THE BRIEF
Francis Benali is an incredible and rare person. Driven by an unrelenting force to help Cancer Research UK in their goal of eliminating cancer, Franny chose to undertake a massive challenge for his third effort for the charity; an incredible seven ironman triathlons in seven days. That’s a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile cycle and a 26.2 mile marathon run, everyday for seven days.
Although previous challenges Franny had undertaken had been very successful, social media engagement hadn’t been planned or used to its maximum potential, therefore potentially missing out on valuable donations and support.
CLIENT
TARGETS
Football supporters, triathletes & the general public
LOCATION
7 locations throughout the UK, starting in Manchester and finishing in Southampton
BUDGET
n/a
DESCRIPTION
The IronFran Challenge, consisting of 7 ironman triathlons between 7 national UK locations in just 7 days
DELIVERABLES
Social media planning
Automated Facebook posts
Automated Instagram posts
Automated Twitter posts
Boosted targeted posts throughout
Website content management
Analytics management and reporting
OUR SOLUTION
Following discussions with the support team, 418 took charge of developing a base marketing plan and managing all social media accounts. We started by driving regular daily engagement across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the lead up to the challenge itself, whilst carefully monitoring the analytics throughout.
During the week of the challenge, up to the minute posts were actioned, working in conjunction with Franny’s daughter Kenzie, who was part of the on-the-road support team and creating live feeds and video diaries.
THE RESULT
As anticipated, engagement grew at a steady pace towards the beginning of the challenge with an increase donations being reflected. Engagement and donations during the 7 day challenge increased exponentially and constant monitoring and boosting of the most popular posts pushed them even further.
On days 5 and 6, Franny was strongly advised to let his body recover due to the extreme pressure he was putting himself under. The support team took over for these two days and all social media channels were buzzing with concerned supporters and friends, resulting a peak in donations and interactions.
The final day ended in Franny’s hometown of Southampton and naturally there was a massive turnout of support to welcome him home. 418 had full support and coverage on the evening, with up-to-minute support coming from both on-site and off-site management.
Compared to Franny’s previous challenge in 2016, the Text2Donate number showed a 195% increase and direct donations via the IronFran website showed an increase of 301%. Other highlights throughout the campaign showed increases of 9,356% Facebook page views, 3,711% Facebook post engagement, 1.13 million Facebook video views, 5.54 million Tweet impressions, and overall engagement rates ranging between 45.3-67.2%.
This all resulted in raising over ÂŁ330,000 from the challenge and pushed Franny’s grand total over his ÂŁ1 million target raised for Cancer Research UK.
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