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The Grand Plan Establish Aviva as the World most trusted financial services provider FORWARD THINKING
Audience sphere of influence End User Consumers IFAs/Brokers & Confident Investors Intl. Business  Influencers   Opinion is driven by the core ‘influencers’
Diverse but united by key factor Recognition Seeking Objective Highly competitive Egocentric Great  Networkers Financial  Influencers Knowledge is power. Sharing knowledge is the ultimate power.
Communications platform Putting Aviva at the heart of  the information exchange  Aviva as a knowledge platform  GAIN TO SHARE. SHARE TO GAIN
Three tiered communication Knowledge sourcing Knowledge imparting When Time Travel hubs Where Source Business  portals How Platform Content
From vision to reality
Television: Strategy & Process  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
CNBC: co-branded online banners Sent 1,902 visitors to Aviva.com
EXTRAS: 7x Print Teasers - 3x FT + 4x WSJE; 1 x European Business full page ad WEF merchandise & branding;EBLA merchandise & branding 2400 x DVDs production, Online banners, Documentaries 30 minutes airings x 2 @ ‘ Extras’ value estimated  at £200k
Brand and Advertising Awareness increases as of March 1st Source : Viewertrack March 06 Questions : Which of these brands have you heard of before? Please indicate which of the following brands you have seen advertised recently on television? Brand awareness +17% Advertising awareness +78%
Some impressive brand value shifts Thinking specifically about Aviva, how strongly do you agree with the following statements? Source : Viewertrack March 06 % of viewers who agree
Press & Digital
Press: Strategy & Process  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Wall Street Journal ,[object Object]
 
 
Robert J. White Award-winning  Professor of neurosurgery, CASE Western University Ray Kurzweil, Multiple-award winning Pioneer of  Artificial Intelligence Christopher Willis Best selling author and  Professor of Biology,  University of California  at Berkeley James Halperin Bestselling  Science Fiction author Some featured  experts
Wall Street Journal ,[object Object]
Financial Times ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
FT magazine 12 th  November
FT magazine 10 th  December
Digital
Knowledge platform:  ‘creating content’
WSJ microsite home page
WSJ article page
WSJ: online poll & discussion page
FT.com Microsite
FT.com opinion posting page
Economist – Microsite homepage
Economist: article
Microsites: visitor numbers PDA 36,804 23,109 39,646 8,961 108,520 people spent  on average 1 ½ minutes with Aviva
Online Mechanics  ,[object Object],[object Object]
WSJ: in situ
WSJ:  permanent text link on home page
On-line research findings
Brand Awareness There was a significant uplift for all metrics tested
Brand Perception Increases in brand attributes +3.8 11% ...is imaginative +6.8* 10% ...is forward thinking +7.3* 11% ...is involved in people and peoples' lives +7.2* 8% ...is optimistic +5.8* 10% ...is trustworthy +3.1 9% ...is concerned for the common good  Ctrl Overall Respondents Brand Attributes Statistically significant increase between control and exposed group at a 90% confidence level No significant impact at the 90% confidence level
Brand Awareness vs Industry Below Average Average Above Average Excellent Aided Brand Awareness Online Advertising  Awareness Message Association Brand Favourability Highest brand favourability score  ever  in insurance category
Looking to the future ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
No limit to how far this can go Publishing Broadcasting Aviva starts producing  Its own magazine ‘ Forward Thinking’ lives  beyond media owners Ultimate  branded content Route to specific product  messages/plans etc Expand vignettes  into programmes Extended series Reach a wider audience Sell as content to  other channels Experience Creation of  ‘ Forward Thinking  Foundation’ Grass roots thinking University competition? Nurturing talent Intellectual ‘ Lottery commission’

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Aviva

  • 1.  
  • 2. The Grand Plan Establish Aviva as the World most trusted financial services provider FORWARD THINKING
  • 3. Audience sphere of influence End User Consumers IFAs/Brokers & Confident Investors Intl. Business Influencers Opinion is driven by the core ‘influencers’
  • 4. Diverse but united by key factor Recognition Seeking Objective Highly competitive Egocentric Great Networkers Financial Influencers Knowledge is power. Sharing knowledge is the ultimate power.
  • 5. Communications platform Putting Aviva at the heart of the information exchange Aviva as a knowledge platform GAIN TO SHARE. SHARE TO GAIN
  • 6. Three tiered communication Knowledge sourcing Knowledge imparting When Time Travel hubs Where Source Business portals How Platform Content
  • 7. From vision to reality
  • 8.
  • 9.  
  • 10. CNBC: co-branded online banners Sent 1,902 visitors to Aviva.com
  • 11. EXTRAS: 7x Print Teasers - 3x FT + 4x WSJE; 1 x European Business full page ad WEF merchandise & branding;EBLA merchandise & branding 2400 x DVDs production, Online banners, Documentaries 30 minutes airings x 2 @ ‘ Extras’ value estimated at £200k
  • 12. Brand and Advertising Awareness increases as of March 1st Source : Viewertrack March 06 Questions : Which of these brands have you heard of before? Please indicate which of the following brands you have seen advertised recently on television? Brand awareness +17% Advertising awareness +78%
  • 13. Some impressive brand value shifts Thinking specifically about Aviva, how strongly do you agree with the following statements? Source : Viewertrack March 06 % of viewers who agree
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.  
  • 18.  
  • 19. Robert J. White Award-winning Professor of neurosurgery, CASE Western University Ray Kurzweil, Multiple-award winning Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence Christopher Willis Best selling author and Professor of Biology, University of California at Berkeley James Halperin Bestselling Science Fiction author Some featured experts
  • 20.
  • 21.
  • 22. FT magazine 12 th November
  • 23. FT magazine 10 th December
  • 25. Knowledge platform: ‘creating content’
  • 28. WSJ: online poll & discussion page
  • 33. Microsites: visitor numbers PDA 36,804 23,109 39,646 8,961 108,520 people spent on average 1 ½ minutes with Aviva
  • 34.
  • 36. WSJ: permanent text link on home page
  • 38. Brand Awareness There was a significant uplift for all metrics tested
  • 39. Brand Perception Increases in brand attributes +3.8 11% ...is imaginative +6.8* 10% ...is forward thinking +7.3* 11% ...is involved in people and peoples' lives +7.2* 8% ...is optimistic +5.8* 10% ...is trustworthy +3.1 9% ...is concerned for the common good  Ctrl Overall Respondents Brand Attributes Statistically significant increase between control and exposed group at a 90% confidence level No significant impact at the 90% confidence level
  • 40. Brand Awareness vs Industry Below Average Average Above Average Excellent Aided Brand Awareness Online Advertising Awareness Message Association Brand Favourability Highest brand favourability score ever in insurance category
  • 41.
  • 42. No limit to how far this can go Publishing Broadcasting Aviva starts producing Its own magazine ‘ Forward Thinking’ lives beyond media owners Ultimate branded content Route to specific product messages/plans etc Expand vignettes into programmes Extended series Reach a wider audience Sell as content to other channels Experience Creation of ‘ Forward Thinking Foundation’ Grass roots thinking University competition? Nurturing talent Intellectual ‘ Lottery commission’

Editor's Notes

  1. Build understanding – vast trawl of desk research EMS, MBV, EBRS etc - drawn on considerable experience of this audience (Barclays International, UBS, Delta Airlines, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, BT) Worldly, well informed knowledge junkies Insatiable appetite for info Underpin status as mavens in both business & social context