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Chuck Stephens
Humana Hope: Socializing Well-Being
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June 20, 2011
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This presentation is from
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June 19, 2013
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Humana Hope
Socializing Well-Being
Chuck Stephens
@SoChuckified
June 19, 2013
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Socializing Our New Brand Positioning
Our Dream
To help people achieve lifelong well-being
Our Values
Inspire Health | Cultivate Uniqueness | Rethink Routine |
Pioneer Simplicity | Thrive Together
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Business Objectives and Measurement Tactics
Business Objectives Digital Tactics Metrics
Increase Engagement Engage consumers at their point of
interaction and generate Humana Hope
Postcards – through media placements to
increase traffic to the Facebook Hope App
and Humana Page
• Hope Postcards created and shared
• Facebook Likes
• Facebook Engagement Index Score
• Hope Postcard Views
• Content Interests
Increase Awareness of Humana Engage consumers at their point of
interaction – through media placements
to increase traffic to Facebook
• Overall Reach
• Owned Impressions
• Viral Impressions
Grow the Humana Facebook
Community
Deliver content and information directly
relevant to core engagers, encourage
them to share content with their friends
• Shares
• People Talking
• Viral Impressions
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Internal Social Media Plan
• Built Buzz … literally
• Month long internal pre-campaign to build excitement
• 4,000 printed cards distributed in less than 2 weeks
• 3 types of cards printed
• Humana Hope Line created
• Internal SharePoint site, Buzz Town Halls and live events
• Plasma screen images
• Fitbit Zips giveaway promos
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External Social Media Plan
• Campaign length
(12/2012 – 2/2013)
• Paid media 60 days
• Simplistic app design
• App open through 4/2013
• Clear CTA – Commit.
Inspire. Share.
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Campaign Insights
• Weekend posts had higher engagement and virality
• Hope application completion rate was 23%
• 1,000% increase from previous Grandcard app campaign
• Simplicity of app was critical
• Paid media saw a 95% better completion rate than unpaid
• 45+ females most engaged demographic
• Ads featuring inspirational wording had higher engagement
• Emotional Well-Being most popular topic choice
• Awareness
– The Hope campaign saw 164,349,374 impressions and 58,342 clicks from paid media
– 83% of all Create A Pact clicks came from paid media
• Engagement
– There were 6,670 initial engagements with the Hope application, and 1,505 total pacts posted
– 9.5% engagement rate from paid media clicks to “Create a Pact” clicks
– 23% completion rate from “Create a Pact” clicks to pacts posted
– In comparison to the GrandCards Application, Hope generated 38% more pacts
– The 1,505 pacts were posted by 1,393 users. 8% of users posted at least 2 pacts
– Hope’s overall completion rate was 1,050% higher than Grandcard’s completion rate
• Grow Community
– The Humana Facebook page saw 6,424 new likes throughout the duration of the campaign – a 11% increase of
total Likes
– 52% more new likes than the number generated throughout the duration of the Grandcards App
– 2,713 pacts were shared via Facebook. 45% of users who posted pacts shared their pact with at least two people
– On average people shared their pact 1.8 times
– Hope users indicated that they are most interested in content about mental health, fitness & exercise, diet &
nutrition and lifestyle habits
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Executive Summary
• Audience
– Females much lower Cost per Create a Pact, $11.05, and a higher CTR, Engagement and Completion Rate than males
– The 45+ age group saw 129% higher engagement rate. But the 25-45 age group completed the application at a 22%
higher rate – Simplicity is essential for app completion rates
– Health Magazine related interest groups performed best, bringing in the most engaging and cost effective users,
seeing an average Cost Per Engagement of $4.59
• Tactics
– Creative images of words, such as “Today I will..” or “This Year I will” outperformed creative focused on people
– The Facebook post on Feb. 9, 2013 , “Have you made your commitment to well-being?”, performed best, creating a
sense of urgency to make a hope commitment
– Humana Hope Facebook posts posted over the weekend saw the highest virality, hovering around 4%
– The Facebook post discussing a personal story of “Hope” resonated well with fans, seeing a high level of reach,
engagement and virality
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Executive Summary
Thank You!
