ECO-IMAGINATION

TitleECO-IMAGINATION
BrandGE
Product / ServiceINDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CategoryB01. Corporate Information
EntrantOMD CHINA Beijing, CHINA
Entrant Company:OMD CHINA Beijing, CHINA
Media Agency:OMD CHINA Beijing, CHINA

Credits

Credits

Name Company Position
Karen Ho OMD Digital Planning Director
Luna Ling OMD Senior Planning Executive
Maypeng Chong OMD General Manager
Antakusuma Stella OMD Assoc. Director/Strategic Planning

Results and Effectiveness

A panel study conducted by client showed: • 90% felt positive towards GE. It is innovative, high-tech, dynamic and offer products that improves quality of life. Dynamic Logic registered higher brand favorability in the “exposed” vs “control” group: • +5.6% in Aided Brand Awareness. • +7.6% in linking GE to “eco-imagination” message • +6.4% in “Environmentally friendly” aspects. Media results were well beyond client expectations. • 66% completed-views of video banners (double of industry standard). 75million total complete views. Industry gives their nod of approval: • Received the GOLD honour in Digital ROI 2009 awards.

Creative Execution

• Characters Wang and Bang were created as the mouthpieces of GE’s eco-imagination platform, telling the story of GE’s contribution to the environment in a series of light hearted, humorous mini-sodes that were published across the digital landscape. • Riding on the boom of online video sites, 6 Wang Bang minisodes were launched on all major portals and online video sites. These minisodes created the ultimate GE brand experience, highlighting the company’s initiatives and technologies. • Beyond the desk, Wang and Bang were taken into the OOH environment with taxi media in SH and BJ. • The duo was also brought to the pockets of our consumers through mobile marketing; GE even pioneered the first mobile flash ad in China. • Wang and Bang also made friends and cultivated GE’s green and eco-friendly movements on Social Networking sites, inviting users into the world where GE’s imagination is truly at work.

Insights, Strategy and the Idea

Objectives: • GE has contributed extensively to environmental preservation, the company has high awareness, but the company is not understood by a wide audience due to lack of a shopfront. • Ge was a faceless corporation, the challenge was to make it more personable and understood, giving eco-imagination a meaning in China. Insights & Strategy: • The environmental agenda is becoming more relevant to China, but the younger audiences are not aware of GE’s eco-imagination credentials. • These young adults are masters of digital media. They need interesting content in order to be engaged. • A typical corporate campaign is not going to attract them, especially when placed against other youth targeted brands and more compelling content. • Emerging digital trends paved the way of our distribution recommendation – video is the most popular digital format and formed the spearhead of the approach.