direct to consumer wine symposium case study
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Presented in San Francisco January 24, 2013. A case study about the usage of Video to increase database and Wine Club growth via email with a winery.TRANSCRIPT
VIDEO: THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE.
Ken Nerlove, Elkhorn Peak Cellars Lisa Gotfried, Video in a Minute
Susan DeMatei, Wine Glass Marketing Mark Elcombe, Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards
• Look at the Elkhorn Peak Cellars Case Study 1
• Learn about Video Messaging and Distribu<on Strategies
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• See if Video can provide a strong ROI 3
Today’s Objec<ves
KEN NERLOVE, ELKHORN PEAK CELLARS [email protected] FACEBOOK.COM/ELKHORNPEAKCELLARS YOUTUBE.COM/USER/ELKHORNPEAKCELLARS
Elkhorn Peak
• The first winery in Jamison Canyon (1983) • Seven clones of Pinot Noir
Distribu<on Strategy 2008-‐2012
• Answered the economic downturn by, deciding to a) reduce produc<on and b) move as much distribu<on as possible to the Consumer Direct channels.
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Marke<ng Strategy • Assets included a clean, personal, contact list • Decided on email because of cost, and ability to create
a connec<on with audience • Objec<ve was to bring the experience back to their
home and make them feel part of the winery – Sales – Mailing list growth (pass along) – Wine Club growth and reten<on
• Focused on an consistent, programma<c email campaign of monthly newsle_ers and offers
Headline/Chronology
Mul<ple Links
Pictures of Loca<on
Start story, but finish below
Get to Offer in first 1/3
Repeat Offer
Finish Story
Sign Off
Consistent Layout for 5 Years
Email Learnings/List Growth
Pinot Chronicles 10 x annually.
Stories & Offer.
Used video as sale reminder.
Ask for club sign up. All else same.
Three Phased Approach
Added video when available.
No other changes.
2008 2011 2012
Videos in Email • “Pinot Cam” added to Pinot Chronicles
• Up front – quick introduc<on and link
• S<ll got to offer in top 1/3 and con<nued other standards
LISA GOTTFRIED, VIDEO IN A MINUTE [email protected]
FACEBOOK.COM/VIDEOINAMINUTE YOUTUBE.COM/USER/DIGITALWEAVERS
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Video Strategy The Power of the Personal Invita<on • Join the Wine Club Ken’s Strengths • Gruff and Lovable • Down to Earth, Tell it Like it is • Amazing Educator = Fans for Life • Interests outside of wine/ restores old cars
and slot machines
Nuts and Bolts • 3 hours • Every other month • 2 Videos each shoot • 1 Edi<ng Video every month • 3 Month Trial/12 Month Agreement
Video Content Added Value: Do not sell to me • Entertainment • Educa<on
– In the Vineyards – Custom Crush – Barrel Tas<ng
• Emo<onal Connec<on
Bonus Videos: • Tes<monials about Ken/Wine • Bio: Get to Know Ken • Thank You for Joining
– Behind the scenes video
Video Format • Short and Sweet • High End Look/Sound • Consistent
– Intros and Outros – Music and Branding
• Always with car, truck, farm equipment
– Messaging: Educa<on – Call to Ac<on
Video SEO • Ready to buy? • Ready to Connect? • Beyond Youtube
– Dailymo<on – Metacafe – Vimeo
• Beyond Facebook/Twi_er – Myspace – Blogger – Wordpress.com – Live Journal, etc.
Video SEO Results: 2 Years Later • Ken’s Channel:
– “Pinot Cam Veraison 2011”
• Video in a Minute’s Channel: – “Best Kept Secret Wineries, Napa Valley, Pinot Noir, Veraison, Small”
Keytag Phrase Google Page # CompeJtors
Secret Winery Pinot 1 1,060,000
Secret Winery Napa 2 1,230,000
Napa Valley Veraison 2 397,000
Pinot Veraison 2 727,000
Evergreen Video
• Website – Video Archives – Blog
• DVD: En<re Growing Cycle – Consumers – Distributors – Wine Shops – Tas<ng Room
• Social Media Content • Thank You’s
In House or Not?
