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Using actual audience reactions to build your ad campaign

How testing your creative assets, rather than choosing based on opinions, can successfully shape your show’s advertising

John Boudierd (Credit: Courtesy of the Pekoe Group)

Every campaign begins with your team’s opinions. Which key art is strongest? Which trailer best represents the show? Which message will convince someone to buy a ticket? These conversations are an important part of the creative process, but today, they no longer have to be the final word.

Digital marketing gives us something we’ve never had before: the ability to understand what audiences actually respond to. Instead of relying solely on internal preferences, we can observe real behavior and let those insights shape our creative decisions. Sometimes the results confirm our instincts. Often, they surprise us.

One example comes from Pekoe Group’s campaign for “Masquerade,” where we tested an authentic content creator’s reaction alongside a produced video featuring scenes from the show.

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