MUMBAI: Digital agency Red Digital has bagged the social media mandate of online sports celebrity-commerce company Collectabillia.

Red Digital will maintain and manage the brand’s Facebook page and Twitter handle along with its YouTube channel and Pinterest account, to drive engagement and promote celebrity branded products amongst fans and enthusiasts encouraging them to collect and own sporting and movie memorabilia.

Red Digital’s focus is to elevate the reach of Collectabillia by implementing their core expertise in enhancing the engagement levels of their Facebook fan base and increasing twitter followers. Through YouTube and Pinterest, Red Digital plans to ensure high amount of visibility for the brand.

According to the agency, as Collectabillia’s digital partner, its priority is to build high engagement levels with fans and sports enthusiast alike. Red Digital will also educate the untapped market of the enthusiasts by presenting them with opportunities to collect and own personally autographed memorabilia.

Collectabillia aims to extend the global market of memorabilia to India, allowing the ownership of personalised merchandise. Extending similar themes across social networks, Red Digital will integrate an effective social media plan through various contests, trivia, campaigns and applications. Red Digital also plans to develop social e-commerce through Facebook buying, gifting and rating options.

Red Digital CEO Yashraj Vakil said, “Social Media has grown to be the epicenter of marketing and communication across all brands, especially e-commerce. Globally, brands have exploited the social media space successfully, to not only create fan base and reach, but also to fillip sales and create brand loyalists. Memorabilia and mementos is a premium and recognised industry in many developed countries and Indian companies need to take advantage of the ever-growing Indian population on Social Media platforms to explore, exploit and educate.”