Marketing & Campaigns

Creating Omni-Channel Awareness

2019 Paid Advertising Strategy

Goal: Support $3M in B2B and $300K DTC Revenue
Marketing Budget: $375K

  • Broadcast

    9 Month Campaign
    200 Spots

  • Show Integrations

    5 Shows / 6 Networks
    38 Airings

  • Print

    30 Ads
    7 Publications

  • Content Creators

    12 Influencers

  • PPC

    Meta
    Retargeting, Nurturing, Prospecting

    Google

2019 FrostGuard

Paid Advertising Campaign

Goal: Support $7.1M B2B and $1.9M DTC Revenue
Marketing Budget: $250K
Campaign Dates: Nov 1 - Dec 20

  • PPC

    Prospecting • 75%

    Nurturing • 10%

    Retargeting • 15%

  • Broadcast

    :15 Spot in Top 10 Markets

  • Satellite Media Tour

    12MM National and Major Market Impressions

  • Media Relations

    Influencers

    Traditional PR

Viral Influencer Campaign

10 BLOGGERS • 15 CONTENT CREATORS • 60 AMPLIFERS

The Campaign Produced:

  • 151 Pieces of Content
  • 112M Impressions
  • 172 Engagements

One of the posts went viral - the direct sales result of the campaign pushed us to +38% of our ANNUAL sales goal.

Thistle Farms

Email Marketing

Early on someone said to me, “People don’t buy your products - they buy how you make them feel.” 

It became the battle cry of our messaging strategy. 

Every email included impact and/or inspiration. 

  • Subscribers: 80,000 (+72% Growth)
  • 65% Monthly Engagement Rate 
  • 84% Retention Rate 
  • 37% Open Rate 

ESP: Klaviyo & Hubspot

View Email History at Milled.com
  • Segmentation

    By Support Type

    • Product Purchase
    • Donor
    • Volunteer
    • Legislative Advocacy
    • The Café
    • Becca Stevens (founder)

    By Purchase Frequency

    • One Time Purchase
    • Loyalty Segments
  • Category Affinity

    • Thistle Farms Products
    • Apparel
    • Global Shared Trade
  • Behavior and Persona

    • Welcome Flow
    • Abandoned Checkout (concurrent with Meta ads)
    • Site and Engagement (add to cart, view specific products w/o purchase, etc.)
    • Emotion vs Data Appeal


DELK: FrostGuard and MYCHANIC

Careful Crossover

FrostGuard and MYCHANIC had separate customer and subscriber bases.

We carefully used web footers, email pre-footers, and order inserts to cross promote.

ESP: Klaviyo & Campaign Monitor

  • 42K

    TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS

  • 18%

    AVERAGE OPEN RATE

  • 25%

    AVERAGE CTR