Podcast Social Influencer Strategy
Food of the Gods is a podcast about nutrition and training of elite athletes. As part of a comprehensive podcast ecosystem social media delivers impressions supplemental to the audio listening audience. Sponsor codes are included in social posts, which feature well-known athletes and sports performance gurus. In this social context many associated organizations have large followings such as the NBA, MLB, NASCAR, the UFC and others. David’s social strategy engaging these entities results in amplifying the social reach to millions of sports followers and 4X ROI for podcast advertisers.
The real power of the podcast influencer strategy is that because we developed relationships with sports leagues, athletes, gurus and teams, we can utilize compelling imagery, video and brands that otherwise might be hindered by copyright. Developing the win-win story is the key, aligning the goals of the league or athlete with the content puts us in a unique position to promote the program in social channels in partnership with the various stakeholders.
Influencer Highlights
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Tokyo Olympics
Repost of Brissa Hennessey’s video from Tokyo gets 13,322 views on the FotGs Instagram feed.

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UFC
The UFC retweets Lindsay Berra to their 8.7M followers.

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Miesha Tate
UFC’s Miesha Tate retweets to her 800K followers.

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NHL
NHL retweets Lindsay to their 1.6M followers.

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Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson posts an Instagram story to his 500K followers.

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INDYCAR
INDYCAR retweets Lindsay to their 441,800 followers.

Social Video Shorts:
A preview of the conversation with UFC fighter and mom, Miesha Tate. 1 minute videos like this helped to promote the podcast in social media and allowed for easy reposting, sharing and PR.
Social Video Shorts:
For the athletes with larger followings, short video content added depth to the podcast promotion. Famed race car driver Jimmie Johnson reposted our video, as did his team, Chip Ganassi Racing, and INDYCAR too. We also included sponsor promo codes in the copy, which helped drive awareness and sales.