Demographic Shift: How changing demographics affect media buying A couple of years ago, our office had a running discussion on what age/birth year determined if you were a millennial. At the time, being a millennial had a certain connotation, and not necessarily a good one. Yet, there didn’t seem to be sources of authority as…
The 3rd step in planning an outline for your CPG brand’s social media calendar for the entire year focuses on promos, coupons and giveaways. Remember that the goal is to have everything already thought out so you’ll just need to create your content when you have more details. After you’ve outlined all relevant holidays and…
Food Marketers’ Favorite CPG Brands on Instagram Here part of the NewPoint team shares which CPG brands on Instagram they follow and why as food marketers, they resonate with each brand’s social media content. Ryan, Lead Web Developer Redbull I follow Redbull mainly because I like their product, but I keep following them for how…
Local is arguably the single biggest food trend since the turn of the millennium. So much so that back in 2007, the Oxford New American Dictionary named locavore its “Word of the Year.” A recent survey by the Nielsen Company showed consumers rank “buying local” as their most important food-related cause, ahead of other options…
How to Prove Social Media ROI In a world of dirty words like “Millennials” and “Boomers,” we’re here to help bridge the gap when it comes to social media ROI. By this point, most everyone knows that social media is important. But just how crucial is it? How can you prove that not only is…
I recently sat in on a presentation by Jay Baer, who gave some really great insight on how to get your customers to willingly tell your story. Organic social content from brands often fails. Facebook is moving away from “broadcasting” and towards social connecting/networking. If your customers aren’t telling it, your story won’t be heard….
FACT: The U.S. is home to 87.5 million Millennials (ages 18 to 29). The infographic below will provide valuable insight on how to market—successfully—to this growing demographic in America. Because, the fact is, it will only continue to grow. Millennials are a key consumer demographic for online marketers. Learn how to market your…
Offer Easy, Mobile-Friendly Solutions when Marketing Food to Millennials Paul Rowton, vice president, GES/Edwards Food Giant in Arkansas, has a telling quote at the very end of a recent Supermarket News article, Millennials at the Meat Counter that says: “They want to cook, they just have less time than their parents did.” Googling “Millennial Grocery” will…
Snacking Millennials Vote with Their Wallets Ethics On the Go, a new report from Culinary Visions Panel’s Mindful Dining Initiative project has some good data for companies looking to position their brands to align with snacking Millennials. SuperMarket News’ Tara Fitzpatrick (@Tara_Fitzie) produced an easy-to-digest (no pun intended) slide show touching on the top data in…
In recent years, millennials have populated headlines. Some report that they’re an important demographic and others argue against their disruptive attitudes and buying habits. But what if millennials are the key to success? What if the way you advertise and promote your food brand depends on the millennial cohort? Their segment alone is a buying…
To identify and isolate areas for improvement in shopper marketing program strategies and tactics to further your CPG brand growth against set KPIs:
This shopper marketing audit will detail and contrast your CPG brand shopper marketing and messaging versus that of industry standard competitive practices and will include, but not limited to:
Marketing Communication Audit Report
The deliverable will be a white paper with NewPoint Marketing findings and recommendations related to marketing activities in one retail partnership or DMA/market as defined by the client.
Brant brings 20+ years of experience to NewPoint as chief brand communicator and marketing-plan contributor.
Brant’s specialty is bringing an outside, investigative perspective that can feel alternately “rigorous” or “exasperating” depending on your point of view. Yet, he never fails to uncover a business’s unique selling proposition—one which can serve as a brand foundation for marketing that is compelling, creative and “sticky.”
Throughout his career, Brant’s applied his skill set to a broad range of business applications along the food supply-and-service chain. His services have provided vital clarity for all types of operations, from the more conventional food and food equipment manufacturers to the adjacent enterprises that partner with them, such as the Purdue University College of Agriculture.
Food industry marketing expertise—from retail to food-service and food-service equipment— is a natural outcome of having deep knowledge in every facet of a business’ operation. With 10 years in branding and business development, preceded by 15 years in mass media and promotions, Stephanie is an FMI Emerge mentor, holds an executive-level expertise in sales, marketing, media, and production management.
This exceptionally diverse skill set adds value for NewPoint clients by providing a full complement of perspectives on food-industry brand management endeavors.
Wired for a hawkish attention to detail while also maintaining a high-resolution view of the big picture, Stephanie is uniquely able to provide astute branding direction and simultaneously apply the business principles necessary to squeeze more bang out of every marketing buck.
A member of the Forbes Agency Council and quoted in the New York Times, USA Today and Adweek, Patrick Nycz is the author of Moving Your Brand Up the Food Chain: Marketing Strategies to Grow Local and Regional Food Brands. He is an FMI Emerge mentor, an American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award winner, and the Founding President of NewPoint Marketing, a full-service food industry marketing firm focused on food industry brands On a mission to grow.
Patrick’s vision for NewPoint emerged from his team’s success using this proven model for food industry clients and is fueled by NewPoint-funded food buyers and food manufacturers research around tracking consumer, industry, and ongoing food trends.
Since starting her 20-year career in commercial graphic design at one of the foremost catalog retailers in the world, Kristy’s visual branding skills have organically narrowed into the food-industry niche.
In that time, she’s directed graphic identities for snack food and restaurant startups, print materials for multiple agricultural seed companies, display graphics and merchandiser signage for major food-equipment manufacturers and everything in between.
Today, as one of the key brand architects for NewPoint clients, she continues to lead our visual research & development team, always working to find the innovative median between the best practices worth honoring and the accepted rules worth breaking.