Telstra – Free Calls to Santa

Challenge

Ignite conversation around free payphones at a critical time for connection, Christmas, with an idea that cuts through a cluttered media landscape, introducing a younger demographic to payphones.

Idea

In a multi-year campaign, Telstra offered Australians a genuine and free Santa experience. By simply dialling #HO HO HO from any Telstra payphone, Aussie kids could speak to a life-like AI Santa.

Results

The campaign drove an overwhelmingly positive response with over 700,000 calls made to Santa via Telstra Payphones (2020-23) and an uplift of +5.1pts on Reptrak for Telstra. With over 1000+ pieces of earned coverage achieved in 2023 .

    • 2.9M organic social reach.​
    • 1000+ earned media articles.

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Herd MSL

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