- F’real Foods, a beverage company that sells milkshakes at tens of thousands of gas stations and convenience stores in the US and Canada, has built a massive following among Gen-Zers on TikTok.
- In addition to creating its own original videos on the app, the company has hired influencers to promote its brand using the hashtags #freal and #frealmilkshake.
- F’real typically pays between $400 and $450 per sponsored post on TikTok, where it’s averaging a 25% engagement rate for paid media, compared with 1.6% for paid ads on other platforms, the company said.
As TikTok continues to grow in popularity, with one of its stars even landing a spot in a Super Bowl ad this weekend, brands and creators are still trying to determine how much to charge for sponsored content on the platform.
F’real Foods, a 17-year-old beverage brand that sells milkshakes at thousands of gas stations and convenience stores in the US and Canada, joined TikTok last June. It now has 460,000 followers, 8.8 million likes, and tens of millions of video views on the app. That puts it ahead of much bigger brands like Chipotle, Walmart, and Burger King on the platform.
While the company has focused on growing organically by making its own videos and joining popular hashtags, it’s also investing in influencer marketing.
F’real said it typically pays between $400 and $450 per sponsored video on TikTok, where it’s averaging a 25% engagement rate for paid media, compared with 1.6% for paid ads on other platforms.
By hiring influencers to help promote its hashtags #freal and #frealmilkshake, the company has generated more than 120 million impressions from TikTok users filming themselves making shakes and playing around with F’real machines, the company said.
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“I think it’s definitely a positive platform for marketers to be able to insert their brand into as long as they do it in an organic and authentic way,” said Alec Ledbetter, an associate consumer-marketing manager at F’real. “Followers can definitely sniff out ads very quickly. Being able to actually speak their language is very important.”
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