BeachBound Press Trip Campaign
Summary: I went on a press trip with BeachBound, a company that curates unforgettable beach vacation experiences from over 70 seaside destinations. The trip consisted of staying at the Melia Punta Cana Beach Resort, which is one of their partners, and discussing the experience while also promoting BeachBound.
Strategy: To promote the brand, I shared a mix of photo and video content across social media during and after the trip. Moreover, I wrote an SEO-optimized blog post about my experience that highlighted BeachBound after the trip.
Results:
The blog post reached the top of page #1 in Google search results for its main keyword (“Punta Cana itinerary”) within six weeks of publication:
Additionally, I was able to get the blog post to rank for other valuable keywords, like “5 day Punta Cana itinerary”, “Punta Cana itinerary” and “5 days in Punta Cana”.
In terms of social reach, the content received:
- Twitter: 5702+ impressions and 1,074 engagements
- Instagram Feed: 8,256 plays (reels) + 872 likes + 221 comments
- Instagram Stories: 223 reach
- TikTok: 1637 plays
- Facebook: 4,440 reach + 479 engagements
Testimonial:
“Jessie has been absolutely wonderful to work with. Not only does she produce beautiful and relevant content, it is clear she has a mind for marketing, which is rare to find. Throughout our partnership, Jessie has been professional and thoughtful, bringing ideas to the table, sending in robust and clear reports, and most importantly, delivering. Our campaign with her resulted in an 8% lift in social following, her article made it in the top 10 on google for multiple relevant key word searches, and she over delivered on the content we had contracted. We are so excited to continue our partnership with Jessie!” – Katie Williams, BeachBound
The brand was so happy with the results, they invited me on another press trip campaign, this time to visit Grand Fiesta Americana Coral Beach in Cancún, Mexico.
For this campaign, I produced a blog post sharing a 7-day Cancun itinerary, which landed in Google’s top search result for its main keyword (among other keywords) and was syndicated by Microsoft.
Here is a screenshot:
In terms of social reach, the concent received:
- Twitter: 4,458 impressions + 197 engagements
- Instagram Feed: 12,949 plays (reels) + 754 likes + 134 comments
- Instagram Stories: 237 reach
- TikTok: 4,667 plays
- Facebook: 4,970 impressions + 900 engagements
- Pinterest: 3,598 impressions (idea pins)