January 27, 2025
The Rise of Virtual Influencers: Opportunities and Risks for CPG Food Brand Marketers
Influencers play a well-established role in B2C digital marketing. But a new, AI-driven tactic is emerging with the potential to shake up influencer marketing and open new doors for CPG food marketers in the process. “Virtual influencers” are precisely what they sound like — digital avatars created using AI and…
November 13, 2024
Craft a Genuine and Consistent Brand Voice Across Social Platforms: A Food CPG Marketer’s Guide
Maintaining a consistent brand voice across diverse social media platforms is a significant challenge for today’s food CPG marketers. How do you keep your brand's personality intact when jumping from LinkedIn's professional atmosphere to TikTok's fun-loving, trend-driven culture? This comprehensive guide offers practical strategies for developing and implementing a flexible…
October 9, 2024
5 Powerful Ways CPG Brands Can Hook Gen Z on Social Media
As digital natives, Gen Z wields immense influence and trendsetting power, helping to reshape how brands connect with their audience. So for CPG companies like yours, understanding and adapting to their unique behaviors on social platforms is crucial. The challenge lies in balancing authenticity with ROI. Gen Z values transparency…
Finding ways to accurately measure digital campaign effectiveness is always a high priority for food marketers. But pinpointing conversions or calculating hard ROI can be elusive, particularly for top-of-funnel initiatives. And if you’re working with incomplete metrics, you won’t feel confident in your strategy or budget decisions. More and more,…
September 23, 2024
Rethinking TV Advertising for CPG Success
You're facing a marketing dilemma. You want to scale and find new audiences, but your current media mix simply isn't cutting it. Your customers are trapped in a closed loop at the bottom of the funnel. Without television advertising, you struggle to fill the top-of-funnel with viable prospects. If you're…
August 30, 2024
Finding an Authentic Influencer Fit for Your CPG Food Brand
The explosion of social media influencer marketing has opened up new frontiers for CPG food brands to connect with younger consumers. But as we know, navigating this space can be tricky. Younger audiences like Millennials and Gen Z are highly distrustful of traditional advertising tactics and overt corporate messaging. They…
For food marketers, keeping up with the latest social media trends and platforms demands constant adaptation. And lately, relying on traditional advertising avenues or even tried-and-true social networks doesn’t cut it. Just in the last year, platforms like TikTok and Instagram have emerged as full-fledged search engines, redefining how consumers…
June 17, 2024
Your Food Brand Website Isn’t an Ecommerce Engine — It’s the Driver for Brand Engagement
The consumer’s path to purchase just isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. Hybrid shopping — shopping in person and online — is now the norm. And if consumer packaged goods brands are to keep up with consumer behavior, they must re-evaluate their owned digital channels — their websites,…
May 14, 2024
4 Reasons Food Advertisers Must Invest in TV Brand Building — Yup, Even Smaller CPG Brands
The performance plateau for CPG brands is real. If you think a performance-based mix of online search, social, and display ads covers all your marketing needs, you may be on the edge of a major sales drop. Once saturation kicks in, you're left with a closed loop of existing customers,…
