SEGMENT campaign in Utrecht:parents of new primary school pupils
SEGmented Marketing for ENergy efficient Transport
Parents survey Utrecht 2010(response: 30%)
• Over all: car use already low
• 1 direct target segment: Active car owners
• Two indirect target segments
Why Active Car Owners (ACO)?
• there's not much to gain with the practical peddlers (other big segment
• ACO: still 12% car use for school• Car use for school makes parents feel guilty• they intend to reduce car use• high car use in general• Good behaviour of ACO influences dissatisfied
drivers and image-consious intenders
Tender process:Pitch for marketing agencies
Three agencies have pitched their ideas
What to do if the pitch winning agency demands twice as much money?
Give them less then 5 days to make a new campaign design within the budget!
Our campaign agency:
• Most creative Excellent city knowledge• Smart use of all our SEGMENT labour
Campaign purpose
1800 new pupils (age 4) in ½ year400 Parent couples are Active Car OwnersAims:> 95% of the active car owners walk or cycles to school in the first 2 weeks (+ 7 %)< reduce car use home to school< reduce car use home to work+ encourage parents who do the right thing
Starting points for this segment
Don'ts•Patronizing , pointing a finger•use a general key message to promote the means of sustainable transportDo's:•encourage good behaviour.•provide alternatives ('we tell, you choose')•connect to needs, to what really moves them
Key message
• cycling and walking is fun, practical and healthy.“Lekker lopen Fijn fietsen”
• 4 is the magic number– At 4th birthday, children go to primary school– 4 times walking or cycling
Campaign means
Campaign means
Campaign means
http://www.lekkerlopenfijnfietsen.nl
Campaign means
• Press event: the winning child receives the bike (16 May)
• 3 On line newsletters
A letter a website a price and a game.... Do we need a marketing agency for THAT?Maybe, maybe not. The difference is that there's a solid story behind each step.
First results
• 600 parents received a mailing in the first shift (child turned 4 between march 1st – april 27th)
• After one week– 18 % (109) out of 600 visited the website– 11 % (66) filled out the form completely– 10 % (65) wrote a voluntary (!) trip review
Trip review quotes
My daughter is proud as a peacock to drive her own bike.The bike is by far the most practical solution for us. Besides
that it provides fresh air for our son before he joins his classmates.
I like being at the back of the bike. Sometimes I see a police car. And I see the blooming daffodils on the square!We cycle, even when it rains. Then we take our carrier tricycle.
Tirza's classmates think we don't have a car. Let them think!Traffic lights seem to be red for ever. Could you adjust them in favour of cyclists?
Lessons learnt so far
• when 88% is cycling, it's hard to reach 100 %!• Segmented campaign messages seem to work– But we don’t know yet whether our selected
segment has responded or another segment…
• Focus on awareness and good behaviour works– 'you might not know, but your travel behaviour is a
blessing for our city!’
• Cycle shops are very willing to contribute
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