Summary
In 2021 we launched Salonpas Jet Spray on a small budget, with one brief: make it famous. So we hid the brand and handed people a mystery to solve. One of Indonesia’s first stealth-marketing campaigns.
Year
2021
Role
Creative Director
Discipline
Social Buzz Campaign
Services
Social Buzz Strategy / Influencer Narrative / Campaign Development

Case study film
Brand’s challenge
To younger Indonesians, Salonpas lived in one fixed slot: the balm in a parent’s medicine drawer. You don’t announce your way out of a slot like that, because announcements get filed under ‘ad’ and ignored. The problem was the mental category, not the message.
The idea
We didn’t launch a product. We opened a loop. One unbranded line, “Anya Geraldine is hiring a sports partner,” left a question the feed couldn’t leave alone, and people chased the answer through memes, clues, and each other. By the time Salonpas Jet Spray was revealed, the audience had spent days building the story, so they owned it. And a brand people feel they discovered gets trusted in a way an announced one never will.
Social Buzz Strategy / Influencer Narrative / Campaign Development
The execution
01
Unbranded Social Hook
The opening line carried no brand, because a brand would have closed the loop before it opened. An open question is the one thing a scrolling mind struggles to scroll past.
03
Meme and Video Content
Memes and conspiracy-style storytelling let people play with the mystery, and participation is what turns a campaign into a moment.
02
Influencer Narrative Trail
Clues arrived through influencers and everyday chatter, never from us. People trust a conclusion they reach for themselves over one they are handed.
04
Reveal and PR Amplification
The reveal paid off days of speculation and handed the story to the press, who carried it further than any media buy could.
The impact
23M+ impressions
One brand name we held back became 23M+ impressions, 20M+ reach, and 1M+ engagements, plus 40K+ comments, 500K+ likes, and 100+ media pickups. Curiosity, once you earn it, does the distribution for you.
Impressions
23M+
Reach
20M+
Engagement
1M+
Netizens Reacted
8M+
Likes
500K+
Comments
40K+
Media Announcements
100+