Deep Dive Into Businesses https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/ eCommerce Marketing, Business, & Branding Strategies Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:20:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/deepdiveintobusinesses.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Deep Dive Into Businesses https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/ 32 32 194676313 How To Increase Your Instagram Following in 2022 https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/uncategorized/instagram-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instagram-growth Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:22:00 +0000 https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/?p=1225 Occasionally I get someone asking me “Sean, how can I get more followers?” My question back is : Why should someone follow you or your brand? Are you putting out content that is either informative and/or entertaining? Let’s assume that you’re putting out great content for the purpose of this article. Now what are the […]

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Occasionally I get someone asking me “Sean, how can I get more followers?”

My question back is : Why should someone follow you or your brand? Are you putting out content that is either informative and/or entertaining?

Let’s assume that you’re putting out great content for the purpose of this article. Now what are the steps to bring more awareness to your page?

Host Giveaways

Hosting strategic giveaways is a growth strategy that has been working since the start of Instagram.

People love free stuff. However, you need to make sure that the giveaway is enticing enough for people to enter.

Like a $5 Starbucks Gift Card isn’t going to cut it.

Sometimes you are going to need to align your products with something that people are more familiar with and want so that they can participate in your giveaway.

I provided a more detailed explanation in my YouTube video below

Host Giveaways With Influencers

A great way to increase your “ROI” through an Influencer collaboration is to host a giveaway with them.

The influencer usually knows how to capture their audience’s attention so try to be as flexible as possible when you’re providing your guidelines.

Since they already have an audience, it would be a great way to plan a giveaway with an influencer so that you can lure some of their audience into following your account.

Learn How Pura Vida Bracelets Grew Their Brand By Hosting Giveaways & Other Tactics in Deep Dive Into Businesses Episode 4

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Grow Your Instagram in 2021 by Hosting Giveaways https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/uncategorized/grow-your-instagram-in-2021-by-hosting-giveaways/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grow-your-instagram-in-2021-by-hosting-giveaways Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:58:47 +0000 https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/?p=1022

Occasionally I get someone asking me “Sean, how can I get more followers?” My question back is : Why should someone follow you or your brand? Are you putting out content that is either informative and/or entertaining? Let’s assume that you’re putting out great content for the purpose of this article. Now what are the […]

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Occasionally I get someone asking me “Sean, how can I get more followers?”

My question back is : Why should someone follow you or your brand? Are you putting out content that is either informative and/or entertaining?

Let’s assume that you’re putting out great content for the purpose of this article. Now what are the steps to bring more awareness to your page?

Testing 

Host Giveaways

Hosting strategic giveaways is a growth strategy that has been working since the start of Instagram.

People love free stuff. However, you need to make sure that the giveaway is enticing enough for people to enter.

Like a $5 Starbucks Gift Card isn’t going to cut it.

Sometimes you are going to need to align your products with something that people are more familiar with and want so that they can participate in your giveaway.

I provided a more detailed explanation in my YouTube video below.

Host Giveaways with Influencers

A great way to increase your “ROI” through an Influencer collaboration is to host a giveaway with them. 

The influencer usually knows how to capture their audience’s attention so try to be as flexible as possible when you’re providing your guidelines.

Since they already have an audience, it would be a great way to plan a giveaway with an influencer so that you can lure some of their audience into following your account.

Learn How Pura Vida Bracelets Grew Their Brand By Hosting Giveaways & Other Tactics in Deep Dive Into Businesses Episode 4

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Behind Warby Parker’s Success: 6 Marketing Strategies You Can Takeaway https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/ecommerce-growth-marketing-strategies/behind-warby-parkers-success-6-marketing-strategies-you-can-takeaway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=behind-warby-parkers-success-6-marketing-strategies-you-can-takeaway Mon, 12 Jul 2021 22:11:48 +0000 https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/?p=986

Learn some key tactics on Warby Parker's Growth & Marketing Strategies.

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Warby Parker, founded in 2010, is a brand- and customer-centric online retailer for stylish and cheap eyewear.

They disrupted an industry that was tired, overpriced, and dominated by 1 Goliath company when they started.

