Case study · Financial media & events

3x growth in the financial events space.

Client · Barcadia Group Industry · Financial Media & Events Services · Strategy, Systems, Email, Ad Sales
Delegates walking through a bright exhibition hall
The business Barcadia Group · five publications, flagship events

3.1x

Engagement and events attendance across the business' flagship events, all year

1.5x

Ad revenue increase across all five publications, via smarter layout

76%

Increase in email conversion, despite using the same database and budgets

The challenge.

Barcadia Group runs five financial publications and a calendar of flagship industry events. The products were strong; the systems and communications around them hadn't kept pace.

Attendance needed boosting, ad inventory undersold, and email (the engine of event marketing) was converting poorly from a database that had plenty more to give.

Delegates networking at a Barcadia flagship event
3.1x Engagement & events attendance
Barcadia Media event pass on a white lanyard
76% Email conversion increase

Imagery: Barcadia Group.

The approach

Four stages. Better systems, bigger rooms.

Attract.

Fixed the plumbing first. Better systems meant the right audiences actually heard about the right events and publications: segmentation replacing scattergun sends.

Engage.

Improved every touchpoint. Clearer communication and smarter publication layouts lifted both reader engagement and the value of every ad position: ad revenue rose 1.5x across all five titles.

Convert.

Rebuilt email to sell. Customer-first email flows converted 76% better from the same database and the same budgets: no extra spend, just sharper thinking.

Grow.

Grew the flagship events. Engagement and attendance reached 3.1x across the year’s flagship events: 3x growth in the financial events space, built to last.

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