The 15 Minute Breakdown: 2024 Beauty Marketing Study
How can content amplify your commerce? Lessons from retailers and publishers
1. How can content amplify your commerce?
Lessons from retailers and publishers
Tushar Adya
President & COO
Dylan’s Candy Bar
Frank Weil
Chief Customer Officer
KWI
Lexi Cross
Co-Founder
Shoes Of NYC
Geoff Schiller
Chief Revenue Officer
Popsugar
2. DYLAN’S CANDY BAR
C O N T E N T + C O M M E R C E
S E P T E M B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 8
S H O P. O R G
3. LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE
Content/imagery is the heart of who we are
Founded on making candy relevant in the worlds of fashion, art and pop culture
Pop art, bright colors, bold design
Visionary CEO and founder, trained in art & design
4. TRANSLATING CONTENT TO COMMERCE
Capitalize on trends, but be the first
Listen, really listen, to your consumers
Focus on your strengths
Make friends with influencers
5. EXTREME CANDY CHALLENGE
• 2018 candy trends: spicy candy & tasting games
• Extreme Candy Challenge
• 12 candies, 3 categories (spicy, sour, sweet)
• Sweepstakes component
• Influencer/celebrity mailer
• Content played in-store, on product page, Facebook ads, social media handles
6. PEEPS MILKSHAKE
• Peeps Milkshake recipe video
• 10 million media impressions
• 2 million+ views on Instagram
• 88% of accounts not following us
• Next year, custom content with Peeps
12. INFLUENCER/BRAND RELATIONSHIPS
• Build relationships over time
• Giveaways
• Mentions
• Community Management
• Aim to do multi-pronged partnerships
• Influencer lists for every aspect of our business
• YTD influencer posts: 209
• YTD social impressions: 283,454,568
34. How can content amplify your commerce?
Lessons from retailers and publishers
Tushar Adya
President & COO
Dylan’s Candy Bar
Frank Weil
Chief Customer Officer
KWI
Lexi Cross
Co-Founder
Shoes Of NYC
Geoff Schiller
Chief Revenue Officer
Popsugar
Hinweis der Redaktion
Extreme Candy Challenge - Video also located here: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K8BGpcRMYnw" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
To capitalize on the trends of spicy candy and tasting games/videos, we created the Extreme Candy Challenge
Candy tasting game for families
12 candies, 3 categories (sweet, sour, spicy)
Enter ratings on our landing page dylanscandybar.com/extreme to win candy for a year
Influencer/celebrity mailer for YouTube/Instagram video posts
Peeps Milkshake Video also located here: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ceswjkymh6k6zb/Video%20Mar%2009%2C%208%2020%2055%20PM.mov?dl=0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Recipe video, included Peeps
Went viral
Gained attention of Peeps, will be doing an official partnership next year
#1 Instagram post of all time
10 MILL media impressions
2 MILL views
12.5k likes
6k saves
88% of accounts reached were not following us
Collaborations (Product)
Mean Girls (Paramount)
Williams Sonoma
Aden & Anais
The Mindy Project
Wilton
Target
Whole Foods
FAO Shwarz
Care Bears
Starbucks
Collaborations (Product)
Mean Girls (Paramount)
Williams Sonoma
Aden & Anais
The Mindy Project
Wilton
Target
Whole Foods
FAO Shwarz
Care Bears
Starbucks
YTD X amount of influencers
TYD x amount of social impressions
Social partnerships (giveaways, mentions)
Pocky
Dry Bar
The Knot
Famous Birthdays
Ralph Lauren
Keurig
Influencers (food, lifestyle, fashion, mom)
Celebrities (Jessica Alba, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Flay, Martha Stewart, Miss Universe, Busy Phillips, Dan Levy, Kim Kardashian, etc.)
Smarties
Peeps
Dana’s Bakery
Dessert Goals
Cool Haus
Milk & Cream Cereal Bar
Do Cookie Dough
YTD X amount of influencers
TYD x amount of social impressions
Social partnerships (giveaways, mentions)
Pocky
Dry Bar
The Knot
Famous Birthdays
Ralph Lauren
Keurig
Influencers (food, lifestyle, fashion, mom)
Celebrities (Jessica Alba, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Flay, Martha Stewart, Miss Universe, Busy Phillips, Dan Levy, Kim Kardashian, etc.)
Smarties
Peeps
Dana’s Bakery
Dessert Goals
Cool Haus
Milk & Cream Cereal Bar
Do Cookie Dough