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Episode 24: Growth Strategies For Highly Regulated Industries Like CBD | RECESS Branding Strategy

Sean Azari — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:40:20 +0000

Every week we will take a deep dive into a business and share with you some of their marketing & business strategies that helped these businesses scale.

In Episode 24, we dissect Recess’s business & marketing strategy – Recess is a sparkling CBD beverage geared towards anxious, aesthetic-obsessed millennials. CBD is still a highly regulated industry & it’s not the easiest to market since there are a lot of limitations especially with Facebook & other platforms. In 2019, Recess had about 4,000 accounts nationwide and executed a strong DTC strategy with a brand-marketing first approach. In this episode, you will learn how to market yourself in a highly regulated industry by diving into Recess’s strategy.

Timestamps:
1:15 Who is Recess?
3:07 Using paid media in a highly regulated market
6:27 Using Futuristic minimal web design and branding
8:52 Leverage Collaborations To Attract Millennials
11:58 Use millennial incentives to increase brand awareness. In this segment, we discuss how Recess paid millennials via Venmo for referring new customers.
13:28 Create content that helps create data.
16:13 Focus on marketing the experience, not just the ingredient/product itself. Recess took a similar approach to Redbull in the fact that they don’t discuss the ingredient, but the feeling.

ABOUT MATT SKOPAK:

An adventure and fitness addict with a passion for entrepreneurship and numbers. Lead Investor in Sweetberry Bowls and CFO of Sugar & Kush CBD. Rutgers MBA 2020 in Entrepreneurship & Accounting

ABOUT SEAN AZARI:

In 2015, Sean launched a creative ad agency called Breakthrough Social specializing in content creation & distribution, marketing campaigns, & paid media that helped brands build awareness and drive sales. Prior to starting his agency, Sean worked in finance for 4 years as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse & studied Mathematics & Statistics at Rutgers University.

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Episode 22: How UNTUCKit Built a $150mil Dollar Business Selling Ordinary Dress Shirts

Sean Azari — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:05 +0000

In Episode 22, we dissect into UNTUCKit’s business & marketing strategy – UNTUCKit was founded in 2011 by Co-Founder’s Aaron Sanandres & Chris Riccobono. UNTUCKit created a new category that supported an untapped market – which is men that don’t like tucking in dress shirts. In 2017, the company raised $30 million from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins which reportedly valued the company at over $200 million. Watch/Listen to this episode so learn about their growth strategies that you can start implementing into your business.

Timestamps:
2:26 Use Amazon or Other Channels To Gain Brand Recognition. UntuckIt sells only a selective amount of shirts on Amazon for brand recognition
4:48 Amazon listing strategy so that you can increase your margins & avoid customer’s from finding a lower price for the same product.
6:19 Don’t waste money on cities that don’t really need your product
8:25 Should You Go Into Retail? UNTUCKit launched a retail store since “try-on’s” is a necessity when it comes to dress shirts.
12:21 How Can Your Brand Be Different From The Competition? Create A New Category That Solves A Problem
15:22 Don’t Spam Your Customer’s. Always remember, give value first then ask.

ABOUT MATT SKOPAK:

An adventure and fitness addict with a passion for entrepreneurship and numbers. Lead Investor in Sweetberry Bowls and CFO of Sugar & Kush CBD. Rutgers MBA 2020 in Entrepreneurship & Accounting

ABOUT SEAN AZARI:

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Episode 15: A Billion Dollar Cult Brand: Yeti Branding Strategies

Sean Azari — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:13:09 +0000

Every week we will take a deep dive into a business and share with you some of their marketing & business strategies that helped these businesses scale.

In Episode 15, we dissect Yeti’s business & marketing strategy – The company was founded in 2006 by 2 brothers Roy & Ryan Seiders but really started to get noticed in 2011 when sales hit $29 million. They took a commoditized product “a cooler” and made it into something extremely desirable by implementing a technology that had their coolers keep ice frozen for long periods of time. In addition, their coolers were much sturdier than what the market was currently offering. Let’s dive into how these guys built the ultimate cult brand across many outdoor enthusiasts.

Timestamps:

02:56 – Start With An Outstanding Product that solves a problem
04:52 – Leverage The Right Partnership And Brand Ambassadors. Yeti has 120 brand ambassadors that tell their story through different video series’s
07:02 – Align Your Brand Persona to Match Your Customer Based
08:46 – Build a Lifestyle Content Strategy
10:50 – Strategically Leverage Old school Marketing Tactics
15:33 – Realness Goes a Long Way: We Are Living in the Age of Authenticity

ABOUT MATT SKOPAK:

An adventure and fitness addict with a passion for entrepreneurship and numbers. Lead Investor in Sweetberry Bowls and CFO of Sugar & Kush CBD. Rutgers MBA 2020 in Entrepreneurship & Accounting

ABOUT SEAN AZARI:

Connect with Sean:

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