Live Well Chicago. Chuck Stephens
@SoChuckified
Social Media Strategist
cstephens1@humana.com
Learn more about past and
upcoming BlogWells
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This video is from
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San Francisco
June 20, 2011
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This presentation is from
BlogWell
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June 19, 2013
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BlogWell Chicago Social Media Case Study: Humana, presented by Chuck Stephens

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    SocialMedia.org Video Case Studies ChuckStephens Humana Hope: Socializing Well-Being This video is from BlogWell San Francisco June 20, 2011 socialmedia.org/blogwell SocialMedia.org Case Studies This presentation is from BlogWell Chicago June 19, 2013 socialmedia.org/blogwell
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    Humana Hope Socializing Well-Being ChuckStephens @SoChuckified June 19, 2013
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    2 Socializing Our NewBrand Positioning Our Dream To help people achieve lifelong well-being Our Values Inspire Health | Cultivate Uniqueness | Rethink Routine | Pioneer Simplicity | Thrive Together
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    3 Business Objectives andMeasurement Tactics Business Objectives Digital Tactics Metrics Increase Engagement Engage consumers at their point of interaction and generate Humana Hope Postcards – through media placements to increase traffic to the Facebook Hope App and Humana Page • Hope Postcards created and shared • Facebook Likes • Facebook Engagement Index Score • Hope Postcard Views • Content Interests Increase Awareness of Humana Engage consumers at their point of interaction – through media placements to increase traffic to Facebook • Overall Reach • Owned Impressions • Viral Impressions Grow the Humana Facebook Community Deliver content and information directly relevant to core engagers, encourage them to share content with their friends • Shares • People Talking • Viral Impressions
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    4 Internal Social MediaPlan • Built Buzz … literally • Month long internal pre-campaign to build excitement • 4,000 printed cards distributed in less than 2 weeks • 3 types of cards printed • Humana Hope Line created • Internal SharePoint site, Buzz Town Halls and live events • Plasma screen images • Fitbit Zips giveaway promos
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    6 External Social MediaPlan • Campaign length (12/2012 – 2/2013) • Paid media 60 days • Simplistic app design • App open through 4/2013 • Clear CTA – Commit. Inspire. Share.
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    9 Campaign Insights • Weekendposts had higher engagement and virality • Hope application completion rate was 23% • 1,000% increase from previous Grandcard app campaign • Simplicity of app was critical • Paid media saw a 95% better completion rate than unpaid • 45+ females most engaged demographic • Ads featuring inspirational wording had higher engagement • Emotional Well-Being most popular topic choice
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    • Awareness – TheHope campaign saw 164,349,374 impressions and 58,342 clicks from paid media – 83% of all Create A Pact clicks came from paid media • Engagement – There were 6,670 initial engagements with the Hope application, and 1,505 total pacts posted – 9.5% engagement rate from paid media clicks to “Create a Pact” clicks – 23% completion rate from “Create a Pact” clicks to pacts posted – In comparison to the GrandCards Application, Hope generated 38% more pacts – The 1,505 pacts were posted by 1,393 users. 8% of users posted at least 2 pacts – Hope’s overall completion rate was 1,050% higher than Grandcard’s completion rate • Grow Community – The Humana Facebook page saw 6,424 new likes throughout the duration of the campaign – a 11% increase of total Likes – 52% more new likes than the number generated throughout the duration of the Grandcards App – 2,713 pacts were shared via Facebook. 45% of users who posted pacts shared their pact with at least two people – On average people shared their pact 1.8 times – Hope users indicated that they are most interested in content about mental health, fitness & exercise, diet & nutrition and lifestyle habits 10 Executive Summary
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    • Audience – Femalesmuch lower Cost per Create a Pact, $11.05, and a higher CTR, Engagement and Completion Rate than males – The 45+ age group saw 129% higher engagement rate. But the 25-45 age group completed the application at a 22% higher rate – Simplicity is essential for app completion rates – Health Magazine related interest groups performed best, bringing in the most engaging and cost effective users, seeing an average Cost Per Engagement of $4.59 • Tactics – Creative images of words, such as “Today I will..” or “This Year I will” outperformed creative focused on people – The Facebook post on Feb. 9, 2013 , “Have you made your commitment to well-being?”, performed best, creating a sense of urgency to make a hope commitment – Humana Hope Facebook posts posted over the weekend saw the highest virality, hovering around 4% – The Facebook post discussing a personal story of “Hope” resonated well with fans, seeing a high level of reach, engagement and virality 11 Executive Summary
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    Thank You! Live WellChicago. Chuck Stephens @SoChuckified Social Media Strategist cstephens1@humana.com
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    Learn more aboutpast and upcoming BlogWells socialmedia.org/blogwell This video is from BlogWell San Francisco June 20, 2011 socialmedia.org/blogwell SocialMedia.org Case Studies This presentation is from BlogWell Chicago June 19, 2013 socialmedia.org/blogwell