06Build familiarity

Posukuma

Japan Post Co., Ltd.

  • Transport & logistics
  • Other

YataLogic’s analysis

The key point of this case

The character’s formative experience and the user’s own act of sending a letter share the same theme.

From official information

Officially documented uses

In the official backstory, a letter encouraged the character while ill as a child, inspiring it to become a postal worker. Pages for parents and children connect this with experiences of writing, playing and delivering letters.

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Roles identified by YataLogic

The character’s job

In the official backstory, a letter encouraged the character while ill as a child, inspiring it to become a postal worker. Pages for parents and children connect this with experiences of writing, playing and delivering letters.

Application ideas from YataLogic

How could another business apply this?

Build a character’s formative experience around an action that real customers take.

Where is it used?

In the official backstory, a letter encouraged the character while ill as a child, inspiring it to become a postal worker. Pages for parents and children connect this with experiences of writing, playing and delivering letters.

What could you measure?

These are example measures for your own application, not reported performance figures from the featured company.

  • Familiarity
  • Trust
  • Intention to engage again
  • Intention to share
  • Intention to recommend

Sources

Consider your own business

What job could a character do for your business?

Found a relevant example? Identify your current challenge and the job you would like a character to do.

Apply these ideas to your business

Together, we consider the character’s job based on your business, customers and use situations.

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These cases do not prove effects caused by a character alone. Officially documented uses are presented separately from YataLogic’s analysis of their roles.

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