Happydent · Sparkling Smile
A six-week influencer-driven campaign for a chewing-gum brand, built around freshness, confidence, and the smile that follows.
Don't pitch the product. Pitch the moment the product produces.
01 The Snapshot
Happydent's brief was clear: enhance brand awareness, engage a wider audience, and reposition the gum as the go-to choice for a refreshing, confidence-boosting chew. We built a six-week influencer-driven campaign anchored around video content and a single audience-participation hashtag.
02 The Strategic Move
Chewing gum is a small unit of consumption with a small unit of attention. We anchored the campaign on the moment after the chew — the smile, the breath, the closer-than-usual photograph. Influencers integrated Happydent into their daily lives and dedicated the screen-time to the smile, not the wrapper.
03 The Activation
The hero films. Influencers crafted authentic, creative videos integrating Happydent into their routine — gym, work, after-coffee, before-the-photo — each one demonstrating freshness and the post-chew smile.
The participation layer. The #SparklingSmileChallenge hashtag invited audiences to share their own Happydent moments. Influencers actively engaged in the comments and reposts, creating a community ripple.
The PR tail. The campaign caught the attention of marketing publications and was featured in Marketing Minds — earned coverage, not paid PR. That validation lasted longer than the original window.
04 What This Proved
For low-attention products, lead with the moment after. Gum, mints, lozenges — the consumer doesn't think about the product; they think about the breath and the smile. Sell that moment, not the foil.
A hashtag that's a question, not an instruction. #SparklingSmileChallenge worked because the prompt was a personal moment, not a brand statement.
Earned coverage extends the budget. When the campaign earns a Marketing Minds feature, the next quarter's pitch deck writes itself.
Sourcing. This is the case record as published in Ninety-Eight’s archive; the same data renders the case file on the landing page, so the two cannot disagree. Reach is combined follower reach — the sum of the follower counts of the handles that posted — not impressions, not views.
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