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Case Study:

Making Mecca Bingo
Famous on Facebook

and having fun with bingo-mad Facebook fans
  • How we began
  • Bingo Lingo
  • Everyone's a Spinner

MECCA BINGO HAVE CREATED A BRAND BASED AROUND FUN. OUR TASK WAS TO TRANSLATE THAT FUN ONLINE.

With over 100 clubs and 6 million members Mecca Bingo are one of the largest Bingo operators in the UK. As a much loved and inherently social game, we knew that the key to attracting fans online lay in producing entertaining ideas.

Our Strategy:

That's entertainment

By putting fun at the heart of the strategy we’ve successfully grown the fanbase with a number of campaigns. A key focus of the content strategy has also been to recognise the importance of the local clubs in the community through the promotion and upkeep of individual club pages.

“AS AN INHERENTLY SOCIAL GAME, WE KNEW THAT EVERYTHING WE DID HAD TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ENTERTAIN THEM.”
Key Takeouts:
  • 264% Increase

    in Facebook likes
  • £20 Revenue Realised

    for every pound spent
  • 5 Million People

    reached on Facebook
Project:

Bingo Lingo

crowd-sourcing 21st Century bingo calls

Bingo Lingo

Mecca Bingo asked us to launch a campaign that would engage with their core audience as part of the brand's 50th birthday celebrations.

We all know the old bingo calls (two little ducks 22), but what if we could crowd-source an entirely updated set? We built Bingo Lingo, a Facebook app that lets users upload their own video versions (think Jimmy Choo, number 2) and be in with a chance of winning great prizes - including being selected as the official Bingo Caller for MeccaBingo.com

Key Outcomes:
“SO MANY PEOPLE REGISTERED WITH MECCABINGO.COM THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN THAT A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF 20:1 WAS REALISED AGAINST THE PROJECT COSTS”
Great Results:
  • ROI

    20:1 ROI

    based on lifetime value of new users
See the work:
Key metrics:
  • 15,500 Likes

    in only four weeks
  • 900

    900 New registrations

    on MeccaBingo.com
Tracking and analysis with juicer:
“WE PROVIDED MECCA WITH NOT ONLY RICH METRICS, BUT A CRUCIAL LAYER OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.”
Project:

Everyone's a spinner

bridging the gap between online and TV

Everyone's a spinner

Mecca Bingo needed us to bring their 'Everyone's a Winner' TV campaign alive online whilst at the same time growing likes and increasing campaign awareness.

We knew that Mecca's audience really valued real-time feedback and interaction, so we set about building an instant-win Facebook Application, 'Everyone's a Spinner'.

See the App in action:

Users could spin the Mecca wheel and instantly win iPads, Laptops TVs and shopping vouchers, all within the brand page. Building this within Facebook allowed us to tap into Facebook Connect technology to provide a quick and easy way for fans to take part.

The campaign was a huge success, and the best part? We did it all without placing a single Facebook ad.

See the work:
Key facts:
  • 20K

    Over 20,000 Entries

    in only two weeks
  • No facebook ads purchased

    for the entire lifespan of the campaign
Key information:
“By using frictionless sharing technology within Facebook, we ensured that the campaign reached people without the need for media spend.”
Jump to client:
  • Chevrolet
  • Polar
  • Bullring Birmingham
  • Hammerson
  • Birmingham Metropolitan College
  • Mecca Bingo
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