Increasing Awareness of Local Events with Influencers
SailGP, an emerging extreme sailing sport and league where teams compete across a season of multiple grand prix around the world, was coming to San Francisco. The USA team kicked off an ongoing partnership with Code3 to increase awareness of the event and the new sport through an integrated digital program, which included influencers.
The Strategy
Identifying the Right Audience
Setting the right strategy and identifying influencers to reach new audiences and expand awareness was a big task that SailGP leaned on Code3 to handle. Based on research, our team aimed to reach sports enthusiasts with a bias toward action sports to generate a new viewing audience and rouse fandom, along with a local lifestyle crowd to bolster attendance. We set out to find influencers who could do just that.
The Action
Setting Influencer Strategy
Code3 led the entire influencer process, from strategy and researching against potential new audiences to sourcing and outreach (ranging from macro to micro influencers), resulting in an increase in new audience reach and engagement.