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🥣 A peek behind the curtain at Kellogg’s eRetail playbook.
📺 Why DTC brands are turning to TV marketing.
📨 Loyalty program email inspo from Ugly.
📦 An expert informed guide to Amazon’s Traffic and Conversion Stack.
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This week on the pod, we were lucky to host Joe Harper and Jordan Narducci from the world-famous Kellogg's company.
When Kellogg’s develops new products, they can invest millions into the process.
Implementing a test-and-learn strategy of smaller scale batches of experimental products on digital channels makes room for innovation by reducing risk for the company.
They can test the flavors and formats, get the message right, and optimize. By the time they bring it to market, they’ve got a higher chance of success.
Using a $5–10K budget, Kellogg’s will concept test a new product with Facebook Ads.
The ad directs shoppers to their site, asking a series of questions about the upcoming product.
Kellogg's can measure time on site, bounce rate, and create A/B testing opportunities
These data points guide their product development and de-risk their investment.
Through DTC-style testing, they can go to market confident in their innovations – they’ve already consulted the consumer before getting the retailer involved.
🤝 Build a custom B2B channel
Kellogg’s is also using innovation strategies to get its product into retail stores
They’ve seen significant success with a custom B2B eCommerce platform catered to small businesses.
This strategy focuses on mom-and-pop shops too small to warrant regular attention from a Kellogg’s salesperson.
Through their new Salesforce platform, Kellogg’s can communicate with smaller businesses directly and optimize offerings in a personalized way.
Through the platform, Kellogg’s curates product recommendations for small businesses based on their size and region. The platform also has a tool that helps small businesses optimize their shelves.
This B2B platform has initiated a massive improvement in sales for the small businesses – a win-win for the mom-and-pop shops and Kellogg's.
😖 Frustrated with social CPMs? Big name DTC disruptors are turning to TV.
With issues challenging marketing efficiency and rising costs on platforms like Facebook, marketers are looking for a new channel to scale acquisition and build brand awareness.
Savvy DTC marketers are turning to TV, using new data sources and measurement methods to drive performance against KPIs that used to be exclusive to digital - like CAC, CPV, and ROAS.
Learn how four top DTC brands -- Roman, Made In, Ibotta, and Rothy’s -- are using a modern, data-driven approach to drive performance on TV without breaking the bank.
You’ll learn specific lessons and strategies on how:
👉 Click here to discover tactics that you can apply to your own linear and streaming TV strategy.
Optimizing online shopper journeys is a different ballgame than optimizing in-store.
If you’re a retail first brand dipping your toes into online, consider the following when strategizing for eRetail:
You have to be strategic.
For example, Pringles is an impulse brand that sees great sales in-person, at the check-out on off-shelf displays.
Those display opportunities don’t have an online equivalent, reducing the chance for an impulse buy.
A shopper might misspell your brand or search for a specified term like "healthy" cereal or "high fibre" cereal – you need to strategize, so your product doesn’t get missed.
It’s essential to be in the top 6-10 search results.
People talk about the idea of the endless shelf online – but that’s not realistic. If you don’t appear in the first few options, you’re not winning.
Kellogg’s is committed to creating platform-specific content that appeals to the particular mindsets of different audiences found in different locations.
You can’t make one ad work across all your channels. 🚨
You need differentiated content and messaging for different platforms.
Shoppers will be in a different mindset depending on the platform and location – create content to meet them where they’re at.
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This 60-second TikTok ad for Casetify (heavy-duty and durable phone cases) by Bryan The Diamond is perfect in every way!
Bryan The Diamond is known on TikTok for his loud and energetic rants, and he takes them on a whole new level in this Casetify ad.
He starts the ad like he would any other post by addressing his audience directly. "Hey, Besties!" he says, before he gets into what led him to use Casetify.
🚨 Throughout the ad, he uses dramatic push-ins of the camera to emphasize his points. He changes the angles of his shot to stress the features/benefits of the product, making the content feel high energy and dynamic.
He also disrupts the ad by adding another type of content: screen recording.
He wraps it up with a charming CTA by encouraging his audience to use his discount code 15BRYAN when shopping.
This is how you make TikTok "Ads," people!
Ratings and reviews experts Shopper Approved is sharing their inside knowledge of Amazon’s most powerful techniques to increase traffic and conversions in their high-value report.
See first-hand how Amazon is crushing traffic and conversions using this strategy and how your DTC brand can do the same!
👉 Read the full report from Shopper Approved here.
It all adds up to more touch points which equals a better chance of converting into a sale.
Check it out. 👇
Try EGC (employee-generated content).
EGC can get up to eight times more engagement than branded content, PLUS it’s free!
We strongly recommend this, especially for brands just starting out.
Check out this example from a small DTC brand called Study Break. The founder is constantly creating new content!
👍 Apparently, only about 25% of Facebook users tapped ‘yes’ in response to the iOS tracking dialogue.
💅 DTC beauty brands are replacing focus groups with private online clubs.
🤯 22 Instagram story hacks that will blow your mind
🤳 TikTok integrates Vimeo's video-creation tools to attract more small business marketers.
📱 Instagram stories drafts are now available to all Users.
💸 Starting in August, US businesses will be able to add Facebook Pay to their websites.
🐦 Twitter has announced that it will shut down Fleets on Aug 3.
👙 Feast your eyes on Panera’s swimwear collection. Yes. Panera’s. Swimwear. Collection.
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