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Prepared for TELUS · Newcomers + Movers Campaign Strategy

Where newcomers
land first.

Most newcomers move into condos before single-unit dwellings. Our network is where they live. Now we close the loop — from attention to address match-back to signup.

Network
237 buildings
Screens
814 sellable
Markets
24 cities
Anchor
M-City Tower 2
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01The Audience

Newcomers + movers live in condos and rentals. Both index harder than any other audience for telecom services.

Why This Audience

A new arrival to Canada needs internet on day one. A mover needs service transferred. Both groups make telco decisions in their first 30 days at a new address.

And both groups live in our network. Newcomers move into condos and rentals before single-unit dwellings — that's where 814 of our sellable screens sit. FSA-level targeting takes us from "downtown Toronto" down to "this specific building."

You can't reach this audience on linear TV. You can't reach them on connected TV. You can reach them in the elevator they ride four times a day.

The Three Targeting Layers
1

New-to-Canada

Newcomer demographic density indexed at the FSA (Forward Sortation Area — first three digits of postal code). We surface buildings in zips where newcomer households over-represent. Mississauga's L5B FSA alone houses the M-City complex — 793 units, mostly newcomer-dense.

2

Movers + Renters

Postal-code precision on high-turnover rental buildings. New residents need service. The first 30 days at a new address is your conversion window — we show up in it.

3

FSA → Building Level

We can target down to the building. Want only L5B + M5V + T5J? Done. Want to exclude buildings with existing TELUS penetration? Done. The granularity matches the precision of your other channels.

02The Network

Built for this exact audience.

814
Sellable Screens
Across 237 newcomer-density condo and rental buildings in 24 Canadian cities.
5.1s
Active Attention
Per ride — 2× the 2.5s recall threshold and 2.5× digital advertising (Lumen Research).
4×
Trips Per Day
Per resident. Morning, lunch, evening. Frequency compounds across the flight.
2,630
Imp / Screen / Week
Net impressions at 1/16 loop share. CPM $10.50. Scales linearly with loop share.
// MISSISSAUGA · L5B 0M4
The Anchor

M-City Tower 2

3883 Quartz Rd, Mississauga, Ontario
56
Screens
793
Units
61
Floors

One building. Fifty-six screens. Seven hundred ninety-three units of newcomer-dense Mississauga. The biggest single-building concentration in our network — and the proof that FSA-level newcomer targeting isn't a media plan, it's a building plan.

24 cities, top 12 by screen count

Toronto
59 bldgs184 scr
North York
28 bldgs104 scr
Mississauga
11 bldgs97 scr
Edmonton
19 bldgs64 scr
Vancouver
19 bldgs50 scr
Calgary
16 bldgs46 scr
Ottawa
10 bldgs34 scr
Scarborough
9 bldgs30 scr
Brampton
9 bldgs29 scr
Montreal
9 bldgs28 scr
Surrey
7 bldgs21 scr
+ 13 more
full list →
03The Performance Loop

From attention to signup,
in one closed loop.

Most DOOH stops at impressions. We don't.

// STAGE 01

Exposure

Your message lands in a captive elevator at a newcomer-dense condo. Sound-off, eye-line, no phone signal.

5.1s
Active Attention
// STAGE 02

Attention

Verified by Lumen-style measurement — we re-introduce attention reporting on this campaign. 2× the recall threshold per ride.

2.5×
vs Digital Ads
// STAGE 03

Match-Back

TELUS captures an address on every signup. We match exposed households (via building) to your CRM. Closed loop.

1:1
Building-Level
// STAGE 04

Outcome

Signup conversions. Foot traffic to retail stores (geofenced). Real ROAS — not modeled impressions.

ROAS
Reported
The Reframe

VI's high-attention environment is a performance medium,
not just an awareness buy.

04The Creative

Bring back what already worked.

Your animal creative historically over-delivered for us — strong recall, strong recognition, equal performance in west and east.

The Recommendation

Revive the animal creative direction. Pair it with newcomer-relevant messaging — a frog with "your home, on day one" lands harder than a generic telco offer.

For a newcomer audience, the emotional shorthand of a familiar TELUS animal does work that copy can't. It says "this brand has been here a while" without ever needing to say it. Lower lift to produce (you have the assets), proven to perform across regions, and silent-format compatible.

Strong in the West
Strong in the East
Sample Creative Direction
"Your home,
on day one."
// :15 silent · 1920×1080 · Animal-led
05The Plans

Two ways to size this.

Tell us what reach you need, we'll tell you the cost. Or tell us the budget, we'll tell you the reach. Whichever your team evaluates faster.

Option 1 · Reach-Goal Framing

Sized by reach goal

"Hit this audience, this much."
Test
GTA core only · single-market read
28 bldgs · 135 scr
$15K
Scale
All Tier-A newcomer markets
237 bldgs · 814 scr
$90K
For TELUS teams comfortable thinking in audience reach — define the goal, we deliver the screens.
Option 2 · Budget-Fixed Framing

Sized by budget

"This is what we have. Show us the reach."
$25K
Highest-relevance buildings only
36 bldgs · 226 scr
$25K
$75K
Near-scale national coverage
172 bldgs · 678 scr
$75K
For TELUS teams with a fixed budget envelope — set the cap, we maximize the reach within it.

All plans: 4-week flight · $10.50 CPM · Animal creative · Address match-back included direct-to-brand

06Discovery — Questions for the Room

Five questions that shape the right plan.

Before we sharpen this further, here's what we'd like to know.

01

Which products are in scope?

Internet, Mobility, Security, TV — each changes the creative angle and the budget envelope. Mobility in particular is worth knowing about; it shifts the conversation.

02

Direct brand or via agency?

Address match-back historically only worked direct-to-brand. If there's an agency layer, we adapt the measurement approach — we'll work to it either way.

03

Brand-side or performance-side leading?

Tells us which case to lean into. Brand-side wants reach and attention. Performance-side wants closed-loop measurement — we sharpen the pitch to whichever desk is signing.

04

Animal creative — revive or new?

Historic performance was strong. We can adapt the existing direction or co-develop a new newcomer-specific angle. Lower production lift if we revive.

05

Attention measurement as a KPI?

It's been a while since we've reported it back. Re-introducing this on the campaign signals a partnership reset — and gives your team a defensible non-CPM metric.

Let's talk about outcomes,
not just impressions.
Get in touch
Brynn Kassian · Vertical Impression
bkassian@verticalimpression.com