Hand holds a Las Vegas Grand Prix "SATURDAY" credential with a holographic logo, captioned "Upstairs to Skybox"

Las Vegas Grand Prix Influencer Ticket Sales Campaign

Influencer Marketing

YKONE ran an influencer campaign with 26 social icons for the Las Vegas Grand Prix to drive 2024 ticket sales, reporting 29.4M impressions across 123 posts.

29.4MImpressions
12MReach
498.4KInteractions
3%Engagement Rate

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

The audiences of a diverse group of ambassadors and niche creators who had attended the previous Grand Prix, to be educated about the event's values and destination ahead of the 2024 ticket sales.
A ticketed race needs people to commit money ahead of the weekend rather than simply notice it, so YKONE moved from the awareness campaign of 2023 to content tied to ticket sales through UTM links.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is presented through its destination and its values as much as the race itself, because the brief asked creators to educate their audiences about both alongside behind-the-scenes material.
People trust an account from someone who has already been to an event, which is why YKONE cast creators who had attended the previous Grand Prix rather than creators new to the race.

Creative & Execution System

Assets & channels

  • Instagram
  • 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

MetricValue
Impressions29.4M impressions
Reach12M reach
Interactions498.4K interactions
Engagement Rate3% engagement rate
Posts123 posts
Social Icons26 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. 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. 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. 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.