Social Media Case Studies Our work, and what it did for our clients.

Zolay is a social media agency for public agencies, healthcare, nonprofits and B2B companies, and the social team behind marketing and PR firms. Every number below comes from client reporting.

The work

2,345 projects for 36 clients, with 6.2B views and 1.3M engagements across their accounts. Here are the posts, with the numbers each platform reported.

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New followers for Kahoot! in three and a half years as their social team

Kahoot!

Learning platform, February 2021 to September 2024

We were Kahoot!'s social team across six channels: strategy and playbook, community management, support escalation, a creator program that vetted 183 posts, and real-time crisis tracking.

Engagement per impression went from 0.9% to 3.2%. The LinkedIn audience grew 427%, with a 7.4% engagement rate in September 2024 against a 7% goal. One TikTok drew 923K engagements.

Read the full Kahoot! story

Clients and results

PCI Media

Global nonprofit, 2022 to 2024

Social for a nonprofit that uses storytelling for public health and social change, on a small staff and a tight budget. In year one we hit 2.7 times their monthly engagement goal and grew new followers 67% over the year before. Their Valentine's series worked so well that PCI reused it in email. Read the full story

PCI Media Valentine's post with a lion and the line I'd be lion if I said I didn't love you, from the series PCI reused in email

"Zolay took the time to understand our mission, constraints, and goals, and became an invaluable partner in helping us do more with less."

Michelle Lanchart, former VP of Communications & Engagement

Euda

AI consulting, 2025

LinkedIn for a boutique AI consultancy that sells to enterprise teams. Our top post reached a 40.5% click-through rate, where most LinkedIn posts land between 2% and 6%. Followers grew 52% in nine months. Read the full story

"It's not easy to find a social media agency that understands the ins and outs of enterprise B2B sales AND can articulately write about AI but Zolay delivers on both."

Molly VanDuzer, Chief of Staff

El Camino Health

Hospital system, 2022 to now

Working through an agency partner, we've been this Bay Area hospital system's social media insights team for nearly four years. Every quarter we deliver one clear report on performance, sentiment, trends, paid social, audience and 100 competitor profiles. Renewed in 2025. Read the full story

Statewide Technology Initiative

Government program, 2021 to 2023

Three years of weekly LinkedIn and X content for a state program that supports its tech and startup community, delivered through an agency partner. LinkedIn engagement reached 9.7% in August 2023, up 56% from July, and by year three the client approved our copy with zero edits, weeks at a time. Read the full story

Project Partners

Engineering staffing for public agencies

Project Partners places engineers with public agencies. We run LinkedIn for the company and its leaders, and built a recruiting program for retired engineers with webinars, email and referrals. In the first half of 2024, LinkedIn met or beat its goal every week but one, and candidate webinar emails averaged a 28% open rate. Read the full story

Ellie Mental Health

Therapy clinic, 2025 to 2026

Myth-busting Instagram carousels for a new clinic in Georgetown. We reached 27,900 people in 10 weeks, and profile activity rose 1,968% from a brand-new account. Read the full story

Alife Health

AI fertility company, 2023

Social for an AI-powered IVF company across Instagram, Facebook, X and LinkedIn, through its busiest stretch of the year, the ASRM 2023 conference. In Q3 2023, video views rose 341% and impressions passed 1.2 million. By the end of the conference, their team was recommending us to other companies. Read the full story

"We're so impressed with how you've handled everything on your plate the last couple of weeks. Thank you for EVERYTHING!"

Cassie Moulton, Alife Health

All Raise

Nonprofit for women in venture capital

We aimed content at the operators and investors who move capital and judged posts by how often they were shared. Instagram impressions rose 197% in Q4, and we covered three days on site at the 2024 VC Summit. Read the full story

EQL Threads

Adaptive apparel, 2025 to 2026

Organic social, paid ads, events and an Amazon launch for a two-founder adaptive clothing brand. In May 2026, $250 in ads reached 118,000 people at $1.90 per thousand views, and organic engagement hit 19%. Read the full story

Arthur Murray International

Dance studios worldwide, 2025 to now

We won Arthur Murray's social through an RFP and run Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for a dance brand that has been teaching since 1912. From May to August 2026, we cut posting volume by 41% while the engagement rate nearly doubled, from 2.1% to 4.1%, and Q3 engagements rose 37% over Q2. We also built tools for studio owners, from a brand kit to comment-to-DM automation. Read the full story

Elf on the Shelf Magical Holiday Journey

Holiday family experience, 2021 season

Instagram, Facebook and TikTok for an immersive holiday experience in Los Angeles and Dallas, including photo shoots, giveaways and TikTok ads built to sell tickets. In one season, the accounts earned 29.8 million impressions and 1.2 million video views (paid and organic combined), and Instagram followers grew 67%. With a family audience, every comment followed kid-safe rules, with replies inside four hours. Read the full story

A Forest for the Trees

Immersive art experience, 2022

We launched social from zero for an immersive art show in Los Angeles, live on every channel the day it was announced. In its opening month, the accounts earned 1.75 million impressions and one Reel passed 499,000 views. Our creator night brought 25 creators to the show unpaid, including a TikToker with about 3 million followers. Read the full story

Pacific Sewer Maintenance and Douglas ProTech

Family-run trade businesses, 2024 to 2025

When a Glendale sewer company landed a feature in Cleaner magazine, we shot the crews in the field, cut a highlight reel and delivered the photos the editor asked for. Then we refreshed the logo, handled SEO and built a new website. The owner referred us to Douglas ProTech in Missouri, where we produced a brand video and a company history video, and they booked us again. Read the full story

"They were a pleasure to work with and were absolutely patient and kind the whole time."

Scott Gayman, Owner, Pacific Sewer Maintenance

More clients

Clever

EdTech platform, 2021 to 2022

Engagements nearly doubled and link clicks rose 211% in six months on LinkedIn, X and Facebook.

Cowboy Ventures

Venture capital, 2024

Launch support for Aileen Lee's unicorn research: 63 million potential impressions and 89% positive sentiment in 10 days.

Venture Capital Firm

Venture capital, 2022 to 2024

For a second fund launch, 70+ investors and founders posted on their own accounts within 48 hours. LinkedIn engagement reached 7.4% against a 5% goal in 2023.

Lunacy Audio

Music software, 2021

Memes, plugin roundups and artist profiles for music producers. Engagement rose 140% in three months.

Beautify Earth

Mural nonprofit, 2022

We refocused the account on artists, and weekly engagements grew from 27 to 161 in one quarter.

Off the Hook Seafood Festival

Food festival, 2024

Around the festival on the Santa Monica Pier, engagements rose 85% and the account gained 360 followers.

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