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Motorsports · Hospitality · 25+ locations

K1 Speed

K1 Speed runs 25+ indoor electric kart racing centres across North America — a hospitality network with the operational complexity of a chain and the brand expectations of a motorsport property.

National social & digital retainer
Locations
25+
Coverage
Coast-to-coast
Scope
Social + Paid
Challenge§ 01

What was actually broken.

K1 Speed had 25+ indoor kart racing centres across North America and no dedicated social media specialist. Output was inconsistent location by location.

  • / 01

    No dedicated in-house social media specialist. Output was inconsistent and local-by-local.

  • / 02

    Corporate brand and individual location personality were fighting each other on the feed.

  • / 03

    New-racer acquisition relied on walk-ins rather than a measurable paid funnel.

"
Without a dedicated social specialist, EMA stepped in and did not disappoint. As a trusted partner, we endorse Ernie and his team.
— Andrew Palos, Marketing Director · K1 Speed
What I did§ 02

The approach, step by step.

/ 01

Take over execution end to end

Replaced the missing in-house specialist function entirely. One accountable team, one calendar, one set of KPIs.

/ 02

Two-tier content system

Brand-level system for the master brand plus location-flex templates so individual centres kept their voice on-system.

/ 03

Always-on paid acquisition

Geo-targeted paid social funnels driving first-race bookings, league sign-ups and corporate events per location.

/ 04

Earn expansion

Started with the social brief; scope grew to national plus select global pages.

Outcome§ 03

What changed.

Scope expanded from local social to national plus select global pages. K1 Speed's marketing director endorsed the team publicly as a trusted partner.

Result · 01

National social and digital execution owned across a 25+ location network.

Result · 02

Scope expanded from local social into national plus select global pages.

Result · 03

Endorsed publicly as a trusted partner by K1 Speed marketing leadership.

Scope of work
  • →National social strategy & calendar
  • →Location-flex content templates
  • →Paid acquisition funnels per location
  • →Community and UGC programs
  • →Monthly performance reporting
Sources§ 04

Where this is documented.

Role, dates and context on this page trace to the sources below.

In their words
"Their services were effective and clear to the point. Without a dedicated social specialist, EMA stepped into the role and did not disappoint. As a trusted partner, we endorse Ernie and his team."
— Andrew Palos, Marketing Director · K1 Speed
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