ARDA “Integrated Marketing Campaign Of The Year”
The Challenge: Answer the question, “Do people like me buy timeshare?” for skeptical prospects.
The brand needed to:
- Build trust
- Show real owner stories
- Humanize the membership experience
- Drive interest and conversions — on a tiny budget
I led the (pre-expansion) Explorer program and served as the strategic driver behind the integrated campaign.
Specifically, I:
- Sold the vision internally
- Marketed Explorer content to channel owners
- Unified teams across content, social, email, audio, and digital magazine
- Ensured storytelling consistency
- Drove amplification across channels
Other teams executed touchpoints, but I made the campaign possible.
The answer? Multi-channel execution.
1. Blog (Long-Form Stories)
Real owner stories + expert advice
2. Short-Form Social + UGC Photos
Authentic moments + shareable content
3. Nano Influencer UGC Video
Peer-to-peer credibility
4. Digital Magazine (Audio Feature)
Rich storytelling, high engagement
5. Email to 16M+ prospects
Mass reach + strategic segmentation
Key Metrics
Blog
- 4,393 landing page visits
- 87,501 unique blog views
- Avg. 00:2:23 time on page
Social (HGV)
- 20,796 reach
- 98 engagements
- 188 clicks to HGV.com
Nano Influencer
- 5,431 reach
- 61 engagements
Audio Feature
- Ranked #2 in top content that cycle
- 5,544 visitors
- 7,214 pageviews
- High dwell time, high trust, high influence.
Audience: 16.3M prospects
- 30.44% open rate (massive for unengaged list)
- 41,987 pageviews
- 9,446 new users
- 1.63 pages/session
Email alone outperformed most full campaigns.
Budget vs. Impact
Total Annual Budget: $1,500
And we delivered:
- 6M+ reach
- 90K+ content views
- Cross-channel engagement
- Industry award