How an ovarian cancer nonprofit used audience targeting to reach 1 in 6 women in the UK

The Challenge

OCA embarked on a UK campaign aimed at raising awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms, strategically timed to coincide with World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day on May 8th.

Given the unique nature of OCA's audience, the organization sought assurance in their campaign design to maximize its impact on the UK population and ultimately save lives.

With the #FollowedByCancer campaign, OCA aimed to target a specific audience of 7,500 individuals who either had a personal connection to ovarian cancer or possessed the ability to amplify the message.

The Solution

Recognizing that a groundbreaking idea alone wouldn't suffice for the campaign to go viral, OCA understood the importance of deliberate audience selection. Thus, they enlisted the help of Audiense. OCA's strategy involved creating four distinct Twitter accounts, each representing a different symptom of ovarian cancer, and following 7,500 individuals—a number corresponding to the annual diagnosis rate of ovarian cancer in British women. Leveraging Audiense, OCA delved into their data to gain valuable insights about their followers and executed the following steps to maximize the campaign's impact with the use of Audiense.

• Creating a customized audience
• Identifying relevant influencers
• Monitoring interactions to ensure the campaign was flying under the radar
• Tracking interactions across all five Twitter accounts