Congratulations on being the top-performing winter IF in this year’s League Table. What was key to this success?

Together with our rights holder Infront, we developed an ‘Always On’ social media strategy. We primarily have weekend events and previously were very full of content during the weekends, but then didn’t have much to contribute during the week. We have now moved to using the early week for posts that celebrate our athletes, promotes the upcoming weekend events and gives fans daily content throughout the season.

How do you ensure your content cuts through the digital noise?

We established an eye-catching design for all of our posts so when users are scrolling through their feeds, they immediately recognize a FIS post. We are also quite selective in what ultimately gets posted. After watching the engagement rate on various kinds of posts throughout the last few seasons, we know what fans engage with and schedule those posts for our prime time.

How will you approach social media in the build-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics?

First and foremost, we will share athlete stories and get people interested in the individuals under the helmets. We have an established Behind-the-Scenes series, which after 10 years is still one of our most popular digital offerings. Additionally, we will produce Olympic-specific interviews with the athletes in their Olympic preparations. We did athlete series for both PyeongChang and Sochi, and found it was great not only in the build-up to the Olympics but also as content if one of the featured athletes had success.

What advice would you give winter IFs in the build-up to Beijing?

Honestly, I believe the other Winter IFs have very strong social media offerings, but if I had to give advice, I would say in the build-up to Beijing, it’s all about the athletes and their stories.

In one word, describe the past 12 months …

Demanding!