Title | THE SURF BELT |
Brand | TELE2 SWEDEN |
Product/Service | TELE2 SWEDEN |
Category |
D02. Data Storytelling |
Entrant
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TELE2 Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Idea Creation
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PRIME WEBER SHANDWICK Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Media Placement
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MEDIACOM Stockholm, SWEDEN
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PR
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PRIME WEBER SHANDWICK Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Production
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PRIME WEBER SHANDWICK Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Production 2
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ESTEBAN Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Production 3
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WE ARE STORIES Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Credits
Hannes Kerstell |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Key Account Manager and Senior PR Strategist |
Leif Geiger |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Key Account Manager |
Jennie Körnung |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Project Manager |
Hanna Belander |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Creative Director |
Magnus Klang |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Art Director |
Fredrick Lewandowski |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Content Strategist |
Johnny Ly |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Content Strategist |
Elin Dahlstedt |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Media Specialist |
Emmelie Tilly |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Media Specialist |
Alex Zeeman |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Motion Director |
Markus Reimegård |
Prime Weber Shandwick |
Analyst |
Malin Selander |
Tele2 Sverige |
Communications Director |
Louise Ekman |
Tele2 Sverige |
Press & PR Manager |
Linda Bornmark |
Tele2 Sverige |
Internal Communications Manager |
Malin Källeén |
Tele2 Sverige |
Production Manager |
Caroline Nylander |
Tele2 Sverige |
Copywriter |
Pia Anvemo |
Tele2 Sverige |
Content Manager |
Max Flick |
Tele2 Sverige |
Digital Designer & Final Art |
Johanna Granath |
Tele2 Sverige |
Original Designer |
Gabriella Bartlett |
Tele2 Sverige |
Project Manager |
Viktor Norberg |
Tele2 Sverige |
Data Analyst |
Henrika Ågfalck |
Tele2 Sverige |
Customer Lifecycle Manager |
Matilda Bergström |
Tele2 Sverige |
Customer Lifecycle Manager |
Lina Eliasson |
MediaCom |
Digital Connection Planner |
Martin Fransson |
MediaCom |
Senior Insight Manager |
Axel Lindström |
MediaCom |
Digital Lead |
Oscar Engvall |
MediaCom |
Social Media Manager |
Karolina Hülphers |
We Are Stories |
Client Director |
Tobias Waldefeldt Lindner |
We Are Stories |
Content Director |
Alexander Brügge |
Esteban |
Director |
Björn Köling |
Esteban |
DOP |
Describe the creative idea
In recent years Tele2 has invested billions in their mobile networks, but this has not reached the Swedish population. The subject is difficult to communicate since everyone takes well-functioning networks for granted. The only time it receives attention is when it doesn’t work. Since networks are the backbone of Tele2’s operations, we wanted to communicate and highlight its development. We looked inward, at our own data. Through collecting and analyzing traffic data for mobile usage and mobile networks in the national network, one area stood out; from Gällivare to Strömsund, we found a strip of land where the inhabitants’ network usage was as much as 2.5 times higher than the national average. The insight was dramatized and packaged – we created the Surf Belt. The minimal budget demanded that the idea was earned at its core.
Describe the execution
We started a media outreach at both national and local level, published films in social media and engaged in digital advertising. A series of native articles gave depth to the project. Customers were able to meet the initiative in Tele2 shops in Umeå and Luleå, as well as amongst retailers all over Norrland.
The results surpassed the expectations – we reached over 20 million in earned media, people spent more than 334 days with the video content in bought channels and 250 per cent longer time spent reading versus established KPIs for the native articles. The Surf Belt achieved a 200 per cent increase in liking for Tele2 in comparison to other campaigns, and the messaging understanding was high – 36 per cent over average.
The campaign was also one of Tele2’s most successful communication ventures internally – film clips with their own staff were shown on Tele2’s 66 public screens and the published internal article was one of the most read ever. Presentations at internal and external meetings built an internal sense of pride. Furthermore, as a result of the campaign, Tele2 achieved a higher level of customer conversion from one of their competitors in the area.
The Surf Belt became our contextually and culturally relevant area that in the end made possible exactly that which had long been considered impossible – it told a compelling story about network development.