The Toughest Talk, Revitalising & transforming AIB'S Sponsorship of GAA through the power of social video by Mark Brennan - AIB. At the OMiG Digital Summit 2016.
4. How do we become the #1 GAA
Sponsorship in 1 year?
The Key Question
5. The Objectives
Elevate the status
of the AIB Club
Championships to
Tier 1
Elevation
Achieve the
highest level of
awareness
amongst all GAA
sponsors
Awareness
Triple
engagement
levels among our
target audience
Engagement
Deliver highest
attendance for 5
years at the Club
Championship
Finals
Attendance
TIER
ONE
FANS
6. Tough Challenges
The majority of teams exit early
Engage GAA fans with an ongoing, relevant conversation…
Get fans to Croke Park on a cold, wet Paddy’s Day
…as a bank
7. Our Strategy had to change
Build the appeal for the competition beyond just the
club, by raising its status & perceived importance.
From:
“I love my club”
To
“I love this competition”
10. How did we engage with GAA fans?
Re-establish sponsorship
Be the #1 Digital & Social
Content Creator
Revitalise the meaning
of community
Target core GAA fans
Balance the everyday with the
spectacular
Act like a challenger brand
Always on conversation
11. Delivering world class content
A stream of content which backed up the positioning
with compelling, engaging evidence
Fit for purpose Break with convention
A content strategy which balanced everyday
conversation with the spectacular
Editorial Meetings Agile Budgets
What would happen if you traded two Irish amateur athletes from GAA sports for players from the Premiership and Major League Baseball – the two most professional, competitive leagues in the world?
Introducing #TheToughestTrade, a one hour TV special that saw two GAA players hit the big time, while two successful professional athletes took their place on the local team and in their day job.
Access to exclusive content during the airing of the documentary was the most successful aspect of this campaign. Throughout the airing on March 12th we had a team of 6 managing the moderation of the conversation and the seeding of exclusive content. In this edit we released a longer exclusive edit of what we deemed would be one of the moments of the documentary. By seeding this right as it happened we spiked conversation with 24,000 engagements with the content and over 70,000 views across Facebook and Twitter