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SAME YOU. SERIOUS UPGRADE.

Some things just don’t need changing. In the case of SD Worx, this was their people, their value and the trust they’ve built over 80 years of delivering payroll.

What they did need to upgrade was the way people saw them. Like moving from a flute solo to a full band, it was time to level up.

“Same You. Serious Upgrade.” was built around a simple truth. Transformation doesn’t have to mean becoming someone else.

For SAP customers looking to modernise without losing what made them successful in the first place, it means a better version of what already works. And boy did that message land.

1.6M+

impressions

900K+

video views

14K+

clicks

7

figure pipeline revenue
(and growing!)

the brief

SD Worx came to us with a request. Create an awareness campaign that would stop busy decision-makers in their tracks, introduce a compelling story around business transformation, and drive audiences towards a deeper understanding of the solution.

More than simply getting the attention, the task at hand was to earn a deeper level of understanding from our audience.

Business transformation is a crowded conversation. We needed to cut through the noise with creative that felt human, memorable and relevant before leading audiences to the more solution-focused messaging.

THE GOOD ROAD TO SUCCESS

01

Audience Insight

Understanding what businesses feared losing during transformation.

02

Campaign Platform

"Same You. Serious Upgrade."

03

Stop-the-Scroll Creative

Short-form content designed to capture attention immediately.

04

Long-Form Storytelling

Deeper videos that explained the challenge, the opportunity and the solution.

05

Paid Media Deployment

We supported the strategic distribution to maximise reach and engagement.

06

Organic Activation

Supporting content that reinforced the campaign narrative across channels.

07

Performance Optimisation

Refining creative and targeting based on audience engagement throughout the campaign.

This campaign proved all the doubters wrong. B2B audiences DO still respond to great storytelling.

The campaign’s authentic feel came from the people behind it. Instead of actors, we put SD Worx employees front and centre, showcasing real personalities, energy and collaborative culture that customers experience every day.

Their genuine relationships, both with each other and with clients, brought the “Same You. Serious Upgrade.” message to life, proving that while the technology is evolving, it’s the people who continue to set SD Worx apart.

Our creative platform resonated strongly across both paid and organic channels, generating meaningful engagement from audiences every step of the way and delivering killer pipeline revenue for the sales-folk to go and close.

The two-tier video strategy become our campaign’s biggest strength. Short, attention-grabbing films disrupted feeds and created awareness, while longer-form content provided the depth needed to educate audiences and communicate the value of the solution. Together, they created a seamless journey from piqueing curiosity to demanding attention.

Longer form video significantly exceeded expectations, driving exceptional view volumes across sustained audience engagement.

And we got great kudos from our new friends at SAP. They praised the creative approach and the confidence in the messaging. This reinforced our belief that bold, audience-first marketing has a place in enterprise technology.