selection during the games.

  2. 2

    MOST RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE

    Thousands of impressions were earned during the most valuable time, when the audience was most receptive.

  3. 3

    VOTES

    The number of votes (which was taking place on the FIFA website) increased massively.

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