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2017MY Levante LaunchApril 12th, 2017

IntroductionMarketing Communications ManagerMaserati North AmericaJoseph Barbagallo Responsible for all consumer facing brand communications and media buying and planning for Maserati North America

Nearly 10 years within the automotive industry (client and agency side)

Primarily digital experience

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Why are we here?To share how Maserati North America leveraged Facebooks advertising solutions to drive early awareness, consideration and purchase intent for the all-new Levante SUV while navigating the challenges of low brand awareness, limited budgets, limited assets, scarce digital tools and a highly competitive landscape.

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Maserati History (1914-Present Day)

December 1st, 1914 4 of the 7 Maserati brothers (Alfieri, Ettore, Ernesto and Bindo) start Maserati S.p.A.4

To understand where we are today as a brand with the launch of the Levante, its important to learn where weve been. Maserati was created by the four Maserati brothers on Dec 1st 1914 with the sole premise of building race cars to win races.

Maserati History (1914-Present Day)

In 1926, they created their first car, the Maserati Tipo 26.

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Its sole purpose was to win races. It won in its first race, the 1926 Targa Florio.

Maserati History (1914-Present Day)In the late 40s, Maserati needed a means of funding their racing program. So, they introduced their first road car, 1947 Maserati A6 1500.

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Their business model needed to change to fund their passion. This passion became instrumental to their ethos and core to the Maserati DNA.

Maserati History (1914-Present Day)

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Today, we are at a very similar point in time with the introduction of the Levante. With the need to continue to fund the dream of producing some of the most emotional cars on the road today. The opportunity in tremendous and the time for Maserati is now.

Most Critical Launch in Maseratis 102- year History

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The success of this brand rides on the laurels of this car where Levante will make up nearly 50% of the total volume of sales for 2017. To say this SUV is critical to the brands future is an understatement. Lets take a little closer look at the opportunity within this segment.

Levante: The SUV Opportunity

SUV Marketplace is 4x larger than any of the current Maserati segments

Total Luxury sales projected to increase through 2020 while industry is flat to declining

Source: IHS State of the Automotive Industry Presentation at The Drive Conference9

Opportunities w/ LevanteFirst chance at a true two-car Maserati driveway (current clients) and conquest new clients. Were a brand that is 70-80% conquest.

Luxury Automotive Shoppers Behaviors

Are open to change but yet dont know what vehicle is best for themSource: ComScore 2016: Path to Purchase among luxury car buyers10

56%Switched Brands

89%Compared More Than One Brand60%+Know what vehicle they want after 4 weeks of shopping

With Levante, we have a chance to reach a new audience of customer that the brand never has before new clients (conquest) where 3.8 avg cars considered among luxury buyersAs marketers, its our job to drive influence. Lets look at what channels drive INFLUENCE among luxury car shoppers.

Source: ComScore 2016: Path to Purchase among luxury car buyers

Online video is the most influential channel for luxury vehicle shoppers.

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Luxury Automotive Shoppers Influences

If you looked at this slide 7/8 years ago, you may have seen OEM/dealer sites rank much higher. In todays non-linear shopping world, its a very different situation. 9 out of 10 US Luxury Car Buyers, say Online Video informed or influenced their most recent vehicle purchase.57% of Luxury Buyers say online video introduced them to new vehicles they had not considered before. 69% of Luxury Buyers say online videos convinced them to think more positively about a vehicle brand. Control YOUR message.

60% of all online video is exclusively consumed on a mobile device. The mobile device is a critical tool in the decision making path to purchase

Source: TNS 2016: Auto Path to Purchase, US luxury car buyers / ComScore 2016: Path to Purchase among luxury car buyersof Luxury Buyers used their mobile phone to research online68Mobile device is critical to their research process

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Luxury Automotive Shoppers Mobile Tool Usage

Connect Tier 1 level to Tier 3 and connecting the dots for consumers.

Dealer locatorInventory Leads

Mobile site being HTTPS enabled so it is aware of the users physical location

Digital & Dealer Experiences Drive ConsiderationSource: Google/comScore The Role of Digital and Dealers in the Luxury Path to Purchase

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Digital and Dealer experiences are most influential sources in the buying process for luxury shoppers.

