In a campaign created by The Monkeys, CGU Insurance comes to the rescue of a lapsed small business called DOMUTS: donuts for dogs.
CGU Insurance has launched ABN Rescue, an integrated campaign to help ignite the ambitions of small business owners in Australia.
Last year, almost half a million ABNs were cancelled, many of them business ideas that never got off the ground.
Lost ABNs are symptomatic of a bigger societal issue: ambition has become a dirty word. Unlike other insurers, CGU Insurance believes your most important asset is your ambition.
Created by The Monkeys, part of Accenture Interactive, the centrepiece of the campaign is the rescue of a lapsed small business called DOMUTS: donuts for dogs.
DOMUTS the brainchild of a working mum, Thea, and her young son, Marcus, was all-but-dead six months ago.
CGU Insurance stepped in to work closely with Thea to help her realise her ambition, providing advice and assistance to get DOMUTS off the ground.
CGU supported Thea’s ambition by gifting DOMUTS with an AFL Grand Final spot, launching DOMUTS on a grand scale during one of the most watched TV events of the year.
“As a long-standing champion of ambitious Australian small businesses, we are looking to inspire Australians with an idea to follow their ambition," CGU Insurance marketing director Sally Kiernan says.
“CGU insures and protects the goals of Australian small business owners. That’s why we’re helping Thea make her ambitious idea a reality.
"DOMUTS has faced its hurdles but we believed that with a little support from the right people, we could get the DOMUTS business back on track. Through sharing Thea’s story, we hope to inspire many more people to revisit their own business ambitions and give it their best shot.”
Directed by Jeff Low at Rabbit Content, the film tells the story of DOMUTS, showing dogs from everywhere making the pilgrimage to Dogtopia, where DOMUTS blossom.
It even has a special message for dogs, embedded in a frequency only they can hear.
Additionally, as the spot features animals, CGU Insurance has pledged .05% of its media spend to support The Lions Share Fund, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Other campaign elements of the ABN Rescue campaign include content films, influencer engagement, PR and social, along with a dedicated website that houses a custom tool that lets people explore the business trends in their area.
“With so many ABNs dying every year, we knew Australians were losing their ambition. This inspired ‘ABN Rescue’ - a campaign dedicated to getting Aussies everywhere to reignite their small business dreams," The Monkeys executive creative director Vince Lagana says.
"We shone a light on one of those small businesses, DOMUTS, to inspire the rest of Australia. After all, we know everyone loves dogs. And who doesn’t love donuts?”
As part of the wider out of home component of the campaign, special-built ‘Ambition Wanted’ installations have also transformed empty shopfronts around Sydney into visions of ‘what-could-be’.
Projections of potential businesses transformed these forgotten spaces, inspiring locals and bringing life back to dwindling retail strips.
In addition to helping DOMUTS get back on track, CGU Insurance is offering three Ambition Grants worth $40,000 each.
Credits
Client: CGU Insurance
Chief Marketing Officer: Brent Smart
Marketing Director: Sally Kiernan
Content & Digital Director: Zara Curtis
Content Creative Lead: Simeon Bartholomew
Creative Lead: Cath Bosson
Digital Lead: Cath Carrington
Creative Specialist: Mark Pearson
Creative Agency: The Monkeys, Part of Accenture Interactive
Group CCO/Co-Founder: Scott Nowell
CCO: Scott Nowell
Executive Creative Director: Vince Lagana
Creative Director: Jay Morgan
Creative Team: Danny Pattison, Barnaby Packham, Michael Canning.
Business Strategy Director: Hugh Munro
Planner: Henry Bilson
Digital strategist: Tim Smith
Digital producer: Tamara Wohl
Lead digital designer: Eva Godeny
Digital Designers: Lauren Elliot, Laura Ives
Designer: Mel Watson
Group Content Director: Katie Wong-Hee
Senior Content Manager: Fizzy Keeble
Content Manager: Sophie Finckh
Agency Producers: Simone O’Connor, Katie Bassett
Earned Media & Influencer Agency: Thinkerbell
Earned Media Strategy: Cath King
Influencer Engagement: Georgie Cavanagh
Production DOMUTS TVC: Rabbit
Director: Jeff Low
Editor: Adam Wills
Post: Blackbird
Production Shopfront: Scoundrel
Post: The Editors
IAG Media Team: Lisa Jarvis, Tom Dodd
Media Agency: Mindshare
Strategist: Rebecca Alexander
Planner: Louise Blackwood
Media Buying: Lee Dobbins, Alexandra Carroll, Isabelle Wall
