Interac awarded several times for Sound Shopping campaign ensuring Canadian’s are moving their money mindfully.
Encouraging intentional spending with Sound Shopping
Music has the power to move us physically and emotionally, and when you think about how you spend money, music probably isn’t top of mind. Research shows that it can change how we shop, from how long we stay in a store or restaurant to how much we do or don’t buy.
At Interac, we’re fascinated in understanding the connection of music and spending and decided to develop new tools Canadian’s can use to encourage intentional spending at a time where financial anxiety is heightened. With over 15 million earned impressions and a 98 per cent increase in shopper satisfaction, Sound Shopping caught Canadians attention too.
Interac awarded for Sound Shopping campaign
This year was an award-winning year for our Sound Shopping campaign which enabled Canadians to shop mindfully and intentionally. We were recognized for our work behind this campaign across several awards including innovation, engagement, and research.
Media Innovation Awards
Successful nominees in all categories for the 2023 Media Innovation Awards are judged on clever, impactful, innovative use of the medium. Interac was awarded gold in two categories at the ceremony.
Best in Audio Platforms
Interac won gold in the Best in Audio Platforms category for the Sound Shopping track as it was a relevant and compelling use of audio to reach a target audience and achieve our brand goals, which is ensuring that Canadians stay in charge of their money and get the most out of life with Interac.
Best in Finance and Services
The stakes are high in this category, with the goal of establishing and maintaining long-term relationships. This category seeks organizations that cleverly reach new consumers or engage with existing consumers using insights, situational, and targeting intel to achieve a goal. Judged for innovation and clever use of media within this vertical, Interac utilized the Sound Shopping track uniquely aligned to our brand, products and services. We ensured that Canadians were equipped with a tool that encourages intentional spending. Interac won gold in this category as well.
Canadian Marketing Association Awards
CMA awards are judged based on how a strategy was manifested into a creative look and feel, the inspiration, consumer insights that shaped the campaigns direction, and the uniqueness around the approach.
Financial Services – Innovative Media Award & Engagement Award
The goal of this category is to develop a problem around the retention or acquisition of consumers, building a database, order generation, customer service, traffic building and lead generation. The Sound Shopping track was built around relationships with our consumers and their relationship with spending. Interac took home silver in the Innovative Media category and bronze in the Engagement category.
Strategy Awards
Strategy Awards recognize the role of planning by celebrating the best marketing and advertising strategy work in Canada. The winners are judged by how the solved specific problems, recognizing the strategy shifts that positioned the brand in a new light.
Research Mastery Award
In this category, campaigns are judged based off of the research methodologies used behind the campaign and what new insights made the company look at things differently with a focus on strategican planning, execution excellence, and delivering results. With a strategy that opened the door to a unique, ownable new direction for the brand, Interac won silver in this category.
