Benefits of augmented reality.

User excitement: Augmented reality provides greater excitement to the end users. When users looks at a press ad, a billboard Or a t-shirt etc comes to life on their mobile, it creates excitement and results in great brand recall and word of mouth for the activity. When it’s becoming harder to provide a brand experience to consumers, Augmented reality takes the brand experience to the next level by providing great experience on the palms of the consumers.

Integration with static branding: The most exciting feature of augmented reality is its ability to transform a static brand messages like Print ads, hoardings, posters, banners etc to an interactive one! When a press ad is included with AR the ad can actually TALK to the consumers! Imagine a press ad of the newly launched product talks about the benefits of the product or plays the TVC or provides an option to request for a demo! It will provide a complete new experience to the users by eliminating the clutter and by providing rich and engaging brand experience!

Permission based advertising: Augmented reality is a complete permission based model. It make sure that only loyal and potential consumers are interacting with the brand and thus ensuring the media spillover to a greater extent and register a great brand experience to the potential and serious users of the brand.

Measurement on the media spend: AR helps brands to measure the impact of the communication in a more effective way. It is also possible to measure the total number of engagement, responses, repetitive usages, user participation, downloads from the application, viral effect, participation in survey/feedback etc.

Ensuring Consumers get the message: Augmented reality can deliver great impulse for users to look for targeted communication. Following are few examples on how AR can add value to consumers thus result in great engagement.

• Imagine user pointing his/her mobile at their credit card through mobile AR browser every time they shop to register their usage. This gives a great opportunity to deliver deals available for the users
• Users can easily get the list of deals available to them simply by pointing their mobile to the logo of your retail shop
• By pointing his AR browser @ a mall, a users can easily find out where he can find a pub that serves his favourite beer! Our solution is able to deliver liquor advertising only after users confirm that they are >21 years of age!

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Why mobile adds new dimension to augmented reality?

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5 points to remember for a successful AR campaign.

Right Creative renderings:

The real excitement of augmented reality is in the creative aspect of the campaign. The brilliant creative in AR will create great impact for the campaign since the users are already excited with the augmented reality, and interesting creative will result in the great word of mouth for the campaign. For E.g. Users can see the route map of the nearest dealer for test drive outlet when they point their mobile camera to a hoarding with creative of newly launched car!

Right call for actions:

Even the great creative AR campaign can be easily un-noticed if there is no strong call to action! Users are new to AR and hence it takes a great call to action message to get them engaged with the brand through AR. By providing a great reason for users to interact with the campaign, engagement level with the brand will be great in augmented reality.

Educating consumers:

The success of the augmented reality campaign is also based on the clear instructions and communication about the campaign. With a great buzz for the campaign and clear instruction on how to use the AR can trigger great response and engagement with the brand. Different communication methods like announcements, promoters, digital displays, online, ambient media, social media, mainline promos etc can be used to inform and educate the consumers towards an AR campaign.

Availability on all platforms:

Success of an AR campaign depends on total number of users participating in the campaign. The application need to be made available to different mobile models, various mobile segment etc to make sure there is no disappointment for the users who shows interest towards an AR campaign. When users find that the application doesn’t work on their mobile then it will lead to a negative word of mouth for the campaign.

Distribution:

The distribution of the application plays a major role in determining the impact and success of the AR campaign. There has to be many distribution channels for the application for greater reach rather than single window delivery. BluFi can be a great medium to deliver the app to millions of users across India. BluFi can deliver the application to users by detecting different mobile models via bluetooth which is a easy option for the end consumers. Users should also be provided with other options to download the application through SMS / WAP or the website of the brand.

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Nike presents India’s first print campaign with augmented reality.

With the launch of the Nike Sportswear collection, Nike India wanted to integrate innovation with the launch campaigns in November 2009. The campaign features famous sports personalities and also the emerging ones in Nike Sportswear collection.