How they do it? By solving 3 key points:

  • Making Eyeglasses More Affordable (Starting at $95)
  • Enjoyable Customer Experience/Purchasing Experience (buying it online)
  • Creating A Strong Direct To Consumer Approach & Marketing Campaigns

Inside Deep Dive Into Businesses Podcast Episode 13, we dove into some of Warby Parker’s best tactics that helped them achieve this growth. Below I highlighted some of these strategies that can be incorporated into majority of Direct to Consumer businesses that will help strengthen their overall brand & increase sales.

Listen To Our Podcast

Warby Parker’s Marketing & Growth Strategy Breakdown

Incorporate A Lifestyle Content Strategy

Wearing Warby, a short video series created by Warber Parker that shares interesting stories on creators, customers, employees in which they are wearing Warby Glasses but also sharing a glimpse of each of their lives.

This is a great way to get some of your creators/ambassadors/customers involved with the brand by sharing their stories.

When I was dissecting this series, I noticed that each video had the same format/style.

The video opens up with the individuals introducing themselves & what they do. The follow-up question (you actually don’t hear the question, because the individual rephrases the question within their answer) is “Which Warby Parker glasses do they use and when did they purchase it?”

You can see how I implemented a similar strategy to my eCommerce business, Rebhorn. I started interviewing some of our content creators and asked them questions that followed a similar style to Warby’s & called it Rebhorn Everywhere.

Create In-Store Experiences By Having Customers Try Samples In Their Home

Warby Parker was one of the first D2C brands to launch an at home try one strategy.

The customer can choose up to 5 frames online that they like to try on and Warby Parker ships it for free. This is one of the biggest pinpoints of a customer when they are purchasing types of goods like glasses.

This is one of those products that the customer needs to physically try on before purchasing. Other products like that are apparel & some home decor accessories like rugs.

What if you can’t implement a similar strategy?

Then you need a strong Return Policy. You need a way for the customer to feel that they can purchase something & if it doesn’t match their needs then they can return it hassle-free.

Encourage Your Customers To Share On Social Media

Warby Parker encourages their customers to share their try-on glasses on social media to get feedback from their audience on which ones they should get. FREE ADVERTISING for Warby & also a fun way to get the customer to interact with their audience. This is a win-win for both parties.

Identify Your Why & Sell The Shit Out Of It.

Warby is committed to matching every dollar raised for poverty-stricken middle schools in New York City, enabling eye care professionals to visit the classrooms and administer eye exams to the students.

This brand has a strong vision & values. They show that by aligning themselves with something that relates to their brand and gets customers involved with helping those in poverty to receive the proper eye care they need.

Pura Vida Bracelets, does something similar as well. Each bracelet was aligned to a specific foundation/charity which also drew awareness.

Talk With Your Customers To Gain Better Insight

Do you know where Warby had its first show room? Inside one of their apartments in NYC. They had customers come in their walk-up apartment & try on their glasses. They were able to connect w their customers in a more personal way & built stronger relationships.

They realized that this option wasn’t feasible since they were getting a bunch of complaints when their business was starting to gain traction and eventually launched the at-home try-on model.

Use Quizzes To Aid Your Customer’s Journey

Quizzes are a great way to gain more information about the customer so that you can segment them better & create more personalized marketing campaigns.

In order for people to participate in your quiz, you need to create something that can help them find something that fits their needs.

Since some of our faces are shaped differently, Warby created a quiz that helped their customer on finding the perfect frame that matched their needs.

Warby Parker’s Quiz

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Establish Your Brand Voice By Being Yourself https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/uncategorized/establish-your-brand-voice-by-being-yourself/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=establish-your-brand-voice-by-being-yourself Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:48:27 +0000 https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/?p=910 Every brand needs a voice, and there are so many people that struggle with this. So how do you establish one? If you’re creating a brand that resonates with who you are & it’s something you believe in then the answer is by being yourself. If you’re creating a brand that solves a problem for […]

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Every brand needs a voice, and there are so many people that struggle with this. So how do you establish one?

If you’re creating a brand that resonates with who you are & it’s something you believe in then the answer is by being yourself.

