automating relationships: ea plans a post-campaign ad future
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Milk-Bone ECRM Strategy: integrated Plan for Milk-Bone, SPA and noseprints
Building player relationships at scale
TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING
The gaming industry is at the forefront of technological innocation
Channels have converged and digital seamlessly merge with the physical
Building meaningful player relationships requires a dynamic system that predicts and proactively addresses player friction points
Electronic Arts marketing is undergoing a huge transformation, from on-off campaigns to highly personalized, always-on multi-channel journeys.
INSPIRE THE WORLD TO PLAY Everything starts with our purpose
This is important foundational- what we're a bout to embark on is complex, sophisticated and hopefully world-class. Sometimes we need to stop and remind ourselves of our purpose.
OWNing THE PLAYER EXPERIENCE
HOW DO WE CREATE ONE PLAYER EXPERIENCE ACROSS A THOUSAND GAMES?
Today, we create desperate campaigns with varying success metrics. HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK HARDER?
CAMPAIGNS PROGRAMREQUIRES A DIFFERENT MODEL
Franchise-Driven CampaignsChannel Marketing Push Communications Limited Player Data UseHistorical
Unified EA StrategyOne Connected Experience Automated Engine ContextualPredictive FROMTO
ONE CONNECTED LIFECYCLE PROGRAM TRIGGEREDSCHEDULED
ENGAGE
NOTIFICATION
PAID MEDIA
TF2
PAID MEDIANOTIFICATIONS
PAID MEDIA(RETARGETED BANNER)PAID MEDIA
BF1Entitlement
OPT-IN WELCOME
INSIDER NEWSLETTER PREFERENCE UPDATE ONBOARDING INSIDERNEWSLETTER ONBOARDING
Battlefield 1 Opt-InLAUNCH
CHURN MANAGEMENT
INSIDERNEWSLETTER
BF1BF1
IN-GAME OFFER
Illustrative Only
Driven By Player Preference and Behavior
Our players arent linear so our program cant be either
REVISED STRATEGY FRAMEWORK
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Rooted In Our Purpose and Always Player-First
Our players arent linear so our program cant be either
FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS TO POWER CHANNEL INTEGRATION
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CONTENTDYNAMIC CREATIVEPLAYERDATA
Data unlocks a high fidelity view of player friction points
PLAYER DATA
ENTERPRISE SEGMENTATION
GROWTH
PRECISION
AFFINITY
AFFINITY
BROWSERSACTIVE
TENURED
$$LOYALISTS
$$$$Drive Upward Tier Migration
DATA-DRIVEN PERSONALIZATIONOPPORTUNITIES
(0pens, clicks, web visits, mobile, social)Individual(gamer tag, zip code, age, language) Events(entitlements, game play, predictive models) Engagement (preference, format, product, placement) Channel Behaviors PLAYER ATTRIBUTESLIFECYCLE
CONTENT MIXCHANNEL MIXPERSONALIZATION
Informs Individual Player Journeys
CONTENT AT OUR CORE
SHIFT FROM CAMPAIGN TO CONTENT
Content Sits at the Core of Our Program
INCREASED VALUE THROUGH EXPERIENCE CONTENT CATEGORIES
COMMUNITY
INFORMATION
ENTERTAINMENT
UTILITY
INCENTIVE
TODAYNEWConnecting With Players on an Emotional Level
BUILD A RICH CONTENT STRATEGY CONTENT INTELLIGENCEWHATS TRENDINGfront endCONTENT ANALYTICSWHATS PERFORMINGback endMETA STRATEGYWHAT IS BEING TRACKEDdata
DYNAMIC CREATIVE: 1:1 conversations at scale
DYNAMIC TEMPLATES
CONTENT
MODULE (3X)
EA PLAY HeroMODULE (3X) DYNAMIC TEMPLATE(S)
PLAYER DATA
SCALE: Millions of VersionsTechnology Enables Scale, Data Powers Intelligence
automating the laborious tasks of iterating and localizing paid media assets. 1:1 conversations at scale for paid media.
Architecting the supporting human stack
Creating successful experiences requires marketers to become technologists
data, predictive modeling, programmatic technologies, and cross-channel media to achieve an always on, responsive dialogue that is gamer-centric, movingplayersacross game franchises and brands.
TECHNOLOGY STACKDATA AND ANALYTICSSTRATEGY AND CONTENT
Global Lifecycle Marketing Strategy
Content Strategy
Cross-Channel Integration
Full Scale Behavioral Marketing
Centralized Player Data
Centralize Intelligence
Multi-Channel Attribution
Analytics and Decisioning Engine
Content Optimization
Integrated Tech Stack Build
Scale Automation (Business Rules)
Digital Asset & Content Management
Channel Integration Engine
Real Time Unifying Platform
Building the human stackConnected Platform
Dynamic Templates
Process and Campaign Management EXPANDING THE MARKETING ROLE
transform both the marketing stack and human stack
LEAD WITH DATACREATE MARKETING TECHNOLOGIEST OWN THE PLAYER EXPERIENCE ACHIEVE CREATIVE ELASTICITY AT SCALE TARGETING CAREFULLY, AND WITH PURPOSE MASTERING THE METRICS THAT MATTER IDENTIFY BIG BETS IN SUMMARY