CLIENT
Little India Shopkeepers and Heritage Association (Lisha)
PROJECT
Integrated Digital Event Campaign
The Brief
Cultural celebrations in Singapore are very much physical, personal ones, but COVID-19 has changed that, forcing digital integration into all events and festivals. With merchants and locals alike accustomed to celebrating Deepavali on-site in Little India, the Little India Shopkeepers and Heritage Association (Lisha) came to us with a brief to take the Deepavali 2020 celebrations online whilst still driving foot traffic down to the cultural precinct.
The solution would target not just Singapore’s local Indian community, but also reach its non-Indian communities and international audiences as well.
METHODS & DELIVERABLES
Event Identity & Strategy
Creative Conceptualisation
Digital Assets Development
Social Media Marketing
Conceptualisation & Strategy
Inspired by the to-do and must-see lists that inevitably spring up before a major festival like Deepavali, we conceptualised “The Deepavalist” for Lisha’s 2020 celebrations. Taking the “list” aspect of this event identity as a motif, The Deepavalist microsite was born – a colourful, one-stop portal for everything Deepavali 2020 in Singapore, presented chiefly in the format of easy-to-digest listicles.
Content & Digital Assets Creation
With “The Deepavalist” microsite portal as an anchor, we next built a suite of digital assets that applied the event identity and list concept to social media posts, articles, and a video developed in collaboration with Lisha and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
The content revolved around 4 pillars:
- How Deepavali is uniquely celebrated in Singapore
- Deepavalist 2020 festival activities
- F&B highlights in Little India
- Arts attractions in the Little India district
Social Media Execution
“The Deepavalist” was shared with the world via social media, with a focus on Facebook and Instagram. We took a dynamic approach to the campaign, applying targeted boosts to specific posts and tweaking the campaign according to our data on user response.
It was a well received campaign, achieving an increase in total post engagement of 2,500% and boosting new page likes by 215% and new page followers by 220%. Users clicked through to “The Deepavalist” portal and spent an average of 1 min 10 sec engaging with the content. The microsite saw about 18,000 users and high pageviews of about 44,000 from this pool.
Showcasing the Singapore-style Deepavali experience to local and overseas audiences, the main campaign video achieved more than 10,600 views via Lisha’s Facebook page.
Overall, the event marketing delivered over and above its original objectives, creating a sizeable amount of online buzz for the festival and achieving offline footfall for on-site events.
