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. (Listen Here: http://bit.ly/DeepDiveIntoBusinessesA…)

In Episode 42, we dissect TRUFF’s business & marketing strategy –Nick Guillen and Nick Ajluni founded TRUFF in 2017 & wanted to create a Direct-To-Consumer luxury hot sauce brand. When they started, there weren’t any other prominent D2C Hot Sauce brands. Majority of the big sauces were B2B, hence they went through large retailers in order to get distributed. These guys wanted to create a full on brand, which they did. In 2020, they generated over 20 mil in revenue. We took a deep dive into some of their strategies that you can take away.

Timestamps:

00:45 Brief Summary on how TRUFF got started

2:30 TRUFF Review & Sampling

3:57 Running Contests to Grow Your Engagement. Truff launched a challenging contest on TikTok that got users to create content using TRUFF. The winner would win up to $10,000.

5:45 Why TikTok is better for new brands or creators to branch out vs existing creators or brands with large followings that have better leverage on Instagram

7:06 Over-polished content can work against you.

8:25 Build & Leverage Direct Relationship with your customers. This is one of Truff’s biggest advantages. Building a strong D2C brand vs going through retail first is how your brand can stand out today.

9:04 What Consumers Want from Brands In Today’s Market

11:16 Create Real Reaction Videos

12:51 Leverage Amazon For Exposure & look at it as your retailer, not your competitor.

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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. Matt Skopak’s Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mskopak

ABOUT ME (SEAN AZARI):

In 2015, I started a creative ad agency called Breakthrough Social that has helped over 50+ businesses build their brand & increase sales mainly through content development & distribution, influencer marketing, paid media campaigns, and other developing techniques. Brands that I have worked with: Safavieh, Rugs USA, SoJo Spa Club, Muscle Maker Grill, Kat Burki, Sweetberry Bowls, & many others.

BREAKTHROUGH SOCIAL (MY CREATIVE AD AGENCY WITH CASE STUDIES)

https://breakthrough.social

REBHORN (My eCommerce/Art Brand)

Website: https://www.rebhorndesign.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebhorndesign

My Other Social Channels:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sean_azari/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/azarimedia/

SNAPCHAT: https://www.snapchat.com/add/sean_azari

TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/sean_azari

NEED HELP WITH YOUR MARKETING STRATEGY / CONTENT CREATION / AD CAMPAIGNS? Shoot me an email: Sean@Breakthrough.SocialSHOW LESS

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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 33, we dissect Away’s business & marketing strategy – Launched in 2016 by 2 Co-Founders Steph Korey & Jen Rubio. Within its first year of operations, Away had generated over $12 million in sales & disrupted a 32 billion dollar luggage industry. As of August 2018, Away has sold over 500,000 suitcases and accessories, generating a massive $125 million in revenue in less than three years. Lets dive into some of their tactics.

Timestamps:
1:00 Background on Away Luggage
5:05 Create a standalone blog. Away created a standalone blog that centers around creating aspirational and engaging content that focuses on the wider travel experience (and a particular lifestyle) rather than a product. This idea eventually evolved into Here, which is not only their blog, but also their quarterly print magazine
7:02 What to look for when you’re thinkign about your next product / idea. Away noticed that the luggage industry has been stale & being sold the same way as it has been for decades. There wasn’t a D2C brand that solved all of a traveler’s need.
9:58 Personalization is key!
11:52 Reverse engineer how your customer thinks.
14:37 Use Instagram Stories to narrate a story around your product.
18:07 Identify overlap in your supply chain

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. Matt Skopak’s Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mskopak

ABOUT ME (SEAN AZARI):

In 2015, I started a creative ad agency called Breakthrough Social that has helped over 50+ businesses build their brand & increase sales mainly through content development & distribution, influencer marketing, paid media campaigns, and other developing techniques. Brands that I have worked with: Safavieh, Rugs USA, SoJo Spa Club, Muscle Maker Grill, Kat Burki, Sweetberry Bowls, & many others.

BREAKTHROUGH SOCIAL (MY CREATIVE AD AGENCY WITH CASE STUDIES)
https://breakthrough.social

REBHORN (My eCommerce/Art Brand)
Website: https://www.rebhorndesign.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebhorndesign

My Other Social Channels:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sean_azari/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/azarimedia/
SNAPCHAT: https://www.snapchat.com/add/sean_azari
TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/sean_azari

NEED HELP WITH YOUR MARKETING STRATEGY / CONTENT CREATION / AD CAMPAIGNS? Shoot me an email: Sean@Breakthrough.Social

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