Telibrahma partnered with Mindshare Digital and Nike to provide a first of its kind experience to readers. The idea is to bring the static press ads in to life with augmented reality (AR) which is an emerging technology in mobile space.

Famous magazines like Blender, Femina, Garzia, Man’s world, Maxim, M-magazine, and Marie Calire have hit the stand this month with Nike Sportswear ads featuring unique AR codes. Users can download the Nike application just by texting NIKE to 56006. The AR mobile application was also been delivered to users via bluetooth in BluFi locations across India. There were multiple press ads featuring different sports stars and when users point their mobile camera to an advertisement with the code, animated content featuring the sports personality and products featured in that particular ad was displayed along with the details of other products in the Nike Sportswear collection!

This was the first time in India that a print campaign has an augmented reality feature in it. Augmented reality made it possible to transform the static press ad in to an interactive one!

Experience the Nike AR campaign on your mobile here.

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HSBC India brings “augmented reality” in to reality!

Visitors of HSBC bank branch offices in Mumbai was taken by surprise with a first of its kind and innovative experience from HSBC, a brand which is known for great customer experience and innovation.

Select branches in Mumbai were enabled with BluFi and a HSBC AR application was delivered to users via their mobile bluetooth at zero cost! Unique AR codes have been printed in different collaterals like leaflets, posters, banners etc along with a call to action communication to download the application and experience augmented reality on their mobile. The entire campaign strategy and execution was handled by TELiBrahma.

Users were excited to see animated and interactive content on the different promotional offers on HSBC premier and platinum cards popped up suddenly when they point their mobile camera to the respective codes! An innovative technology with exciting and relevant content created a great buzz for the activation.

You can experience the HSBC AR campaign on your mobile here and on the web here.

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6 reasons why marketers will love BluFi.

BluFi is consumer friendly: Consumers love when they get branded content for FREE! As most consumers feel that present data plans are expensive and slow on speed, BluFi on the other hand costs them Zero and it’s faster than the 3G! BluFi is completely permission based and users can easily opt of the engagement just by turning of their mobile bluetooth hence provide the control to the user!

BluFi for great reach: What ever the sine of media plan is, BluFi can help marketers to reach the mobile consumers at various locations like shopping malls, restaurants, hangouts, corporate locations, cricket stadiums etc across India. Marketers can reach the “hard to reach consumers who are on mobile” via BluFi more effectively than other medium.

Target the right consumer: Blufi makes it possible to target users based on the mobile phone model they carry with. So when a luxury brand wants to engage with the TG, BluFi helps to target all hi-end mobile phones in BluFi locations and deliver the brand message.

Customized messages: Using BluFi, brands can deliver different messages to different users based on the mobile models, duration of the day, location of the user, based on the previous interactions with the users etc. This helps brand to stand out from the clutter and to provide great engaging content for users. BluFi also identifies different mobile models and will deliver the right content for users which is compatible to their mobile phone.

Rich media on mobile: Using BluFi we can deliver rich media content to users’ mobile in lesser time than any other mediums! Rich brand content like TVC, wallpapers, screensaver, mobile games, mobile applications, flash files, mobile coupons, mobile brochures etc can be delivered to users.

Measurement: Measurement of the campaign in BluFi is advanced than many existing mediums available. Measurement can be made based on the location, time duration, consumer segment based on the mobile phone models, viral element etc. Advanced measurement like these helps marketers to read the impact of the campaign, get feedback from the consumers and to customize the message if required.

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Media planning with BluFi

While BluFi delivered lot of interesting campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the country over last few months, we always feel, there needs to be lot more awareness about BluFi as a media to reach mobile consumers effectively.

To bridge the gap we recently did an analysis integrated with an independent survey on BluFi network and usage patterns. Seeing the results we thought it is exciting for us to share the same with planners.

