
Project Snapshot
Client: Indigo Books & Music
Timeframe: January – March 2024
Role: Brand Strategist & Head of Social
Ad Spend: $100K
Key Outcome: 23.2M plays · 12M reach · 30,000+ engagements · Sales spike across featured genres
There's a Book For That
TikTok Brand Awareness Campaign
Challenge:
​​Reclaim the Indigo’s book-first identity and re-engage Gen Z and Millennial readers after a shift toward gifts and non-book categories.
Strategy:
With our core audience spending the most time on TikTok, particularly within BookTok, the platform’s largest sub-community, we launched a BookTok-first campaign built around curated, genre-driven content.
Execution:
Produced four TikTok videos aligned to top genres, fast-cut transitions, trending audio, and a deep understanding of reader pain points
Why It Worked:
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Provided solutions to key customer pain points: reading slumps and a lack of personalized recommendations
Met the audience where they already were: BookTok -
Integrated current trends and zeitgeist moments to custom branded content
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Used insights to guide spend and category features
