A group of five popular gaming influencers,’De Bankzitters’, sit in a studio. The big blue button in the middle controls the outcome of the show and the items discussed in it. Product Awareness was sparked by actively implementing Prime Video’s series and movies in the challenges that would come up by pushing the button.  The format is tailor-made around content that matches the influencers, while at the same time creating a platform which promotes relevant Prime Video exclusives. In total eight episodes were produced, and currently a new season is being published.

Watch time and community building were our main focus. That’s why our in-house creatives came up with the creative concept of ‘De Knop’. Starring ‘De Bankzitters’, a perfect match with target audience of Prime Video’s channel. This combined with the speed and style of the format plus the creative meme-based editing activated the right brand image Prime Video was aiming for.

To generate social impact, the audience was activated by asking them to give suggestions to the soundboard as well as with giveaways and active community management.

We then amplified the organic reach with a pull-strategy, consisting of True-View Discovery Ads or ‘In-feed Ads’. This way, Prime Video offers the right audience the branded entertainment they didn’t know they needed.

team5pm thought of ways to transform the existing series into a branded Prime Video production. They came up with recipes that had a connection to significant Prime Video movie/series classics. For example, the famous influencer Roelie recreated the famous chili of “The Office” character Kevin, a true classic for every “Office” fan. Another successful video from the series is about none other than farm legend and renowned racing fan Jeremy Clarkson. Thus, an excerpt from the series “Clarkson’s farm” served as the inspiration for the recipe of a traditional lamb rack, made by Raoul and well-known YouTuber Robbie. This link between the well-known film catalog and the popular format proved to be the secret recipe for achieving our ultimate goal: to entertain the Prime Video community for hours with distinctive Prime Video formats.

We started by looking into the data and discovered that people who are interested in Rico Verhoeven also had an interest in Soufiane Touzani. And since Touzani is a leading Dutch talent in street soccer, this was a great fit. So that’s why we chose this influencer to let people (18-44 year old sport fans and more) know that the docu series of Rico was a must-see.

Our main task was divided in 3 sub-goals:

Awareness: to establish the show with a creative that drives anticipation and intrigue, setting the show up as a must-watch for the Dutch audience.

Perception: to position RICO DREAM BIG as a series with a meaningful story, about the life of Rico. Not only about his punching and kicking.

Brand Linkage: to make a name for Prime Video as the home of high-quality Dutch productions and talent.

So no ads or little mentions about the Rico series in his own content. Instead, the Rico storyline would start on Touzani’s own channel (the first episode) and would end on Prime Video’s YouTube channel (the second video).

An uncommon set-up? Indeed. But for us, it was the perfect plan to make sure that the enormous fan base of Touzani is not only aware (awareness) that the series is live, but also migrate these fans from the Touzani TV channel to the Prime Video channel.

Next up was the creative strategy. Starting with a strong insight. We looked at the data again to see which sports content is/was popular on YouTube. The Mark Wahlberg Challenge appeared. In this challenge it was up to the creator to try to live as Mark Wahlberg for a day or a week. The actor has a bizarre daily schedule: full of sport activities.

Our strategy was to create the Dutch variant, with Rico. This way we could show the world how tough it is to become and be Rico Verhoeven. This was the ‘more meaningful angle’ we were looking for (perception).

We used both Touzani’s channel and the Prime Video channel to migrate the huge following to the Prime Video YouTube channel. This type of build up is a first in The Netherlands. The unique construction of telling a story on two different channels (creator and brand) worked perfectly for us and the goals we wanted to achieve. We amplified our organic reach with a YouTube Advertising pull-strategy.

For targeting, we like to ‘audience list’ the channel of the creators we collaborate with. Again, we saw that a lot of people who have an interest in Rico Verhoeven also like Soufiane Touzani. By audience listing Touzani TV we gave ourselves the opportunity to reach the perfect audience. This double-stimulated the viewers to navigate from the first video to the second one.

However, it was on the back burner. Team5pm’s team of creative YouTube strategists thought of ways to transform the existing series into a branded Prime Video production. They came up with recipes that had a connection to significant Prime Video movie/series classics. For example, the famous influencer Roelie recreated the famous chili of “The Office” character Kevin, a true classic for every “Office” fan. Another successful video from the series is about none other than farm legend and renowned racing fan Jeremy Clarkson. Thus, an excerpt from the series “Clarkson’s farm” served as the inspiration for the recipe of a traditional lamb rack, made by Raoul and well-known YouTuber Robbie. This link between the well-known film catalog and the popular format proved to be the secret recipe for achieving our ultimate goal: to entertain the Prime Video community for hours with distinctive Prime Video formats.

Even though the existing series on Raoul’s YouTube channel was on the back burner, the series seemed a real match for the Prime Video audience. What did we do? We transformed the series and breathed new life into it. With a Prime Video twist: the well-known cooking of recipes was now linked to the Prime Video film and series catalog. Where brand integration is normally hidden by a shout-out or product placement, Prime Video does it differently. The perfect match of the influencer Roelie and the sincere enthusiasm of the guest influencers for the Prime Video film catalog, ensured that the brand came to the forefront as a true hero. The organic reach was then amplified by YouTube in-feed Discovery Ads with smart targeting. In this way, people who hadn’t yet watched the video of Roelie could see it.