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Food · four campaigns · Influencer, UGC ad creative, paid amplification (CTV/BVOD)

How Kikkoman outperformed brand ads by 300% on CTV.

Recipe-led creators and celebrity chefs building content for watch-through, lifting video completion 300% above brand creative on connected TV and broadcast.

+300%
Video completion vs brand ads
12.2M
Views
32
Creators
4
Campaigns

The challenge

Break out of the 'Asian-only' aisle

Kikkoman soy sauce was boxed in as an ingredient for Asian recipes only. The brand wanted to show up across everyday Australian cooking, and to prove creator content could outperform high-budget brand ads on connected TV and broadcast video on demand.

The strategy

A hero and community model

We paired culinary authority with everyday creativity, then built every asset to be boostable across social and broadcast.

The results

Cooking content that got watched

Person-led cooking segments were watched to the end far more often than commercials, lifting video completion rate 300% above brand creative on CTV and BVOD.

+300%
VCR vs brand ads, CTV/BVOD
12.2M
Views
32
Creator partners
4
Campaigns
Hero + community
Roster model
Broadcast-ready
Boostable creative

The work

See the creators in action

A sample of the creator content that drove the program.

The takeaway

Make cooking content, not ads, because person-led segments get watched to the end far more often.

Influencer marketing UGC ad creative Paid amplification

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