For the analysis following data were considered:

1) Network Data 2) Sample space 3) 100% accuracy

Some of the exciting findings include…

• 73% of users wanted to constantly know about new products coming up in the market
• 63% are interested in fashion and latest trends
• 63% are interested in holidaying abroad
• 22% are planning to buy a new 2 wheeler and 32% of them are planning to go for a 4 wheeler within an year
• 71% would access BluFi for the second time within a month and 35% of them would access BluFi atleast 5 times within a month
• 59% are interested in accepting communication from Liquor companies

Refer the following presentation for more details:

BluFi For Media Planners

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Consumer acceptance for BluFi.

BluFi is any marketer’s dream, where they can use existing 600+ BluFi locations across India like shopping malls, hangouts, restaurants, corporate locations or deploy BluFi in their existing BTL activations, OOH properties like hoardings, bus shelters etc.

We are very much focused in providing great engagement opportunities to users by understanding their usage patterns and behaviour. Based on our analysis and previous campaigns, we’ve identified interesting insights on the user behaviour and the factors that influencing user acceptance towards BluFi.

BluFi consumer acceptance stack

We are witnessing great acceptance from the consumers for BluFi across locations. Consumers are eagerly engaging with BluFi when they have been educated about the campaign. There is also a great increase of the repeat users in our permanent BluFi locations across India which proves the fact that consumers are on the lookout for best deals and information (Ref. above pic).

From our survey and past campaigns, we have found that following are the great reasons for users to engage with BluFi:

• Free mobile downloads (35%)
• Free offers/news (20%)
• I like the brand (22%)
• I like the campaign (12%)
• My Bluetooth is always on (5)
• Excitement (rest)

BluFi Acceptance pattern

Different set of customers are accepting BluFi to engage with interesting campaigns. As the above picture indicates, BluFi is also a great medium to reach SEC A and SEC A+ users who are very hard to reach and establish an engaging brand experience and also at various touch points like kiosks,mobile vans, airports, shopping malls, youth hangouts, events etc!

Increase in Bluetooth acceptance with activations

As per our data almost 73% of users are looking forward to get more information about the products to be launched. And from our experience we have witnessed great user acceptance for brand messages. The number of users who accept brand messages increases when there is a great buzz happening with the activations in the location.

We've also found that following activations provides great triggers for users to engage with brands in BluFi zones:

• Consistent and persistent education through banners/posters/standees etc
• Campaign specific activations
• Announcements
• Promoters
• Word of mouth/Viral
• Education via digital screens

BluFi provides great advantages for brands to establish great engagement with consumers when they are in mood for engaging with the brand.

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BluFi for great reach and impact.

We at Telibrahma are always on the look out for opportunities to provide more value to our clients by maximizing the reach and impact. Recently, we’ve increased our BluFi footprint with Spencer’s retail and Aditya Birla group’s “More” two of the leading modern retail outlets in India. This provides great opportunity for marketers to target home makers and housewives who are influential decision makers!

Network analytics from BluFi:

- Access to both male and female consumers in 18+ cities across India with Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore forming the bulk of traffic

- Marketers can reach 72% of the consumers closer to POS and 60% of the consumers with corporate profile who are hard to reach with other mediums

- BluFi helps marketers to reach 87% of the youth audience on their favourite gadget “mobile”

- Survey indicates that >70% of the youth have direct influence on what products their parents purchase and >60% influence on what their friends purchase

- Marketers can target consumer based on the mobile phone they carry! For e.g. luxury brands can target users with hi-end models thus engaging with the right target audience

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MMA global awards-Telibrahma selected as finalist.

Recently Mobile Marketing Association selected Telibrahma as finalists in MMA global awards in the category Cross Media integration – Asia Pacific region for our Prodcasting campaign for Honda Jazz.

The MMA received hundreds of submissions in 12 categories from companies across the globe regarding completed mobile marketing campaigns and their outcomes. Finalists were selected by the MMA Awards Selection Committee, which is comprised of global industry leaders from wireless carriers, technology and content providers, agencies, and industry publications.

Winners will be announced on the second week of November 2009. The official press release from MMA can be found here.

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