The Project:
Champagne Package
Ongoing campaign -- 1 year benchmark case study
1 platform strategy -- Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn
Overview::
- Develop consistent content strategy that highlights the diversity of the university's academic achievements, community service outreach, fundraising campaigns, and brand awareness for student recruitment purposes
- Introduce mobile application and email marketing elements for external/internal communications
- Develop influencer relationships through takeovers and brand partnerships with small businesses, nonprofits and government officials focused on higher education
- Develop content to increase engagement rates across multiple social media platforms
- Supporting PR campaign and strategic messaging across Facebook and Twitter
- Launching targeted Facebook advertising campaigns to support efforts
- Streamlining imagery used on platform for brand consistency
- Managing community management and social networking efforts via analytics
- Integrating user-generated content into social media efforts (when available)
Sample of styled images, graphics and video:
Strategy & Tactics:
- Developed consistent social media content categories focused on driving key messaging. Categories include:"Proud Past, Progressive Future": Focused on highlighting rich tradition of the university and compelling student success stories
- "LU Tiger Bite": Highlighting unique university auxiliaries and features for recruitment purposes and stewardship opportunities
- "Roaming with Rome": Focused on educating constituents with developing partnerships and advocacy of the institution with state legislation by the Lincoln University President, Dr. Kevin Rome
- Articles and Opinions: Highlighting press coverage and developing new advisories
- Created custom branded graphics and styled imagery for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram posts
- Launched Facebook post engagement advertising campaign to expand reach of posts
- Launched content campaign to generate buzz for launch at Homecoming including a giveaway to Facebook fans
The Results:
Key Campaign wins
- Increased weekly post engagement rates over 82% from an average of 23 weekly engagements to 175 weekly engagements
- Increased followers by 2.3k+ in campaign with 33% community growth on Facebook
- Proud Past, Progressive Future content campaign received 19.3k+ impressions on Facebook
- Developed and accumulated over 1K+ followers for Instagram and Youtube account; platforms previously didn't exist for university