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Submitted by Viral NationAgency IPI Score 74/100

Uber Everyday Utility Creator Operating Model

Influencer Marketing

Viral Nation ran 700 creators across 16 campaigns on TikTok and Instagram as one operating model for Uber, and the agency reports a 3.8x program return on investment.

3.8xProgram ROI

Case in 60 seconds

Uber had expanded beyond rideshare into grocery, retail, membership and everyday commerce while consumer perception lagged the product, so the task was making a broad portfolio feel coherent and tangible at scale.

Viral Nation reads the gap as one of recognition rather than awareness, because consumers already knew the everyday moments Uber now served, so showing the app inside those moments would carry the wider offer further than explaining it.

The agency built a single creator operating model around familiar moments such as the last-minute errand, the missing ingredient and the family-logistics run, so content showed why the app mattered rather than claiming it did more.

Viral Nation ran 700 creators across 16 campaigns on TikTok and Instagram as one managed system, covering creator strategy, creator operations, content strategy and social performance measurement, with some TikTok posts marked as paid partnerships.

Viral Nation reports a 3.8x program return on investment, a Social Performance Index of 128 and 98.8% positive or neutral sentiment, while describing the index as its own composite performance benchmark.

Strategy Breakdown

Consumers whose perception of Uber lagged its expansion beyond rideshare into grocery, retail, membership and everyday commerce.
The page casts Uber as the tool behind ordinary errands rather than a destination brand, so creators placed the app inside the missing ingredient and the family-logistics run.
Consumers already recognise the last-minute errand and the missing ingredient as recurring problems, so content built around them asked for recognition of a solution rather than a change in habit.

Creative & Execution System

Assets & channels

  • TikTok
  • Instagram

Partners

  • Viral Nation

Creator role

  • ShawnJohnson — creator
  • Avery Woods — creator
  • Wolfie — creator
  • Pernilla — creator

Results & Evidence

MetricValue
Program ROI3.8x
Positive/Neutral Sentiment98.8%
Social Performance Index128

Why Viral Nation's strategy worked

  1. 1

    Anchoring a broad product range in errands and household logistics the audience already lives through lets creators demonstrate utility rather than announce new categories, which suits a brand whose offer has outrun its reputation.

  2. 2

    Running many campaigns through one operating model gives a brand one accountable line of measurement rather than a stack of disconnected activations, which makes a multi-campaign program reportable as a single result.

  3. 3

    A proprietary composite score such as a Social Performance Index is useful inside one program, while its calculation basis is not defined on the page, so it cannot be compared with outside benchmarks.

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