Mumbai: Staying true to the global positioning of ‘World Class Customer Service’ American Express today launches its first through-the-line campaign in India. American Express’ first ever brand campaign in India in a decade – ‘Realise The Potential’ – lives to the company’s promise of excellent customer service and best-in-class rewards to life for its Card members in India.
The campaign presents American Express in a unique, youthful, relevant and engaging brand, promising delivery of benefits, rewards, savings and experiences for its customers. The integrated campaign also highlights about American Express’ personalized and global service promise such as Emergency card replacement anywhere in the world, Safety with best-in-class data protection tools and, secured data protection, zero card liability echoing through the graphics and spirited style of illustrations, further ensuring that the communication stands out clear in highly competitive and cluttered financial services sector.
Arnika Dixit, Vice President, Marketing, American Express India: Trust, Security and Service are three key pillars that American Express has always focussed on to build strong relationship with our customers. The campaign highlights our potential in providing a differentiated, world-class experience for our Cardmembers to convert them to become a loyal customer for us in future.
According to recent KANTAR IMRB industry survey commissioned by American Express®, about 42% of consumers were willing to pay a premium for prompt customer service. Moreover, about 31% were willing to pay for service that listens to them/acts on their feedback and 27% were willing to pay premium for service that is available everywhere. Clearly with rise of disposable income in India and market being flooded with foreign and domestic brands for each service/products are making customers more demanding. Customers specially millennials, today prefer to connect with brands that is technologically advance, offer better customer service and accepts their feedback.
The 360-degree brand advertising campaign running over a period of 10 weeks across print, out-of-home-social, films and other digital platforms in key markets of Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The advertising campaign is developed by leading advertising agency OgilvyOne. The objective of the campaign is to drive brand salience and help in driving customer acquisition for the entry level Membership Rewards Credit Card.
Abhishek Gupta, Senior Creative Director, OgilvyOne: American Express is a brand that stands for unparalleled service. The campaign looked at bringing the different nuances of the brand promise to life through a series of 8 films, supported by Digital, Print and Outdoor. Different aspects of American Express service have been highlighted through a unique and engaging visual style and storytelling based on insights from our day today lives.
