Launching Ballet West’s Pirouette to Record Sales

Avalaunch Media immediately dove in to the Ballet West ad accounts looking for optimization opportunities. The accounts included Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube and Programmatic advertising. The team quickly found numerous areas of opportunity to help improve the accounts and increase performance.

Avalaunch media has helped with the following:

• Creating a detailed media plan for each performance
• Providing a weekly breakdown of advertising spend and the results
• Working with Ballet West to provide input on ad creative
• Establishing audience profiles and set up targeting by geographics and interests
• Setting up conversion tracking
• Adding a post-ballet performance review so we can track results on each show

 

 

The partnership between Ballet West and Avalaunch Media has been incredible. The performances are selling out and the return on advertising spend has been remarkable. In fact, a recent article that appeared in ABC4 Utah said the following:

 

Salt Lake City’s Ballet West reports nearly selling out all 10 shows of this season’s production of Swan Lake, attracting an astounding 16,348 attendees.

This makes this season’s Swan Lake the most attended Ballet West production in more than 40 years and the second-most attended production in the company’s history, surpassed only by the Nutcracker.

“There were some performances where there were literally no seats for sale and there were some that there were just scattered singles throughout the run,” Michael Scolamiero, Ballet West’s Executive Director, said.

Scolamiero said the production generated more than $960,000 in revenue, which is several hundreds of thousands more than the production generated in its last run five years ago.

The record attendance, however, comes after Ballet West’s production of Dracula also outperformed previous records, suggesting a promising upward trend in overall attendance.

While Scolamiero said they are still diving into what is leading to this success, they believe the heightened interest in Ballet West can be attributed to several factors, including an increase in returning attendees and greater focus and spending on marketing.

By partnering with Avalaunch Media and implementing innovative strategies, Ballet West overcame its challenges and achieved remarkable success in reaching its record ticket sales. Through digital marketing, community engagement, and strong brand creative, Ballet West expanded its audience base, increased ticket sales, and continued as a leading cultural institution in the community.

This case study underscores the importance of strategic marketing in the performing arts industry and demonstrates how collaboration between a marketing agency and a professional ballet company can drive tangible results and sustainable growth. Avalaunch Media is a leading performance arts marketing agency and would love to help your organization grow in the same way we have helped Ballet West. For a free consultation, please contact us today!