
Case in 60 seconds
After using influencer marketing to generate awareness for the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2023, YKONE had to turn that familiarity into excitement for the 2024 ticket sales, which asks more of creator content than awareness does.
The campaign turns on first-hand experience rather than general enthusiasm, because creators who had attended the previous Grand Prix could speak about the race and the destination as people who had been there, which the page treats as the basis for casting.
YKONE built the campaign around returning attendees acting as ambassadors for the next race, so behind-the-scenes access and education about the event's values and destination would carry the case for buying a ticket.
YKONE cast and booked a diverse group of ambassadors and niche creators who had attended the previous Grand Prix, who posted simultaneously with UTM links to ticket sales, producing video formats for Instagram and TikTok and audio formats for three different podcasts.
YKONE reports 123 posts from 26 social icons, delivering 29.4M impressions and 12M reach, while the agency also reports 498.4K interactions and a 3% engagement rate, although no ticket sales figure is published.
Strategy Breakdown
Creative & Execution System
Assets & channels
- TikTok
- Other
Partners
- YKONE
Creator role
- lin_smith_jerome — creator
- alexcosta — creator
- ms.emelia — creator
- austin_sprinz — creator
- camcasey — creator
- lindsaymariebrewer — creator
- faffapix — creator
- paigelorenze — creator
- thelasvegasfoodie — creator
- local.livin — creator
- itsdaniel.leo — creator
- pitstop — creator
- alexandra_lourdes — creator
- shelovesformula1 — creator
- laurengibson — creator
- salomondrin — creator
- theredflagspod — creator
- formula.addict — creator
- julzkimmm — creator
- mrcarsounds — creator
- maddzak — creator
- thepaddedseat — creator
- matarmstrongbmx — creator
- itsnatewyatt — creator
- raisedinvegas — creator
Results & Evidence
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Impressions | 29.4M impressions |
| Reach | 12M reach |
| Interactions | 498.4K interactions |
| Engagement Rate | 3% engagement rate |
| Posts | 123 posts |
| Social Icons | 26 social icons |
The Work
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - The Padded Seat
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Mikaela She Loves F1
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Emelia Hartford
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Julie Kim Battaglia
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Formula Addict
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Fabio Farati
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Alejandro Salomon
YouTubeFormula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - The Red Flags Podcast
Why YKONE's strategy worked
- 1
Casting creators who attended a previous edition of an event gives the content the authority of experience, so the promotion is a recommendation from a returning visitor rather than a paid announcement.
- 2
Attaching UTM links to creator posts gives a ticketed event a way to trace sales back to individual creators, which makes a sales objective measurable rather than assumed, even where the results are not published.
- 3
Simultaneous posting across a large roster concentrates attention into one moment, so audiences who follow several of the creators meet the event repeatedly within a short window rather than in scattered posts.


