2. Our results show year on year
how Meaningful Brands are
rewarded in business and
marketing terms.
Inspires Meaningful Connections
through identifying the links between
brands and people’s lives which
generates business results.
Meaningful Brands is
part of our Organic
Marketing Approach.
It delivers data driven
insights to fuel content
that people care about.
Our Purpose with
Meaningful
Brands
Inspire Meaningful
Connections
Which Generate
Business Results
Between People
& Brands
3. +375,000 citizens
33markets
15 industries
+1,500 brands
Ongoing +8 years
Worldwide
Study
2017
Meaningful Brands is a
PROPRIETARY METRIC of
brand strength
It is the FIRST GLOBAL
FRAMEWORK to connect
brands with human well-being
It measures the quality of
benefits brands bring to
people’s lives and the
RETURNS IN BUSINESS TERMS
Brand Framework
Our unique
+7,000 citizens
11 industries
88 brands
2nd edition
1
2
3
5. 74%
PEOPLE WOULD NOT
CARE IF
DISAPPEARED
OF BRANDS
66%
27%
LESS THAN
NOTABLY
IMPROVE OUR
QUALITY OF LIFE
OF BRANDS
26%
6. Brand Trust is WEAK
NORTH
AMERICA
33%
LATAM
79%
WEST
EUROPE
32%
CENTRAL &
EAST
EUROPE
45%
SOUTH
EAST ASIA
81%
EAST ASIA
&
AUSTRALIA
25%
57%of brands
are trusted
globally
32%
8. Should companies and brands
play a role in improving our
quality of life and wellbeing?
Growing
expectations
61% 70%
number of people want
brands to be meaningful…Increasing
2015 2017
69% 75%
Are companies and brands
working hard at improving our
quality of life and wellbeing?
Weak
performance
39%
30%
40%
30%
… But few brands are delivering yet
11. Understanding what matters
Go beyond the product,
exploring how brands
tangibly improve peoples’
lives and the role they
play in society
Defining meaningful
MB INDEX = Brand Performance + Brand KPIs
Collective benefits
GOV/ETHICS
ENVIRONMENT
COMMUNITY WORKPLACE
ECONOMY
Functional benefits
FUNCTIONAL
Personal benefits
PHYSICAL
ORGANISATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INTELLECTUAL
SOCIAL
EMOTIONAL
NATURAL
12. What makes brands meaningful?
Importance weights Indexed per pillar
Good quality prods
Delivers
Useful prods
Safe & responsible prods
Category leader
110
106
104
103
102
Me happier
Life easier
Peace of mind
Show-off
Life satisfaction
125
124
123
122
117
Transparent & honest
Ethical
Diversity
Benefits the economy
Jobs
117
117
111
108
107
PERSONAL
BENEFITS
29% 28%
COLLECTIVE
BENEFITS
43%
FUNCTIONAL
BENEFITS
13. 1
2
DIFFERENTIATION LEVER
Excel in personal benefits
MUST HAVE
Provide a great product
…and collective ones
(to a lesser extent)
Meaningful brands over-perform
on personal benefits
100%
over-perform on
FUNCTIONAL
BENEFITS
83%
over-perform on
PERSONAL
BENEFITS
63%
over-perform on
COLLECTIVE
BENEFITS
3
14. NORTH AMERICA
ENTERTAINMENT
TRAVEL TOURISM
FOOD
WEST. EUROPE
RETAIL
TRAVEL TOURISM
FOOD
E.ASIA & AUSTRALIA
FOOD
INTERNET & MEDIA
TRAVEL TOURISM
SOUTH EAST ASIA
TRANSPORT
AUTOMOTIVE
INTERNET & MEDIA
EAST. EUROPE
ENERGY & UTILITIES
AUTOMOTIVE
RETAIL
Most Meaningful Industries
Top 3 per region
15. That’s why tech and digital players rule
MBI Index
‘151 74,1 2 72,2 3 71,5 4 71,0
MBI Index
‘155 69,8 6 69,6 7 69,3 8 69,3 9 69,2 10 69,2
MBI Index
‘1511 68,7 68,6 13 68,6 14 68,4
MBI Index
‘1515 68,6 16 68,4 17 67,8 18 67,6
MBI Index
‘15
19 67,5 20 67,4
21 67,3 22 67,3 23 67,3 24 67,1
MBI Index
‘1525 67,1 26 67,0 27 67,0 28 67,0 29 66,9 30 66,9
2017
A Global Brand is a brand assessed in at least 3 markets and 2 regions in MB17, and available worldwide.
12
21. source: DOMO 2016, data-never-sleeps-4-2
But we live in
a world of content
OVERLOAD...
500 Million
Tweets sent
4.3 Billion
Facebook
messages posted
500 Million
Hours of VIDEO
uploaded to Youtube
22. is not meaningful
to consumers
60% of the content
provided by brands
And more than half of content fails to deliver
23. 71%
Correlation between
performance on Personal Benefits
and the Content Effectiveness*
*CONTENT EFFECTIVENESS IS defined by crossing the strength of association of a brand
to content types and the performance of the content performed by the brand
But great Content drives
Personal Well-being
24. Role of Content
Understanding the
‣ Customer Support
‣ Lifestyle Apps
‣ Online Purchasing
‣ ..
‣ Discounts
‣ Contests
‣ Special Sales
Reward
‣ Educational Platforms
‣ Masterclasses
‣ Expert Advices
‣ …
‣ Trade Fairs
‣ Own Publications
‣ In-Store Events
‣ …
‣ Videogames
‣ Livestream Events
‣ Sport Events
‣ …
‣ Co-Creation
‣ Social Media Sharing
‣ Peer reviews
‣ …
Inspire
26. brands are
dispensable
they have to react to
matter to consumers
Wake up calls
for brands they expect a purpose
beyond product
but brands are not
delivering yet, especially
on personal benefits
People have high
expectations
27. thanks to the difference
they make on both
functional and personal
benefits
Digital brands
take the lead
meaningfulness
drives higher
KPIs for the
brands
Return on
meaning
28. to provide consumers
with meaningful content!
Great content drives meaning,
especially when it comes to
personal benefits
Opportunity for brands to close
the gap on personal benefits!
People are asking
for content
Many opportunities
are missed by
brands