Client: The Wicked Wallop by Kingpin Productions

Industry: Events

Marketing a niche event to the masses

The Wicked Wallop is a free-to-attend event fuelled by the hot rod movement of the 50s, celebrating the world of classic cars, choppers, pinstripe art and pin-up girls, along with the spirit that defines the unique lifestyle.

Role

  • Lead the marketing communications of the event
  • Design sponsorship decks and marketing collaterals
  • Social media management
  • Digital advertising strategy
  • Website development

Outcomes

  • Doubled event attendees from the previous year’s event to 15,000
  • Strategic retargeting on the Meta ads platform decreased cost per event RSVP by -80%
  • Search ads complemented radio advertising to increase event awareness, with a 30% CTR from ads and a +32% increase in website traffic

Meta ad strategy

A/B test: Testing the different types of audience targeting identified where the budget will be spent most lucratively.

Awareness: Ads ran to the new audience identified by the A/B test, with a frequency cap to prevent ad fatigue.

Conversion: Re-targeting the people that engaged with the awareness campaign decreased the cost per event RSVP. Event RSVPs were selected as the key conversion for its ripple effect on Facebook – “[Name] is attending this event”.

Search ad strategy

What do people do when they hear something on the radio and want to learn more about it? They Google what they remember.

Targeting the keywords and phrases most enunciated in the radio advertising script captured the search queries of interested audiences.

Content marketing

Targeting the masses: Featuring live performances and fringe activities targeted interest groups in complementary niches. 

Collaboration: Featuring sponsors and brands involved encouraged cross-posting, leading to increased awareness of the event.

Kind words

“Jude played an integral role in contributing to our event’s success, tactful and knowledgeable with our marketing spend. Her relentless pursuit of quality output was one of her greatest trademarks we admired her for, apart from being a brilliant digital marketing professional.”

Kamal M., 
CEO of Kingpin Productions – organizers of The Wicked Wallop

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