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Study Hacks That Pay Back: Kadama’s Performance-Led Creator Campaign

CASE STUDY: Kadama

Study Hacks That Pay Back: Kadama’s Performance-Led Creator Campaign

5,100,000+

Study Hacks That Pay Back: Kadama’s Performance-Led Creator Campaign

CASE STUDY: Kadama

Study Hacks That Pay Back: Kadama’s Performance-Led Creator Campaign

5,100,000+

36 Creators

Top 10 USA Education

5,100,000+

February 2022

Top 10 USA Education

5,100,000+

February 2022

36 Creators

The Challenge

Kadama, an app built to connect students and parents with expert tutors at the click of a button, had already made waves through traditional app store presence. However, with growing competition in the EdTech space and a highly discerning Gen Z audience, Kadama needed a way to drive installs and brand trust at scale through content that didn’t feel like advertising. The key challenge was how to integrate into TikTok and Instagram in a way that felt native, authentic, and highly engaging.

The Solution

To meet Gen Z where they already spend their time, Kadama partnered with SCROll STOP to roll out a creator-first campaign across TikTok and Instagram. Rather than prescribing a rigid narrative, creators were given full creative freedom, enabling them to craft content that felt natural, relatable, and algorithmically aligned to their audience.

We structured the campaign as pay-per-view, an innovative performance model where creators were rewarded directly in proportion to their content’s reach. This meant creators were financially motivated to go above and beyond, designing concepts that would stop the scroll, tap into relatable student struggles, and showcase Kadama as a genuine life-saver.

Over 30 creators from academic, lifestyle, and humour niches participated in the campaign, each producing custom short-form content. Supporting amplification came via Discord, Reddit, Pinterest, and university community forums, adding layers of credibility and virality. Unlike traditional one-and-done content drops, the campaign rolled out in waves, allowing us to optimise content themes and creators in real-time.

The Results

📚 3.2+ million total views across TikTok & Instagram within campaign period

📚 5,000+ app downloads achieved within the first few days of activation

📚 27+ creators exceeded 50K views, with top performers like @fryyouidhn reaching 788,000+ views

📚 Lower than industry-average CPMs thanks to organic, high-performing content

📚 Kadama trended across student discussion channels on Reddit, Discord, and Facebook groups, creating peer-to-peer trust

📚The campaign inspired longer-form content and unsolicited UGC, extending the lifecycle beyond the original brief

By prioritising creator autonomy and tying compensation to performance, Kadama not only maximised ROI but also unlocked meaningful narrative alignment and platform-native success. The campaign became a case study in how creator marketing can move beyond vanity metrics to deliver true business impact.

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