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WOW - Women
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Making a Superhero: A new digital hub transforms the way a beloved sports entertainment brand engages its fans.

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A SUPERHERO UNIVERSE...RE-IMAGINED

WOW - Women of Wrestling is a beloved sports entertainment brand known for live events and TV deals: fans love the all-female troupe for their high flying acts as well as the campy villains and heroines they portray. The only program of its kind, WOW came to us looking for new ways to engage fans: the changing media landscape meant fans were looking for more ways to engage with their favorite wrestlers in a digital space.

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THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT MUST BE CONVERSATIONAL

Looking at WOW’s online presence as a whole, we realized we needed not only to revamp WOWE.com, but to come up with a strategy that would leverage WOWE’s existing social media to create an integrated digital ecosystem. What if we could transform WOWE.com into more than a website, we asked? What if we could transform it into the hub of a much larger social network? What if we could turn WOWE.com into the center of a Superhero Universe, a place where wrestling fans engage with their favorite wrestlers anytime and anywhere?

"T1M played a critical role in helping us transform our brand and launch a digital ecosystem that is truly in tune with our enthusiastic fan base and their love of strong, confident female athletes."

Jeanie Buss, Owner, WOW - Women of Wrestling

SUPERHEROES ARE BOX OFFICE DRAWS FOR A REASON

Through market research, stakeholder interviews, and most importantly, fan interviews and surveys, we discovered fans identified with WOW!’s owner, Jeanie Buss, as well the league’s cast of Superheroes—real women who inspired fans to be themselves, be strong and win. Wrestling fans were looking not only for entertaining matches, but for characters they could connect with and root for.

The world’s most beloved Superheroes are role models people idolize and feel connected to and we wanted no less for the Women of WOW! The new digital platform would be a way to promote each wrestler’s unique character, so that she could be known, loved and an inspiration to her fans.

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To do this, we interviewed each Superhero individually to learn why she fights, the things that are important to her and the role models she holds dear. From here, we created profile pages that dove deeper into who each wrestler was as an individual. Video footage, which could be streamed from the site, gave fans the thrill of being able to watch an entire season of matches and the super-human athleticism of the women they trek to live events to see. Behind-the-scenes stories and BuzzFeed-style “listicles” took fans “beyond the ring” to see how the heroes interacted with the community in their off hours.

WOWE.com was designed not only to be a destination where fans could stream hours of matches and exclusive bonus materials, but as a hub where fans could be led to interact with each Superhero through her own personalized social accounts. A record-breaking 57 individual social accounts across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook were created to drive conversations across the entire WOW! digital ecosystem.

We not only turned WOWE.com into a destination where fans could stream hours of matches and exclusive bonus materials, we also made it into a hub where fans could learn about each superhero and interact with her through her own personalized Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts. We created a record-breaking 57 individual social accounts across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to encourage conversations across the new WOW’s digital ecosystem.

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THE BATTLE ROYAL HAS BEGUN!

The new WOWE.com is a digital hub that echoes the thrill and excitement of WOW’s inspiring adrenaline-soaked live events. Fans can engage with their favorite wrestlers year-round, building anticipation before they go to see a live match or after they’ve returned, reliving the death-defying moments they’ve seen in the ring

WOW’s new and improved digital ecosystem was launched March 1, 2016 with new Season 2 episodes and content dropping weekly. At one month post-launch, WOWE.com had acquired almost 10,000 viewers and over 20,000 fans within the social ecosystem with $0 paid media spent.


Digital Brand Strategy, Content Strategy, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Web Development, Content Management System(CMS) Development

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