GROHE is a globally recognised brand, best known for their thoughtfully engineered shower systems. But they needed a way to emphasise how much of a difference upgrading a shower system could make in someone’s daily routine.

Just like so many good ideas that hit you in the shower, GROHE realised the synergy between their shower system products and audio content.

Showers can wake you up in the morning or help you relax when you need to unwind after a long day—just like music and podcasts can enhance your mood or daily activity. Armed with this insight, they decided to use audio ads to connect with their audience listening on Spotify.

This was GROHE’s first foray into digital audio advertising and audio storytelling, but certainly not the last.

The company returned to Spotify to run a series of always-on, self-serve campaigns with various objectives and messages throughout the last year.

Audio turned out to be the right creative avenue for GROHE—it allowed them to focus on their audience’s emotions and pain points after being stuck at home throughout the lockdowns. They tapped into Spotify Ad Studio’s free creative tools and voiceover services to portray their audience’s needs and product solutions with the right tone of voice and upbeat background music.

The campaign made a splash with GROHE’s target audience, delivering 1.3 million impressions and a CTR of 0.53% (well over the Spotify benchmark of 0.06%).