Objective

Bolt sought to run a brand awareness campaign in eight countries and four languages. The campaign's goal was to effectively reach TikTok users, increase engagement, and showcase Bolt's services in a relatable way. The focus was on producing localized content, ensuring smooth integration with TikTok's dynamic platform, and achieving significant reach while maintaining a low cost per acquisition.

Solution

Solution:Shook designed a comprehensive strategy, delivering assets modified for each country and language, ensuring smooth execution across all markets. Key elements of the solution included: Creator Collaboration: Shook identified four creators, each selected for their ability to produce authentic, engaging content that resonates with Bolt's target demographic. These creators produced 8 videos in total, with each country receiving two videos, and English versions being reused in multiple markets.

AI Voiceover Localization: Utilizing the latest advancements in artificial intelligence, Shook deployed generative AI to translate audio content so Bolt could efficiently reach customers in their local language without significantly increasing production timelines or costs.

Creative Concepts: The campaign featured two primary creative concepts. The first was a dialogue-driven approach, with creators speaking directly to the camera, highlighting Bolt's benefits and addressing common problems in a humorous manner. The second concept was silent, incorporating AI-driven localizations, presenting Bolt's services through relatable, everyday scenarios.

Production Strategy: The campaign's production strategy included dynamic hooks, engaging body content, and compelling calls to action. The dialogue-driven approach worked effectively for specific markets, while the silent concept resonated in others, particularly with its emphasis on everyday problems and positive interactions during rides.

Localized Implementation: The campaign’s multilingual approach ensured that content was relevant to each market, incorporating language-specific nuances and cultural elements. This localization, coupled with dynamic storytelling, ensured a seamless connection between Bolt’s offerings and TikTok users.

Results

The campaign delivered impressive results, with significant improvements with many key metrics, including:

-- 20.0% lower cost per 1,000 users reached

-- 55.9% lower cost per complete view

-- 19.7% lower CPM

Since working with SHOOK, we dramatically increased our ad performance across Meta and TikTok Ads, making them a great partner to produce our creatives. We were used to using traditional CGI style ads and images, but switching over to UGC saw our ROAS going up from 0.5 to 3+ using the same product on TikTok. Next to this, we saw a CTR % improvement of over 300% once we switched over to UGC, with CPCs being drastically lower vs. traditional ads. Initially we only started in France and Germany but due to the incredible results, we are now using Shook’s UGC ads across the rest of Europe, the US, and Canada.”

Bram Colaris Director, Global Performance Marketing & Social Media - Turtle Beach

I'm a Creative Operations Manager for this project. I was responsible to make sure it's a sucessful case for Turtle Beach as they're new to TikTok. They sifted their ads budget from Meta to TikTok after 6 months testing framework with us