
Marie Curie Cancer Support
Creating a community to deliver performance
Finding a way to achieve cut through in a cluttered events market
Launched:
2024


Challenge
With a limited budget, we aimed to create a cost-efficient strategy for promoting our running event that stands out in a highly competitive and crowded market. In an environment where charities are competing to secure participants at the lowest cost per sign-up, we needed a unique approach to gain a competitive advantage.
Solution
We suggested the creation of a ‘running club’ where in exchange for tips and tailored content we could promote events to an opted in base of warm members. We targeted multiple audiences e.g. ‘couch to 5kers’ who were new and keen to be part of a community. Members are now in the thousands. What were cold acquisition channels have become warm and very cost-efficient recruitment channels. The data became one of the most efficient lookalikes across the charity and meant that less budget was required YoY to fill the event spaces, meaning more could be spent on valuable care.

Effectiveness
+7,000
Group members allowing organic posts to drive sign ups
-40%
Media budget required to fill the same places YoY
x2
Effectiveness of lookalike audience for sign ups vs CRM
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