CIBC kicks off campaign from new creative partners (Score 44)

Sales lead: Reach out now to offer ad space. 

  • CIBC is promoting its free global money transfer service with a new campaign.
  • The hero spot has 6-, 15-, 30-, 45-, and 60-second versions. 
  • The push will be supported across TV, digital, social, radio, and OOH. 
  • The company worked with Courage & Oliver, its new creative partners, which we told you about last year

Target demographic: Millennials & Gen-Xers

The company will likely:

  • Continue ramping ad spend back up
  • Make additional agency changes
  • Try new marketing channels

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD Spend: CIBC spent about $95.2k on digital display ads YTD, an 89% increase from $50.7k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 10.7m impressions via Facebook (42%), desktop display (26%), YouTube (19%), Instagram (11%), and mobile display (2%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend dropped by 53% from $374k in 2021 to $176k in 2022.
  • Ad location: It placed 99% of these ads directly onto sites such as facebook.com, youtube.com, instagram.com, crainscleveland.com, and chicagobusiness.com. It placed 1% of these ads indirectly through Amazon DSP onto amazon.com. 

Additional channel insights  

  • Vivvix: CIBC also invests in OOH, print, radio, and local broadcast. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: CIBC picked up Oliver and Courage last year, so reach out to see if it is looking for any more help.
  • Current roster:

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics; additional channel insights estimated by Vivvix.