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See how a global telecoms brand used Electric Twin to find their winning campaign headline

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Key results

10x

more campaign headlines tested, with no additional budget

Seconds

to customer feedback, instead of weeks

1 winning headline

tested across all their customers

Beyond the survey

combined qualitative and quantitative methods in a single session

What they did

Tested three campaign headlines across their customers in a single live session

Found “Instant diagnostics” was the standout headline, while “Broadband you can count on” fell flat

Combined qualitative and quantitative tools to pinpoint a DIY customer segment to target in their campaign

The problem

A telecoms brand wanted to know which campaign headline to run for a new home-broadband product launch.

The original slogan “Broadband you can count on” tested fine with all three major customer segments but stood out with none

The team suspected a sharper, narrower message would convert better, but needed evidence of which new message would perform best

They had a small window to pivot before campaign season began, and needed evidence faster than a traditional survey would allow

“Survey results delivered a minute too late are worthless. We need answers at decision-making speed”

Chris Courtney-Smith, Director of Data Operations at The Times

Business Insights Lead, global telecoms brand

The solution

01

Message testing use case

Measuring reactions to campaign headlines

The marketing team ran three different campaign headlines across their customers.

The campaign headlines

  • “Broadband you can count on”

  • “Instant diagnostics”

  • “Easy home setup”

Findings

  • Best performing: “Instant diagnostics”

  • Neutral performing: “Easy home setup”

  • Worst performing: “Broadband you can count on”

02

Audience discovery use case

Finding out why customers reacted

The team identified one particular customer segment where the headline really performed. They took them into a separate focus group to find out why.

The winning segment

DIY self-fixer customers: value do-it-yourself setups, easy-to-follow instructions and online diagnostics support

Findings

  • “Instant diagnostics” stood out to this segment because the original message, “Broadband you can count on”, didn’t appeal to their values

  • “Instant diagnostics” was a more appealing message: the DIY customer segment felt that it matched their willingness to diagnose and fix issues themselves

The impact

10x

more campaign headlines tested, with no additional survey spend

Seconds

to real customer feedback

1 winning campaign headline

tested across all their customers, with one leading segment

Beyond the survey

combined qualitative and quantitative survey approaches in a single session

What happened next

The global telecoms brand has expanded Electric Twin across several internal teams, using synthetic audiences to test commercial, product and financial use cases:



  • Image and video testing for new marketing campaigns

  • Initial concept testing to see what products will land

  • Pricing and retention questions to test how much customers are willing to pay

At a glance

Industry

Telecoms

Location

Global

Teams

Marketing

Used for

Message testing, audience discovery

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A 20-minute live walkthrough, watch it answer your questions live

Chris Courtney-Smith

Director of Data Operations, The Times

“We went from rationing research to running it on demand. The same team, ten times the output - and we could prove it matched our real audience”

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