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Case study · Food / FMCG

Kikkoman: Flavour without borders.

How Looksee proved influencer creative can outperform high-budget brand ads by 300% on Connected TV.

Influencer MarketingUGC Ad CreativePaid Amplification (CTV/BVOD)
+300%
VCR on CTV/BVOD vs brand creative
12.2M
Views
32
Influencer partners
4
Campaigns
The challenge

What we were up against.

Kikkoman wanted to expand soy sauce beyond Asian-only recipes, and to prove influencer creative could outperform high-budget brand ads on Connected TV and Broadcast Video on Demand.

The strategy

How we approached it.

We ran a Hero and Community model, built format-first so every asset was boostable across social and broadcast.

1

Authority tier

Cooking series with celebrity chefs Hayden Quinn and Adam Liaw, lending authority and craft to the range.

2

Creator tier

32 foodie influencers showing non-traditional, everyday uses for soy sauce, broadening the category well beyond its stereotype.

3

Format-first production

Content built from the outset to be boostable across social, CTV and BVOD, so the same creative worked everywhere.

The results

What it returned.

Cooking content, not ads. Person-led segments got watched to the end three times more than commercials.

+300%
VCR on CTV/BVOD vs brand creative
12.2M
Views
32
Influencer partners
4
Campaigns

Cooking content, not ads. Person-led segments get watched to the end three times more than commercials.

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