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.

Email

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

Leadership Value

I build cross-functional alignment, scale the idea, and drive results with minimal resources.

Click to read article