Creator · Revival · 18 months

Reigniting a magic creator's fanbase.

After two years without featuring Julius Dein, engagement and loyalty had slipped. We rebuilt his presence from the catalogue out, and brought the fanbase back.

Company
Julius Dein
Sector
Creator · Magic & entertainment
Services
Creator strategy · Content revival · Community & engagement
The outcome, in numbers
12M+
Engagement (+114%)
300M+
Reach (+29%)
18 mo
To rebuild the fanbase

The situation

Julius Dein is one of the world's biggest magic creators, but two years without him featuring in his own content had cooled engagement and loyalty.

The job was to remove what no longer fit, re-engage the fanbase, and restore him as a leading magic creator, without a run of new productions to lean on.

What NBK did

We re-edited his classic viral magic videos with fresh twists to re-engage fans, and made the content feel personal again through Stories and behind-the-scenes updates.

Then we leaned hard into interaction, replying to comments and running Q&As to rebuild loyalty, and refined the mix continuously against what the data showed was landing.

The approach

What we actually did.

  1. Revived the catalogue
    Re-edited top-performing magic videos to fit current platform trends.
  2. Made it personal
    Used Stories and behind-the-scenes content to rebuild a direct connection.
  3. Rebuilt loyalty
    Replied, ran Q&As and engaged directly to bring the community back.
  4. Refined on data
    Tracked performance closely and adjusted the mix as engagement recovered.

You can revive a creator brand without new productions. The audience is usually still there, the content just needs to meet them where they are now.

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