PREMISE
TEDxPune is an independently organised event where people come together to share ideas and insights.
THE ASK
In 2017, this event took place on the 9th of September, and we were given the following objectives to market the event:
1) Create awareness and drive conversations around the event
2) Generate conversions through social media to hit a target of 150 ticket sales
THE ANSWER
Frequent posting of content on social media around the year’s theme, Unravel, which was broken down into the following content pegs:
Unravel Ideas, Unravel Places, Unravel Feelings, and Unravel Debates.
Each of the content pegs comprised of a sequential set of posts – a series of creatives that set the tone and provided background on the theme for the week, culminating with an online contest with the incentive of free passes.
These posts were interspersed with updates on the speakers for the event, informative posts about TEDxPune and its origins, and frequent announcements of ticket offers for the main event on the 9th.
A promotional budget of Rs. 15000 and a plan were set to maximize reach of the ticketing posts leading up to the date of the event.
THE RESULT
The combination of frequent posting of relevant and engaging content, along with paid promotions, led to an increase in reach by over 300%!
All tickets were sold out a week in advance, even without the whole promotional budget getting exhausted.