• Video Quality: Match Brand • Hidden Costs of In-‐House • The Back Burner Syndrome • Hybrid Possibili<es • Scheduling that Works
– Once a Month – Quarterly – Once and Done
Par<ng Thoughts
• Do What Already Works • One to Many • Bring Tas<ng Room to Living Room • Play to Your Strengths • Quality of Rela<onships = Sales
Par<ng Thoughts Seth Godin: Marke0ng: It's a process, not an
event. • Da<ng is a process. So is losing
weight, being a public company and building a brand.
• On the other hand, puqng up a trade show booth is an event. So are going public and having surgery.
• Events are easier to manage, pay for and get excited about. Processes build results for the long haul.
SUSAN DEMATEI, WINE GLASS MARKETING [email protected] FACEBOOK.COM/WINEGLASSMARKETING @SDEMATEI
Elkhorn Peak Data
• Sent 10-‐12 emails a year for 5 years • 12 data points for each including:
– List size, dates, crea<ve offers – Email (sent, bounced, unsubscribed) – Response (clicks, sales, club sign ups)
Total of 720 data points….
Approaching Analy<cs 1. Remove abnormali<es
– In our case, January – July for 2008 – 2012
– 13 emails prior to video, 13 aser intro of data
2. Decide on baseline – Phase 1
• Impact of video in Phase 2 • Impact of video and <ming in Phase 3
3. Organize your data
Impact on List Size Large jump ini<ally due to pass along • In three years (2008-‐2011) grew 6% • In past 18 months grown 5.5%
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Impact on Wine Club • In three years (2008-‐2011) added 42 • In past 18 months (w/video) added 33
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Impact on Quality of List Overall trend in bounces and unsubscribes con<nues to decrease • Bounces
– In three years (2008-‐2011) were 1.4% – In past 18 months were .65%
• Unsubscribes – In three years (2008-‐2011) were .73% – In past 18 months were .57%
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Video Alone Isn’t Enough to Affect Open Rate – but Does Increase CTR up to 2x
• Comparing non video open rates to open rates with emails containing video – Lag for first year – Phase III – saw impact because subject line follow up to offer
• Looking at last two years of CTR – Videos Emails are 1.5-‐2x higher
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Where Are they Clicking?
• Average of 20% go to Website (Buy Now) • 80% go to You Tube to watch video
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Video Impact on Email Sales • Emails with video contributed to a 25% lis in sales over emails without video
• Emails with video brought in over 2.5x new customers/club members than emails without video
Really Apparent Was The Impact of Timing (Phase 2 versus 3)
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• Video when used as a follow up to an offer, saw more than twice the response rate in sales and up to 5x the ability to a_ract new customers due to pass-‐along
Impact on Word of Mouth • You Tube shows 42% of views came from searchers (new brand visits)
• Facebook shows spikes when Pinot Cam shared
ROI= 250%
Did not count value of future purchases for new customers…and Wine Club
Conclusion for Case Study • In Elkhorn Peak Cellars case, video increased sales and
wine club sign ups more than not including video – List size and Wine Club grew same amount in last 18 months as previous 3 years
– Unsubscribes and bounces decreased – No affect on open rates – but double the CTR – Sales lised by 25% – Wine Club and New Customers Doubled – ROI 250%
• Other contribu<ng factors of the success are: – Quality and cleanliness of the mailing list – Consistency of the communica<on and style – Variety of offers and crea<vity of content
Conclusion for YOU
• Video is best used: – In a series
• For messaging, and economic scaleability
– With a strong call to ac<on – Delivered with easy pass-‐along opportuni<es
• Video is not a silver bullet, but if used in conjunc<on with your marke<ng strategy, and delivered intelligently, there are strong returns to be seen.