Hello, I'm Ben, I created this video whilst on holiday in Egypt with my wife.
π I'd love to get some feedback so I can develop my skills and ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2un1pKt45ak
I've always enjoyed creative projects and before Covid I filmed and edited my second Egypt holiday video. For me, it was fun to create - I love music, and so when creating the video I tried to find a suitable song which represents the destination, and our time in the magnificent holiday resort in Hurghada.
It got me thinking that most of the popular travel vloggers have created a channel based around their personality, and guide you through their videos talking to camera, often in a documentary style.
My video is completely different, and I simply used interesting visuals, edited as best I could, and it almost feels like a music video. I wanted to get some feedback on this, not only because I'm curious, but because I would love to create more travel videos in the future, so I welcome feedba...
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Hi there. I am Caroline (Founder of Map Your City), we are regularly publishing some articles and interviews around destination marketing - since our platform empowers destination marketers.
π We would be delighted to hear about some memorable success story or campaign from your experience that highlights the power of effective destination marketing?
We just had a really successful co-marketing campaign with the Ireland tourism board this last fall. We readied a lot of content in preparation for an "Ireland Week" from our assets and some from the tourism board to push out through all of our channels and boost with more budget than our norm. But the key was having one of our UnFluencers (our partner influencers who we're differentiating for their dedication to our slow travel style) on the ground creating realtime, beautiful content to play off the scheduled content. Results were much better than expected and far beyond what the budget would normally produce.
Great example Richard! Love this. So would you say it was the co-marketing/ influencer co-lab that made it work much better or was it the mix of scheduled and realtime content especially? And did you use social media live video streams?
The βsecret sauceβ was that all of the ingredients felt important. We had a tourism board with a significant following supporting and amplifying, mixed with real time relevance.
We didnβt use live, but itβs certainly a thought for next time!
Great to hear that. Certainly understand the massive reach partners like that can bring. Do you mind me asking how much this co-lab improved conversion for you compared to other campaigns on similar budget?
Conversion suffered a tad, because the goal was reach for the campaign, as I expect it always would be on those collaborations. Targeted reach is the desire, but definitely wanting to cast a wider net.
Thanks so much for those insights Richard.
π Feel free to still join in the discussion or add your success story or campaign - we love to hear.