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Campaign teardown · Xiaohongshu · Pets · Aug 2024

How Instinct turned kitten-care education into a Xiaohongshu creator challenge

Instinct built 百利百科养猫新手营 (Baili Encyclopedia Kitten-Care Camp for Beginners) around 《百利百科》 (Baili Encyclopedia), a kitten-care handbook, linking creator lessons, journal-style assignments and an offline exhibition. Twenty-three mid-tier creators supported an activation that led to gifts, samples and search.

Illustration: Instinct天然百利 explores a care encyclopedia turning daily learning into companionship.
Illustration · unrandom
Creators23Mixed, No Single Tier
Posts23Video-led · 83% video
PeriodAug 17 – Sep 12, 2024Back to School · New Launch
Partnerzeze联名Co-branded campaign
The idea

Make kitten-care knowledge the campaign, not the product pitch

Timed to the back-to-school period and 亚宠展 (Pet Fair Asia), the campaign turned kitten care into 《百利百科》 (Baili Encyclopedia), a systematic handbook drawing on the brand’s 60 years of pet research. Mid-tier pet creators acted as class representatives, sharing practical care advice through journal-style assignments. Video-led life vlogs framed feeding and growth through before-and-after contrasts, healing companionship and relaxed home routines, allowing 百利幼猫粮 (Instinct kitten food) and its grain-free, high-protein, no-attractant formulation to sit inside the education.

It spoke to urban young women who had just brought home a kitten or were preparing to adopt. Joining 百利百科养猫新手营 (Baili Encyclopedia Kitten-Care Camp for Beginners) or checking in at the 亚宠展 (Pet Fair Asia) booth offered free copies of 《百利百科》 (Baili Encyclopedia), 百利礼盒 (Instinct gift boxes) and kitten-food samples. An oversized installation, stamp-based check-ins and the “百利百科” (Baili Encyclopedia) search command connected offline participation to storefront or product-showcase search, with no discount or countdown mechanic.

At a glance
Objective
Category Education
Occasion
Back to School · New Launch
Funnel
Conversion
Messaging
Before and After · Personal Growth · Healing and Relaxation · Design and Aesthetics
Scenes
Daily Life at Home
Formats
Vlog Narrative
Activation
Installation / Exhibit · Multi-tag Matrix
Trends
Emotional Value · Relaxed Vibe · Self-reward Spending
Discount
No Discount, Pure Brand Push
Against 237 Xiaohongshu Pets campaigns

What set it apart

ChoiceShare of campaigns
Distinctive
Personal Growth1.7%1 in 59
Installation / Exhibit2.5%1 in 40
Before and After4.6%1 in 22
Vlog Narrative5.5%1 in 18
Search-command Funnel9.3%1 in 11
Healing and Relaxation14%1 in 7
Design and Aesthetics17%1 in 6
Multi-tag Matrix17%1 in 6

Share of the 237 Xiaohongshu Pets campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 5, 2026.

Casting

Twenty-three mid-tier creators across pet and lifestyle verticals

Follower range

10.3K–1.41M

23 creators with a public follower count

Casting

Mid-tier Matrix Only

Mid Dominant

Lean

Female Dominant

Playbook

The first step to copy

  1. 1
    Build a brand-owned handbook before briefing creators

    Turn the product’s ingredient and care knowledge into one structured reference, then give every creator the same assignment format. The handbook supplies the educational value; creator journals show how it fits daily kitten care, while samples and search provide the next step.

  2. 2+
    More steps in the full teardown

    mid-tier casting, journal formats, exhibition activation and search-led sampling

In unrandom

The full teardown adds

  • Reads and engagement for all 23 posts, ranked against similar creators
  • Estimated spend and cost per read
  • The breakout post, and why it led
  • What 620 comments asked for most
  • The rest of the playbook
  • Casting risks and smart moves

A public campaign observed on Xiaohongshu. unrandom did not run it and is not affiliated with Instinct天然百利. Analysis by unrandom from public posts, updated Nov 5, 2026. Your brand? Request a correction