by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 16, 2017

Despite the abundance of data, marketers still struggle with identifying similar types of interests that consumers with emotional and lighthearted preferences have.

To guide advertising media buys from television to search, Experian Marketing Services analysts looked at about 10 of the more talked-about commercials that ran during the 2017 Super Bowl and categorized them as either emotional or lighthearted. The team leveraged the company’s Social Media Analysis tool to dig a bit deeper into the core demographics and social behaviors of the consumers who engaged with these brands.

To analyze responses, Experian took Experian IDs and linked them to Twitter IDs, which allowed Experian to look at responses from real people, said Mindy Pankoke, data product manager at Experian Marketing Service.

The ads with more emotional appeal were Airbnb, Audi, Budweiser, Coke, and Lumber 84, whereas the more humorous advertisements came from Bai, Buick, Kia, Mr. Clean and T-Mobile. The size of the audience that was more attracted to emotional ads — about 3 million — during the one-month period analyzed was three times the size of the audience attracted to humorous brands.

Audi led with about 127,000 Twitter followers during the month. Airbnb came in second, but had the most gain, with 39,000 after the Super Bowl, up from 800 following their brand handle in August 2016. This audience also followed automotive companies Mercedes and BMW. The group also was more likely to use #travel and other sites that promoted romantic getaways.

More than 52% of the consumers who interacted with these brands on social media were women, and nearly 28% fell between the ages of 26 and 35. These consumers were 15% more likely to be single than the average social media user and were also 1.91 times more likely to reside in Washington D.C.

Some 54% of social media users who engaged with the brands tied to the lighthearted commercials were men. These consumers were also 26% more likely to be single than the average social media user and 1.55 times more likely to live in Washington State.

The types of social media handles these consumers were more likely to follow included restaurants such as Subway and McDonald’s; food, such as Coca-Cola; and sports associations and networks such as the NFL and WWE. Technology influencers also rated high with this group. Those who preferred humorous ads also followed Ford and Chevy in terms of automobile brands.

The hashtag these consumers were more likely to talk about was #sweepstakes, while they were more likely to mention @shawnmendes than the average social media user.

MediaPost.com: Search Marketing Daily

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