Influencer Marketing

Authentic Creators Boosted Clicks for Ireland

A high-impact influencer campaign showcasing the beauty of Derry~Londonderry and Donegal, delivered with premium content at low cost.
Best Travel and Lifestyle Campaign | Influencer Marketing Awards
Award-winning campaign |
Best Travel and Lifestyle Campaign | Influencer Marketing Awards

Background

Objectives

Get

Adventurous, value-driven British travellers aged 30+, in the ABC1 demographic, who gather inspiration and information before committing to a trip.

to

Build awareness of the Island of Ireland, especially Derry~Londonderry and Donegal, by inspiring consideration and bookings.

Goals

Boost destination reach, cost-effectively

Drive action through daily trip planning

Create reusable, high-performing assets

261,000

@thegingerwanderlust

Adventure travel creator sharing hikes, landscapes, and photography.

Interests

⛰️ Adventure

🌍 Travel

📸 Photography

🌲 Nature

Adventure niche authority

Stunning outdoor visuals

Engaged travel audience

36,000

@eilidh__cameron

Scottish travel creator sharing landscapes, hikes, and adventures.

Interests

🏔️ Adventure

🌍 Travel

📸 Photography

🌲 Nature

Strong UK focus

Outdoor adventure appeal

Engaged travel community

Strategy

Pepper’s proprietary tool combines data and human insight to optimise influencer and social marketing.
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Meet our Influencers

production

Two carefully selected influencers created all content independently on-location in Derry~Londonderry and Donegal. Content was delivered with no on-ground production costs, leveraging each creator’s authentic style and storytelling expertise.

content

The campaign yielded 70 high-quality assets (vs. 11 contracted), including vibrant Reels, Story stickers, and drone footage. Strong engagement tools like polls and quizzes drove an 8.14% ER and exceptional audience sentiment across Instagram.

Strategies
  • Vetting via UK reach & ABC1 demo
  • Contrast in creator visual styles
  • Used polls, quizzes, comments
  • 59 bonus Stories added value
  • Research Insights

    Scope & Methodology

    Key Insights

    Strategic Recommendations

    Results

    Campaign Results

    Research statistics

    Pepper curated UK-based travel creators to showcase Derry~Londonderry and Donegal with authentic, vibrant content, driving high organic engagement and click-throughs through culturally aligned storytelling and engaging formats

    Pepper curated UK-based travel creators to showcase Derry~Londonderry and Donegal with authentic, vibrant content, driving high organic engagement and click-throughs through culturally aligned storytelling and engaging formats

    Reach

    +403%

    Over-delivery

    Engagement

    +937%

    Over-delivery

    Engagement

    937%

    Over-delivery

    Content Pieces

    +636%

    Over-delivery

    Reach

    +403%

    Over-delivery

    community response

    Adding this to my Ireland itinerary!

    Omg what? This is a Dream!!

    Engagement

    +937%

    Over-delivery

    Engagement

    937%

    Over-delivery

    Reach

    +403%

    Over-delivery

    community response

    Adding this to my Ireland itinerary!

    Omg what? This is a Dream!!

    Engagement

    +937%

    Over-delivery

    Adding this to my Ireland itinerary!

    Engagement

    937%

    Over-delivery

    Content Pieces

    +636%

    Over-delivery

    Reach

    +403%

    Over-delivery

    Engagement

    +937%

    Over-delivery

    Omg what? This is a Dream!!

    Reach

    +403%

    Over-delivery

    community response

    Adding this to my Ireland itinerary!

    Omg what? This is a Dream!!

    Engagement

    +937%

    Over-delivery

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    Key Learnings

    Bonus content = bigger results

    59 bonus Stories enhanced engagement, adding value and deepening the destination story.

    Polls beat comments for ER

    Interactive tools like polls drove high engagement through easy participation.

    Motion outperforms stills

    Reels and Stories delivered stronger performance than static imagery.

    Tracking must be standardised

    Mixed UTM and raw links skewed click data; tracking consistency is critical.

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