10 critical strategies for beer marketing in the digital age
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10 Critical Strategies for Beer Marketing in the Digital Age With information provided by beer strategy and marketing gurus: Lucas Herscovici, Vice President, Digital Marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Stacey Tank, Senior Vice President Heineken USA, Mariah Calagione, Vice President Dogfish Head, Craft Brewery. This presentation covers shifting from paid media to 'earned' media through social media including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn. Winning case studies from Anheuser-Busch Bud and Bud Light, Heineken Departure Roulette, Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man in the World", Dos De Mayo, Dogfish Head Brewery Local and Event marketing, Image Marketing, Facebook Advertising, Facebook Sponsored Stories and Facebook Promoted Posts.TRANSCRIPT
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10 Critical Strategies for Beer Marketing in the Digital AgeJay Berkowitz
TenGoldenRules.com561-620-9121
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Special Thanks to:
Lucas HerscoviciVice President,
Digital Marketing Anheuser-Busch
Stacey TankSenior Vice President
Heineken USA
Mariah CalagioneVice President Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
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Strategy #1 Shift Your Focus
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Big focal point engagement, digital, social
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#1 Shift Your Focus“We are moving from 90% paid media to a large % ‘earned’.”
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Lucas Herscovici, Anheuser-Busch
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#1 Shift Your Focus“Our new CEO Dolf van der Brink changed our focus to engagement, digital and
social.”
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Stacey Tank, Heineken USA
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#1 Shift Your Focus“All of our investment is for content
and local events.”
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Mariah Calagione, Dogfish Head
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Focus on Social From 1 to many to 1:1 or 1:few messaging
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Heineken “Departure Roulette”
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• Heineken strategy “Man of the World”
• People tweeting at JFK “I want to push the button”
• 8-9 million YouTube views, 70 Million Facebook Impressions !
• Now TV live sports
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“People who brew their own beer support local breweries”
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• We come up with the back story behind the beer
Mariah Calagione, Dogfish Head
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Strategy #1 Shift Your Focus
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• Shift $$ and efforts from television to interactive media• Interactivity and engagement• Search and Social: Content is King• The Big 4: Facebook, YouTube,
Twitter, Blog
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Strategy #2 “Just Do It!”(This Stuff Really Works)
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Working with Datalogix, Bud Light found that the campaign resulted in a 3.3% sales lift and a 6x
ROAS return on advertising spend
“Just Do It!”(This Stuff Really Works)
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Made in America Event Radio vs. Facebook Facebook = 12x more RSVP’s and 4x more attendees
“Just Do It!”(This Stuff Really Works)
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• Bud Light/Facebook Case Study 22.8 Million homes, 3.3% sales lift, 6X ROAS
• Facebook vs. Radio = 12X lift in registrations and 4X lift in attendance
Strategy #2 “Just Do It!”(This Stuff Really Works)
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#3 Know who you’re speaking to
“Millennials are our core and our future”
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Lucas Herscovici, Anheuser-Busch
• Need to win on Mobile
• Facebook spend 65% mobile
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#3 Know who you’re speaking to
“Millennials are our core and our future”
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Lucas Herscovici, Anheuser-Busch
• Focus on the 2nd Screen
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Strategy #3 Know who you’re speaking to
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• ½ the AB Digital team is in Palo Alto
• Google Glass promotions coming
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#3 Know who you’re speaking toTarget consumer is 21-35, 80% MaleHe loathes being perceived as boring
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Most Interesting Man ‘co-creation’
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• Milennials ‘live’ on their devices• Lucas reviews all new websites on a smart
phone• Advertising can be targeted to mobile• Target demographics and psychographics
Strategy #3 Know who you’re speaking to
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Strategy #4 Localize Messaging
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• “We spend tons of energy on locally relevant content”
• Wholesalers get guidelines and a playbook
• We approve content within 48 hours
• Regional Posting on Facebook Fan Page
• Amplification with Advertising
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Dos De Mayo“Holiday starts Thursday May 2”
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Dogfish Dish Recipes with Local Chefs
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Strategy #4 Localize Messaging
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• Budweiser is engaging local wholesalers and photographers and approving their content within 48 hours
• Dos De Mayo local promotions• Dogfish is engaged in community and
events
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#5 The 3 E’s (No Selling)Educate: Tips on Aging Beers
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#5 The 3 E’s Engage
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• You have to be active, but do a lot of listening
• The bulk of my tweets are replies to their tweets
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#5 The 3 E’s Entertain
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#5 The 3 E’s
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• Educate• Engage• Entertain
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#6 Video!
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“How-To” videos generate over 40 million views on channel
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Training course with Wimbledon and Olympic Champion Bryan Bros.
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Conversion TestingOriginal Page – no video
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The Winner! 15.29% Conversion Rate
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Strategy #6 Video!
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• Viral Video• YouTube embed on Facebook, Website,
link on Twitter • Educate• Add video for conversion
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Strategy #7 A Picture is Worth 1,000 Clicks
“Everybody Loves Pictures”Mariah, DogFish Head Beer
4,299 Likes, 135 Comments,
270 Shares
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Our consumer likes Instagram
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49,084 Likes77,084 Talking About This
157.0% PTAT
Your key Facebook Stat is Engagement‘PTAT’ People Talking About This
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121,734 likes3,138 comments
33,570 shares
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Pinterest.com
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Pinterest.com
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Strategy #7 A Picture is Worth 1,000 Clicks
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• Facebook Candy• Instagram, Pinterest• Consumer engagement!
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Britney Spears Model
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Britney Spears Model
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Strategy #9 “The Voice”
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Strategy #8 Britney Spears Model
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• Different Contributors to Social Media• Create a Content Calendar• Someone who is interested in the
company, knows the history and knows the “Voice”
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Strategy #9 Innovate to Win!
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“We do lot’s of little experiments. Every hit is a ‘fluke’. ”
Stacey Tank, Heineken USA
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Strategy #9 Innovate to Win!
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“Don’t be afraid to try new things. Our consumer likes Instagram better than Pinterest, but you
don’t know if you don’t try. ”Mariah Calagione, Dogfish Head
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Strategy #9 Innovate to Win!
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“We have experimented with Google Glass, the consumer can find a location that sells a brand of beer, and then find it on shelf and event request a coupon”
Lucas Herscovici, Anheuser-Busch
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Strategy #9 Innovate to Win!
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• Digital media allows you to try things without major expense and effort
• It is easy to scale up programs when the consumer engages
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“The Cascading Content Strategy”
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“The Cascading Content Strategy”Start with an Article…
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Optimize Content - Keyword ResearchGoogle, Word Tracker or Keyword
Discovery
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Add Keyword Phrases toFirst Paragraph, Middle and End
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Add Meta Tags: Title, Description, H1, Alt Tag
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“Blog”
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Google +Geek Homebrew Community, SEO
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LinkedIn Company Page
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“The Cascading Content Strategy”
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10 Critical Strategies for Beer Marketing in the Digital Age
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1. Shift from paid to ‘earned’ media 2. This stuff really works! 3. Know Who You’re Speaking To4. Video! 5. Localize Messaging6. A Picture is Worth 1,000 Clicks7. 3 E’s of Social Media8. Britney Spears Model9. Innovate to Win10.Cascading Content
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10 Critical Strategies for Beer Marketing in the Digital AgeJay Berkowitz
TenGoldenRules.com561-620-9121