Online campaign delivers sub-standard cable message

The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) has developed an online video campaign to highlight the dangers and problems contractors and installers can face with sub-standard cable.

The campaign which launched on 25^th January to the cable supply industry has been developed around three themes and will grow into a collection of animated videos as part of the ACI’s further involvement in content marketing.

Launching with three messages – Dressed to impress tells the viewer that some cables are deliberately under-specified when produced; Speak the right language highlights the fact that what’s written on the cable may not be what you buy; Better behaved cable spells out that if the purchase doesn’t feel right then it probably isn’t.

Peter Smeeth, of the Approved Cables Initiative said: “We understand that our target audience is embracing social media more and more to find answers and now looks to a range of channels for information.

“More often this will involve social media and online videos continue to grow in popularity. With a picture worth 1,000 words as they say and one in three in the UK viewing at least one online video a week, a video campaign done well can spread the messages we want to share in a simple and clear format to new and existing audiences.”

The videos will be hosted on the ACI’s website and its YouTube channel and it is hoped that all cable industry associations will share the content with members and followers. The videos can be watched at www.aci.org.uk

The ACI launched in 2010 to address the issues of unsafe, non-approved and sub-standard cables entering the UK market place.