If you’re creating a brand that solves a problem for a specific demographic, then you need to reverse engineer your customer (by establishing your Buyer’s Persona) & put yourself in their shoes. How would you like to be communicated to if you were them? That’s your brand voice.

WHAT IS A BRAND VOICE?

Brand voice is the way you (as the brand) talk to your customers. 

Every time you send an email, write a copy under a post, create video, design a creative, you’re establishing your brand voice.

In today’s world, people want to relate to the brand. Hence, how would you speak to them if you were talking to them directly vs social media. Most likely the answer is, very naturally.

You’re going to avoid all that scientific jargon that loses your average audience. That’s how you should establish your brand voice.

A great brand that does this well is Frank Body. I spoke about this in Deep Dive Into Businesses Ep 19 where Frank Body uses lingo like “Babe” or “Lets Be Frank” which is one of their popular hashtags #LetsBeFrank

If you missed this episode, listen in below. We shared a lot of great tactics from Frank Body that you can start implementing into your business today.

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Are Short Creatives Better for Facebook Ads? https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/ecommerce-growth-marketing-strategies/are-short-creatives-better-for-facebook-ads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-short-creatives-better-for-facebook-ads Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:31:27 +0000 https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/?p=701 The average human attention span is only a few seconds. That means you have a few seconds to capture your customer’s attention.⠀⠀Through experience working with multiple eCommerce brands & studying some of the best brands out there, it seems a lot of creatives are quick & get right to the point. While diving into Primary’s marketing […]

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The average human attention span is only a few seconds. That means you have a few seconds to capture your customer’s attention.⠀

Through experience working with multiple eCommerce brands & studying some of the best brands out there, it seems a lot of creatives are quick & get right to the point. While diving into Primary’s marketing & business strategy, I took notice of their 12-15 second Facebook Ads.

Typically they are 12-15 seconds long with large text overlays (Sometimes minimalistic) that state just enough to elicit curiosity and draw you into their website.


Long-form ads work as well. It all depends on the goal, creativity, and overall strategy.

Typically they are 12-15 seconds long with large text overlays (Sometimes minimalistic) that state just enough to elicit curiosity and draw you into their website.

Listen to our full episode on Primary.

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How Away Increased It’s Brand Value By Becoming A Media Company https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/ecommerce-growth-marketing-strategies/how-away-increased-its-brand-value-by-becoming-a-media-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-away-increased-its-brand-value-by-becoming-a-media-company Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:46:59 +0000 https://deepdiveintobusinesses.com/?p=663

What does their blog entail & how does it help their marketing strategy? Here, centers around creating aspirational and engaging content that focuses on the wider travel experience (and a particular lifestyle) rather than a product. They create travel guides, product recommendations, personal travel stories that peak their audiences interest — which are travelers. By […]

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Away, a Direct-To-Consumer brand that was founded in 2016 created more than just a luggage company.  They built a media empire.

One of their marketing tactics that helped them disrupt a 32 billion dollar industry was by creating a standalone blog called Here.

In Deep Dive Into Businesses Podcast Episode 33, I explained how this strategy helped Away position themselves as a travel company rather than just a luggage company.

What does their blog entail & how does it help their marketing strategy?

Here, centers around creating aspirational and engaging content that focuses on the wider travel experience (and a particular lifestyle) rather than a product. They create travel guides, product recommendations, personal travel stories that peak their audiences interest — which are travelers.

By creating a standalone publication, Away now has:

  1. Created A Strategy To Boost Their Brand Awareness By Providing Value To Their Customer Persona. Away provides information that would be helpful for their audience without having them to buy a product. Indirectly this helps Away build up a stronger following & helps with their SEO. For example, if someone is looking for things to do & see in Cartagena, Columbia then they can find that material in one of their articles. Most likely the person that’s reading that article is planning to travel to Cartagena at some point which means they may need some of Away’s products (E.g. their affordable & minimalistic luggage) before heading off
  2.  Increased The Value Of Their Business. If Away decided to sell their company tomorrow, their value would be much higher since they also own a publication. In February of 2021, we saw that HubSpot acquired media startup The Hustle (an online media company) since they had a strong audience that read their newsletters & had a significant amount of traffic. Their audience aligned with HubSpot which made it appealing for them to acquire. 

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