Driving New Product Awareness + Sales Via A Two-Wave, Mixed-Influencer Approach

Nature’s Heart launched its full suite of no-sugar-added nut cluster snacks on its direct-to-consumer website, us.naturesheart.com (in addition to their existing presence on Amazon), and was seeking an awareness- and sales-driving program to support it.

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Media Relations & Influencer Marketing
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Premium Food & Beverage
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CHallenge

Nature’s Heart launched its full suite of no-sugar-added nut cluster snacks on its direct-to-consumer website, us.naturesheart.com (in addition to their existing presence on Amazon), and was seeking an awareness- and sales-driving program to support it.

Solution

Linhart PR partnered with prominent food, wellness and lifestyle influencers to promote a 20% discount to purchase Nature’s Heart snacks, plus brand differentiators including no-sugar-added, keto-certified and unique and delicious flavors. We utilized a two-wave approach, since it was the brand’s first attempt at working with influencers on sponsored content, for the opportunity to extend partnerships with creators who were performing well and continue to optimize the program based on learnings.

In wave 1, we partnered with 6 mid-tier influencers on a blend of in-feed posts and Instagram Stories. In wave 2, we contracted with 6 partners again, including two standouts from our first round of content, plus a “brand crush”: a well-known online fitness influencer. The wave 2 partners had a total potential reach of more than 3.6 million, shared more posts per partner than wave 1, and focused exclusively on Instagram Stories to prioritize link/discount code sharing.

Results

Wave 1

  • Partners had a total potential reach of 2 million+, with content averaging a nearly 5% engagement rate
  • Drove more than 4,200 clicks to the website, garnering a 3.7% conversion rate on offer redemption

Wave 2

  • Drove 4,500 website clicks - which was similar to wave 1 - but we more than doubled the conversion rate to 7.6%
  • Synced the fitness influencer’s content to be live during a prime sales time, Natural Products Expo West, to create a newsworthy moment that could be shared with buyers - who were wooed by the celeb influencer’s endorsement of the brand and products - and customers alike
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