ASB has released the concluding content around their sponsorship of the Auckland Marathon – and their Run Down Your Rate competition that gave 10 lucky runners the chance to win their marathon time as a two-year fixed home loan interest rate.
Helped along with the extra incentive of a low home loan rate, all of the winners ran faster than the average ASB Auckland Marathon time, with six out of 10 runners smashing their goal times. Three runners achieved rates of less than 3% with the lowest (2.42%) run by Katie Kemp, winner of the women’s marathon.
Saatchi & Saatchi joint ECD Corey Chalmers reflected on Run Down Your Rate and the agency’s growing body of hard-working sponsorship activations with ASB over the past year and a half: “Getting people to run for a lower rate is fun, relevant, entertaining and with the amount of money to be saved with each improved step, genuinely motivating.
“Run Down Your Rate is just one more way that we’ve worked hard to make sure ASB has enduring, meaningful relevance in the real world for the past 18 months,” Chalmers said. “It could just be logos and ticker tape, but we’ve really focused on driving genuine relevance into every sponsorship ASB does.”
Joint ECD Guy Roberts said: “Sponsorships are often easily dismissed – pay the money, chuck the logo on it.
“Together with ASB, we’ve found it an incredibly potent way to authentically grow the brand, by embracing it and challenging ourselves to give fans a reason to walk away thinking ‘this is a brand that really gets it’ – which is exactly what Venus Williams said last year, unprompted, after the ASB Classic final.
“What’s also great is when an entire business gets behind a sponsorship – not many companies would actually change their name to announce a sponsorship with the All Blacks. We were definitely lucky with the letters, but ASB still had the courage to embrace it!
“We’ve happily moved on from just doing the big brand TV pieces – it’s now about many and often, building a brand not with words in one moment but in actions over time, all with a consistent spirit, tone and manner.”
“These days, you’re a glance on a newsfeed, a passing view on a motorway, a share here and a post there. ASB understands that better than most brands”, Chalmers said.
ASB GM marketing Shane Evans said ASB’s recent sponsorship activity demonstrates how the bank is approaching branding through product and sponsorship initiatives, as opposed to traditional brand campaigns.
“Sponsorships are a key part of the way ASB demonstrates community commitment, rather than simply paying lip service to it,” he said. “Our innovative activations also create a tangible experience for the public and our customers to be a part of’
“ASB is proud to partner with Saatchi & Saatchi in its journey to find bold, innovative ways to leverage its sponsorships.
“We build the brand together with a carefully planned mix of innovation, social storytelling, and real life events, supported by ASB’s strong customer service and real-world relevance, which has unsurprisingly led to increased brand love for ASB.”
ASB RECENT SPONSORSHIP ACTIVATIONS
ASB Marathon Run Down Your Rate
- Race Day: https://goo.gl/EFGMjx
- Training: https://goo.gl/HbcVL1
- Meet the Runners: https://goo.gl/tx33HJ
All Blacks Sponsorship
- Up for the Game – The special ABS coffee blend: http://goo.gl/h9cvtp
- All Blacks Perspective: Business insights from the team behind the team: www.asb.co.nz/ambition-series
- ABS announcement: The bank that backs the All Blacks: http://goo.gl/pFdknf
ASB Classic
- ASB Classic – The Best Ball Boys in the World: http://goo.gl/n8Hd5z
ASB RUN DOWN YOUR RATE CREDITS
Creative Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
Executive Creative Director: Corey Chalmers
Executive Creative Director: Guy Roberts
Creative: Charlie Godinet
Creative: Antony Wilson
Senior Designer: Rob Flynn
Director of Strategy: Murray Streets
Senior Digital Strategist: Ian Hulme
Producer: Joshua Forsman
Animator: Tomas Cottle
Business Director: Teresa Davis
Senior Account Director: Michael Wood
Account Director: Campbell McLean
Account Manager: Vinay Naran
Director: Nick Burridge
Producer: Sam McCauley
Production Company: Toybox
PR Shop Account Director: Lindsay Stanley
PR Shop Account Manager: Tom Frankish
ASB
General Manager Marketing: Shane Evans
Head of Community & Sponsorship: Mark Graham
Sponsorship Manager: Mike Wooten
Assistant Marketing Manager: Emily Harder
Brand Manager: Emma Lynch
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