A Polish media company is touting an interesting use of triggered content from AI-driven audience analytics that boosted foot traffic and social media engagement for a special event at a Warsaw mall.
By triggering targeted content only when pedestrians outside the mall were waiting for a crossing signal at a specific intersection, and when motorists were stopped at a nearby intersection, a campaign for an exhibition with full-sized superheroes at the mall saw foot traffic increase by 12% and spurred hundreds of social media posts, like selfies.
The campaign was run on a big transparent mesh LED wall that faces the nearby roadway for both walkers and drivers. It was put together by Screen Network – the biggest digital out-of home company in Poland, with more than 20,000 screens and 1,000 locations.
The technical side – the object and people detection, as well as the triggering – was done by the company’s innovations unit, Think DOOH. The pattern detection thing – picking up motor vehicles and pedestrians in defined areas – sounds futuristic, but is readily available tech these days.
The company has also done some novel content triggering based on external data or sensors:
- Raising discounts on a Burger King milkshake promotion as daytime temperatures soared;
- Running a promotion for a first responders-focused TV show when an audio sensor detected a siren in the area (yes, sensors can do that … there also ones for gunshots).
Lots to like about this approach, though it is one thing to schedule and execute these on a single screen than on a scaled network.