Client

Aetna

Project

Aetna Healthy Business

Services

- Content strategy and playbook
- Content creation
- Amplification
- Platform development

Media
Digital
Print
Event
Radio

Objective

In the mid-2000s, Aetna was seeking a program that branded it as the leading health insurance provider for the small business community in the New York Tri-State area. Additionally, there was a need to deliver Aetna’s Healthy Business message to the market, and generate leads for Aetna’s sales force and its brokers.

Solution

RSL Media developed a multi-channel marketing program including:

  • “Secrets to a Healthy Small Business” events throughout the Tri-State area
  • Print advertorials in RSL Media’s publication New York Enterprise Report
  • Website advertising
  • A wide-reaching radio campaign delivering business tips
  • Partnerships with local business organizations, including Chambers of Commerce
Event Attendee Response
100% of attendees

100% of attendees rated the event they attended as good or excellent and said they would attend another event.

Results

The multimedia campaign was so successful in delivering Aetna’s message to the NYC area small business community that the program was renewed and expanded twice.

“The Secrets to a Healthy Small Business” event series, originally designed for brand lift, exceeded expectations in attracting hard-to-reach NYC area business owners. In years two and three, the event series generated leads for Aetna agents.

 

"The RSL Media team came to the table with a very creative and effective integrated series called 'The Secrets to a Healthy Small Business' that wound up running for nearly three years in a period when sales volume also increased. Aetna later expanded elements of the program to other markets but it lacked RSL Media's strategic and creative glue."

Hugh Scallon
former head of advertising, Aetna

What Our Clients Say

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Stephanie Anderson
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Time Warner Cable Business Services

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Anne Powell
Director, Channel Sales, Kronos

We had tremendous success working with RSL Media over a five-year period. In addition to consistent flawless execution, RSL Media was always one step ahead of the market, evolving our event concepts based on their understanding of the SMB market. Their events led us to crushing our subscription goals and unprecedented thought-leadership, which we leveraged across North America. I can't recommend them enough.

Anne Powell
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I’d grade them [RSL Media] an ‘A’. They are highly organized, and punctual. Project management is excellent; everything just happens. Content of the theme ideas we request is excellent, and article quality is very good. They go out of their way to help us promote.

Madeline Levine
Citibank

The RSL Media team came to the table with a very creative and effective integrated series called 'The Secrets to a Healthy Small Business' that wound up running for nearly three years in a period when sales volume also increased. Aetna later expanded elements of the program to other markets but it lacked RSL’s strategic and creative glue.

Hugh Scallon
Former Head of Advertising, Aetna

RSL Media has been great with thinking of thought-leadership topics we can surround our products with. The white papers [they produced] are our top downloaded content on our resource library and some of the top content that our LinkedIn audience has clicked on to read on our website.

Marketing Advisor
Telecommunications, Canada

We have a lot of SMB clients. There are a lot of different ad agencies that use to create content for us, but because this campaign was focused on SMB, we wanted an expert. RSL Media went above and beyond what was required.

Consumer Marketing Manager
Insurance & Financial Services, U.S.

They keep us in touch with the pulse of the business community. No matter what my question is, they’re there [as a resource]. It’s one of the best relationships I have ever had with an agency, ever.

Marketing Manager
Telecom, U.S.
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