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Overview

Hologic® is an innovative medical technology company primarily focused on improving women’s health and well-being through early detection and treatment. They provide healthcare professionals with groundbreaking diagnostic tools, allowing them to make life-affirming and, in many cases, life-saving decisions. 

Helen + Gertrude partnered with the organization to raise awareness of the disparities Black women face for mammography screening. We aimed to highlight breast cancer risks and statistics specific to Black women and encourage an increase in the number of mammograms in areas of low compliance by empowering women with the information they need to take action, such as a facility finder that sends them their closest 3D locations

Award-Winning

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Problem

While the incidence of breast cancer is higher for white women,1 the breast cancer death rate is 40% higher in Black women versus White women.2 This jarring fact is what pushed our Power of Sure campaign with Hologic® Genius® 3D Mammography™. To focus our attention on supporting solutions that address the systemic racism and unconscious bias that prevent Black women in the U.S. from receiving the high-quality and culturally competent health care they deserve.

The Strategy

This campaign demanded more than strong visuals—it required authenticity, empathy, and cultural awareness. We hired Chelsea Odufu, a Black female artist and video director, to lead production and ensure representation behind the camera matched the diversity of the stories in front of it.

We focused our narrative on women whose lives had been directly impacted by breast cancer, which required an extensive casting process. Through live interviews filmed in New York City, we captured raw reflections from real women in a setting that felt grounded and powerful. 

Our team led the production strategy, shaping the message, tone, and brand aesthetics. By blending creative direction with media strategy, we ensured the final deliverables resonated with the intended audience and aligned seamlessly with campaign goals. We partnered with freelancers and creative collaborators to bring the vision to life,  always keeping the emotional clarity and strength of the stories at the forefront.

The Power of Sure social ads were originally tested prior to the National launch in a small-scale campaign in order to collect learnings to use for larger-scale optimizations. After adjusting our plan, we were able to decrease our cost per email submission by more than 50%. Both copy and visuals were thoughtfully created from consumer survey results and creative pre-testing to reach the demographic. The tone and delivery were warm and confident and included first-person storytelling grounded in facts, avoiding scare tactics, as found most impactful to our target audience.

We used a geographic-based campaign to maximize reach in areas with historically low compliance per census data and high machine capacity per proprietary data. Meta was used as the primary tactic, amplified by programmatic display and video with behavioral and contextual targeting. Utilizing larger, broader audience targeting allowed for easy scaling, accounting for 39% of spend and 52% of all impressions delivered. The campaign also included hyper-targeted, niche audiences such as website retargeting, which were extremely engaged, with CTRs 2.3x higher than any other target.

The Results

The campaign had 6.4 million total impressions across all campaign platforms within 2 months.

Creative saw extremely high engagements, with Programmatic Video resulting in a 69% View Through Rate, significantly higher than the 15% benchmark. Almost 20k website sessions were driven to the website through Meta and programmatic ads in 2 months. Of the website sessions generated from Meta ads, around 1 in 5 sessions lead to a facility finder submission.
+22.9 Pts

Standard Ad Recall

From the study, the standard ad recall was + 22.9 Pts, whereas the vertical norm is only +5.9 Pts and Regional Norm: +8.1 Pts. (288% above the vertical norm)

+8.0 Pts

Brand Awareness

The standard brand awareness was +8.0 Pts, significantly higher than the vertical norm of +2.1 Pts and regional norm of +4.3 Pts (280% above the vertical norm)

99.9%

Lift Probability

The Facebook Conversion Lift study also confirmed the effectiveness of the campaign with a 99.9% Lift Probability with this campaign. (According to Facebook, typical results are closer to 20%.).

Credits
References
  1. CDC, Breast Cancer Rates Among Black Women and White Women
  2. Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Black Women and Breast Cancer: Why Disparities Persist and How to End Them

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Women's Health