BTA: Influencers Reach 1.48M During Cup Match
Influencers and content producers hosted by the Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] during the 2022 Cup Match holiday achieved a global reach of nearly 1.5 million, according to the BTA.
A spokesperson said, “During the 2022 Cup Match holiday, held from July 28 – July 29, the Bermuda Tourism Authority hosted an array of talented influencers and content producers as part of a newly developed content partnership. The project was part of ongoing efforts from the BTA to globally share Bermudian experiences. These partnerships will also award BTA opportunities to have owned content while extending their distribution networks.
“Photographer Lenny S., creative director Dapper Lou, Grammy award-winning director Melina Matsoukas, celebrity stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, influencer Chinyere Adogu and blogger Nyja Richardson were engulfed in Bermudian culture.
“Though a celebratory time, BTA’s influencer guests learned the steep history and festivities surrounding the two-day holiday and were tasked with delivering content that displayed Bermuda in its most authentic light. Throughout their time each visitor shared their experience through documented social media postings, one of which being reposted by DJ Khalid for his 30.4M followers to see, further extending the Bermuda’s reach.
“Over the course of their brief stay the metrics below were accomplished:
- 1.48M Global Reach
- 210 posts across all social channels
- 1.23M video /reel views
- 282 shares
- 8,453 engagements [likes, share, comments]
“BTA will continue to work with the influencers to ensure deliverables from the partnerships are met. Most recently Dapper Lou released a recap video highlighting his time spent. Dapper worked alongside Burnt House Productions, and BTA Team members to capture the content and used Bermudian producer Noise Cans for the video’s music, adding even more local feeling to the video.
“The video amassed over 40k views and was shared more than 2k times in under 24 hours, praised by many members of the Bermudian community throughout the 204 positive comments. Dapper Lou stated on his Instagram in-feed post: “I’m honoured to have partnered with Bermuda to document one of their most historic events. We experienced a rich culture, beautiful people, and warm hospitality.”
When asked about the success of the influencer content partnership Tracy Berkeley, BTA Interim CEO said: “Our goal is to always show our island in the most authentic way. Strategically adjusting our approach to move from just hosting traditional “influencers” to now working with content creators so that we have owned content, proved to be successful. We look forward to hosting even more talented persons so we can continue to grow our distribution and global reach.”
“BTA will leverage these new relationships to create valuable business development, film and photo shoot opportunities that will benefit Bermuda and our creative community a. During their time on the island, the influencers worked alongside local content creators who assisted in capturing their genuine Bermuda and Cup Match experiences.
“In our current program, the BTA does not pay influencer fees, however we do subsidize travel expenses at various levels based on a careful ROI analysis and vetting process. We will also sometimes purchase content rights from images or video that can be used to support our marketing efforts. Beyond basic engagement reporting, we also analyze metrics that take a deeper dive into the true marketing success of the campaign, including demographic audience data, impressions, reach, total engagements, and views.”
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“Influencers and content producers hosted by the Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] during the 2022 Cup Match holiday achieved a global reach of nearly 1.5 million, according to the BTA.”
Very good for a jurisdiction with roughly 60,000 people. Well done.
Pfff. That’s the excuse to have a three-day $200,000 champagne party with models and washed-up athletes. It does nothing for us.
Removing the TA form would have a greater effect, but they won’t do that. We all know exactly why, don’t we, Burt.
At what REAL cost to us..
This is so unbelievably hilarious! Really, the claims made are hilarious justification for bringing friends to Bermuda at taxpayer expense. It is almost impossible to put a value on the results from “influencers” unless there is a code or another method of identification used by travelers to Bermuda that proves they came here because of an “influencer.”
For example: when you purchase an item online using a discount code from another website, that sale is traced back to the owner of the code who gets credit for the sale. The same applies to social media. Codes can also be embedded in links on a website. Click here to purchase a shiny widget and you are redirected to another website.
Nice try, BTA. Try harder to prove your claims.
Do you know what “global reach” actually means? How much money was generated in Bermuda by that “global reach?”
How could they have a global reach and they didn’t post anything while on the island or when they left. Also everyone knows only 10% of your followers sees your content so that means 100k followers would have saw a post. Plp lies all the time and you fools just take it. So glad I left lol
1.48m what exactly? How does that translate into travel $ and tourist spend? No idea have you. None.
Stop lining PLP pockets with the TA and do something useful.