Luxury Shoppers

As marketers we must connect the Tier 1 Tier 3 bridge digitally. That hand off must be frictionless and positively additive to the consumer journey.

Look at some of the challenges we faced at Maserati, when preparing for the critical launch of the Levante.

Challenges When Preparing for Product Launch

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- Majority of website traffic comes from mobile with low conversion rate. - Directive that MNA and agency partners were operating on: develop a pre-launch/long-lead program where we can be positively disruptive, efficient in our media buy, by-pass the website and ensure that we made the right audience aware of the Levante.

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Capitalize on Momentum following Global and Local Reveals

Source: Google Trends of Worldwide Searches for Maserati LevanteWith significant interest around the Levante following the Global Reveal, what opportunities can we take advantage of to build demand

February-March 2016: Online reveal led to highest peak in searches one week before vehicle revealed at Geneva"March 2016: Geneva Motor Show vehicle revealedApril 2016: NY Auto Show, US Reveal

To make sure that the campaign we developed was as impactful as possible, we had to get the timing right. We played off the highest level of organic awareness that we could. We needed a long lead strategy that capitalized on the massive interest in the US for this SUV, 6 months out from its retail release.Late April was our moment to begin.

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Solution - Facebook Lead Generation Campaign

With Facebook, we created an inherently mobile, frictionless experience of generating handraisers in an extremely efficient manner and immediately connected them with dealers to begin ordering a Levante.

Lets take a look at the results.

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Results

People reached across both4MillionEngagements at a 13.2% Engagement Rate1.23MOver1MillionVideo ViewsOver21kGenerated LeadsLevantes Sold through Generated Leads:127

Best creative is nothing without the right targeting: (1stparty (website visitors, website visitor LALs, customer data, customer LALs) and 3rdparty Polk data in/near market for luxury SUV with HHI layersCost-per-lead of $4.21 (Next best channel CPP Lead is Retention at $760/lead or 180x higher than this program) Social commerce, for auto, is now!

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Results

180XMore cost efficient than next most cost efficient channel

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Leading with Branded Video created intrigue that drew the consumer through the full funnelBalancing Scale while Driving Efficiencies against best performing audiencesContinual Testing and Optimizations across various creative combinationsEstablish direct connection between FB and CRM system to pass leads to dealers in real-timeKey Learnings

First Party Data delivered most efficient lead conversion

Learnings include:Leading with video is critical in breaking through the clutter in-news feed and being remembered and valued. Test, learn, optimize. Trial and error mentality. Digital, specifically Social, allows us to do this at low cost and low risk. Your 1st Party data is critical. These are people who are already buying your cars or showing signs (website LAL) of interest! For MNA, Owners LALs were the top performing audience with the most leads generated at the lowest CPL (-26% CPL than campaign average).Second best performing target was the LAL audience built off of those who visited the Stay in Touch page on Maseratiusa.com. Generated the second most leads and second lowest CPLVideo Viewer retargeting, which had minimal spend against it, delivered the third most efficient CPL, just slightly lower than the campaign average

Be engaged with your community. These are people whom are seeing your ads and could buy your product asking questions related to their shopping process.Connect your CRM system with FB directly to create a seamless pass of that lead to your dealer in real-time.

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Continued Evolution

1. Led Gen campaigns have expanded to other carlines and continue to drive most efficient CPLs

2. Take the full funnel approach to Facebook Canvas units with richer experiences

3. Optimize between Facebook and Instagram to drive most efficient CPLsEvolution

- Weve extended Facebook lead gen into Ghibli and QP carlines and are using mixed placement lead ads to drive most efficient cost pers- Weve built a full-purchase funnel experience in Facebook Canvas (awareness, consideration, purchase intent) Believers in native advertising and richer digital experiences, Canvas was a logical next step.Were continuing mixed placements across facebook and instagram in everything we do on these platforms to drive to most efficient cost pers.

In short, Social Media channels will continue to be part of our staple diet at MNA. We will continue to leverage the FB and IG platforms to reach our audiences with the full funnel objectives of driving awareness, consideration and purchase intent at extremely efficient costs.

Thank you.