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NHS Missing Type

Campaign · 2015 · Niche

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Missing letters in familiar names helped a campaign register 30,620 blood donors.

Downing Street sign with its O removed for Missing Type. 2015 campaign activation photograph republished in a retrospective.
NHS Blood and Transplant / Engine · 2015 campaign activation photograph republished in a retrospective

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How it works
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Numbers

Donor registrations
30.6K
England & North Wales · Jun 5–14, 2015 · Self-reported · NHS Blood and Transplant
Seed to milestone
2 days
Jun 3 ’15 to Jun 5 ’15
Platforms
2
Started on Open web
Origin
Seeded
Health & fitness

Mechanics

  • Mystery & lorePrimary
  • Platform jump

How it spread

Trace the origin

NHS Blood and Transplant and Engine recruited partners to remove blood-group letters from familiar names. A staged reveal, press coverage and social participation directed people to registration; the NHS reported 30,620 sign-ups over ten days.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

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Timeline (9)

  1. June 2015

    Campaign organizer seed · Jun 3 ’15

    Partner signs lost A, B and O during a two-day teaser, with images seeded on social channels.[1]

  2. Campaign magazine / Engine platform jump · Jun 4 ’15

    Campaign changed its masthead during the teaser to reach brand decision makers, according to Engine.[1]

  3. Campaign organizer owner response · Jun 5 ’15

    NHS Blood and Transplant revealed the blood-donor recruitment campaign.[1]

Origin
Seeded
Sector
Health & fitness
Region
GB
Donor registrations
30.6K
England & North Wales · Jun 5–14, 2015 · Self-reported · NHS Blood and Transplant
Evidence
Grade C

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  1. June 2015

    Campaign organizer seed · Jun 3 ’15

    Partner signs lost A, B and O during a two-day teaser, with images seeded on social channels.[1]

  2. Campaign magazine / Engine platform jump · Jun 4 ’15

    Campaign changed its masthead during the teaser to reach brand decision makers, according to Engine.[1]

  3. Campaign organizer owner response · Jun 5 ’15

    NHS Blood and Transplant revealed the blood-donor recruitment campaign.[1]

  1. milestone · Jun 5 ’15

  2. platform jump · Jun 8 ’15

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