A promotional campaign devised by a Derby creative and digital agency for a Midlands tourist attraction has won a top international award.
The campaign by Fluid Ideas, based at Darley Abbey Mills, helped the National Forest Adventure Farm, near Burton, attract a record number of visitors to its Halloween-themed scare attraction Screamfest, driving a 28% year-on-year increase in ticket sales.
Fluid promoted Screamfest with an industry-first Facebook Live initiative called Cage Fright.
The event’s success has now been recognised in The Drum Digital Advertising Awards (Europe) with Fluid winning the most effective use of creativity award.
The judges praised the agency for using a Facebook Live experience to drive innovation and strong engagement among a niche audience.
Cage Fright saw eight volunteers strapped into chairs in a darkened cage and viewers voted on which ‘scare’ would be unleashed on them by actors.
Fluid also managed the digital marketing for Screamfest across social media, search, Spotify and other channels.
Screamfest ran over 15 nights and featured five scare mazes, a variety of horror acts, a fairground and a zombie paintball range.
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Because of the pandemic, the awards ceremony was cancelled but Fluid Ideas joined an online party to celebrate its success.
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Ben Meakin, head of Fluid Ideas’ digital and social team, who led the project for the National Forest Adventure Farm, said: “We are immensely proud to have won this award for Cage Fright. It’s testament to the hours of hard work from the team to make this project a reality.
“Scare attractions are becoming increasingly popular in the 海角视频 and our campaign raised awareness of Screamfest to a new level, resulting in a big rise in ticket sales.
“The National Forest Adventure Farm is one of those dream clients that allow us to push the boundaries of innovation, and we look forward to creating the next attention-grabbing digital experiences for them and others.”