How Olay’s Influencer Marketing Campaign Helped It Get a Higher Instagram Engagement Rate

Olay is a well-known skincare brand that offers skincare products. Emphasizing natural beauty, Olay used the power of influencer marketing in 2018 to drive more Instagram engagement.

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Creator Partnerships

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Creator Followings

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Pieces of Content
Industry
Beauty
Company Size

Large

Plan

Influencer Partnership

Strategy

Influencer Marketing

Engagement Rate

8.33%

Network
Solutions Used

Connect

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Challenge

Olay intended to establish brand affinity and help women embrace their natural beauty using Olay’s skincare products. To do this, the brand needed to reach a wide range of audience and improve women’s empowerment.

Solution

Olay partnered with 9 women (called the Fearless 9) as the face of their campaign. This group included models and athletes such as Aly Raisman, Kay Adams, and other influencers. During a 28-day challenge, these models and influencers broke free of their normal makeup routine, and used Olay’s skincare products instead and shared related posts. They used #FaceAnything as their hashtag to promote the idea of being their true self.

Result

Using this influencer marketing strategy, Olay increased its Instagram engagement rate by 8.33% and got millions of likes on the platform.

Due to the authentic content that the influencers created for the brand, the brand managed to appeal to the Millennials and Gen Z consumers and increase its sales.

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