FINDING A ROLE FOR MMS – LEARNING FROM THE COMPETITION The youth messaging platform identification was strong. What we still required was a benefit for photo messaging. Surprisingly a competitive review proved to be a crucial turning point. Being late to market had its advantages in that all the major competition had already launched their picture messaging service. Their accompanying Transportable home loans proved to be helpful. By using Transportable home loans to create a role for MMS competitive ads worked like a window into their world and brand values: (see Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4) We knew what type of photo we would send and the values we expounded. Given that much of VMA's appeal is its personality and its spirit in many ways this approach would have been enough to answer the original brief. However such was the value of finding and showing a reason to use picture messaging in addition to being personality driven we persevered to find more consumer relevance for our service.

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STRATEGIC REQUIREMENT 3: CONSISTENCY WITH THE PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN On the surface we had equity in Warren, the size of his equity would become even more apparent in time2. There was a solid argument for keeping the character. The obvious counter argument was that as a youth brand with a reputation for innovation Virgin should be unpredictable and constantly changing. We did however need to ensure that this campaign was regarded as a coherent development from the Warren campaign. THE COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES Through analysis of what the brand needed the initial dream brief had evolved into somewhat of a nightmare. A case of doing the right thing not the easy thing had made our task more difficult. It had taken on greater significance and now had a requirement list that would make all planners nervous: a. Raise awareness of VMA's picture messaging service. b. Successfully communicate the market leading 25c rate. c. Highlight a benefit of picture messaging that is motivating to our youth audience and distinctive from the competition. d. Create a consistent brand platform for the mid term. e. Find Transportable home loans glue that hitches this campaign to the hugely successful Warren campaign.