#1
search term for "baby formula" for 4 years
10x
increase in online sales
2x
award winning campaigns
game changing launch into China
Campaign Awards
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Ben Lovitt - Marketing Manager, Bellamy's Organic
THE FULL STORY
Bellamy's Organic is Australia's leading producer and distributor of simple, nutritious, organic formula and baby food products. They came to us in 2013 when they were looking for a partner to help them fulfil their ambitious growth plans for Bellamy’s Organic Baby Infant Formula in Australia and overseas.
THE CHALLENGE
Infant formula is a highly complex and regulated category which is hugely limiting to any marketing initiatives. Manufacturers can’t promote it in advertisements or even talk about how it can be helpful. In addition, over recent years, the category has faced further issues such as the Chinese melamine poisoning scandal which tainted trust on a global scale. Successful marketing required a smart approach.
Bellamy's needed a digital marketing partner who could work creatively and proactively while maintaining a focus on performance.
THE APPROACH
We provided Bellamy's with a dedicated multidisciplinary team of digital experts (project management, strategy, creative, production and media) to work as an extension of Bellamy’s own marketing department.
The team took the time to truly understand the quality of Bellamy’s Organic’s products and were as knowledgeable and passionate about them as the internal team.
This approach gave Bellamy’s the experience, scale, flexibility, speed and excellence that was not possible with the resources and budget immediately available within the business.
Leveraging our DGF, we quickly established a deep understanding of Bellamy’s business, goals, brand and audience personas and mapped out a sustainable growth strategy via digital marketing channels.
Choosing Baby formula is an extensively researched and emotional decision for families. We needed to demonstrate that Bellamy's were more than simply a product on a shelf. We had to build a brand that could be trusted.
We knew that to achieve this, we needed to build a meaningful and valuable relationship with mothers and the best way to do that was to enable them to connect with one another. So, we started to look at our audience as a community, rather than individual customers.
Naturally, with performance marketing at our core, we created a reporting model which connected community and brand growth back to sales, revenue and the bottom line.
As we used the DGF to create audience profiles, we saw we had to engage this community with authenticity.
We discovered that throughout the three-year early motherhood journey, from pregnancy to two years old (also the period during which Bellamy’s products are relevant), most mums did extensive research. This provided an opportunity for us to be there with the information and content that they needed, when they needed it.
We delivered a content-rich, engaging and connected consumer experience that aligned with the journey of early motherhood and built a community of mums who then acted as our champions.
As we couldn't actively market baby formula, we focused on ensuring we had a high organic ranking on Google Search. We set the goal of ranking #1 for “baby formula” as this was one of the most prominent research keywords across the industry.
This meant we were competing with some of the biggest food brands in the world, such as Heinz. However, within a year, we hit our goal and continued to maintain Bellamy's ownership of the #1 position for the next 4 years, ensuring that Bellamy’s was the first brand parents saw when they were searching for baby formula, creating enormous value for the business.
In the first 12 months we created and executed a content strategy, brand strategy, social strategy and search strategy that delivered:
By 2016 we had 8,000 User-generated images through instagram campaigns and 100,000+ Facebook fans.
Building on the sense of community and credible peer-to-peer engagement in the baby space, we launched Bellamy’s Firsts; a campaign focused on user generated content (UGC), enabling young mums to become brand advocates by celebrating their baby’s ‘firsts’.
The activity successfully delivered:
The campaign was awarded winner of the Best Content Marketing Campaign, SEMRush 2018 and Content Marketing Award for Marketing Excellence, AMI Awards 2018.
“Bellamy's Organic provided an outstanding example of creative and successful content.
An excellent framework of the issue, clear goals and thorough market research provided the framework for an effective digital campaign solution... The content was creative, emotive and authentic which was essential for establishing compelling brand advocates.”
AMI Judge - Award for Marketing Excellence
Following the 2008 melamine tragedy, manufacturers saw increased demand for foreign infant formula, like Bellamy’s. However, Chinese consumers had become distrustful of all infant formula brands and conducted significant research before making their purchase decisions.
From our research we knew that the Chinese community within Australia had considerable influence in Mainland China, so we developed a strategy for transforming Chinese mums in Australia into brand ambassadors for Bellamy’s by:
“Leading our partnership with Bellamy’s Organic is one of the highlights of my career. It is one of the best examples I’ve experienced of the power of a strong client/agency relationship.
The foundations of our success were the relationships and trust we built with Bellamy’s marketing team which empowered everyone involved to deliver their best work.”
Ben Fitzpatrick - Head of Strategy, Webprofits
THE impact
Webprofits provided the overarching digital marketing strategy and tactical activities that enabled Bellamy’s to dominate the baby formula category and meet their international growth goals.
In 2014, soon after we started working together, Bellamy’s - the former local, privately owned Tasmanian company - listed on the ASX raising AU$36 million. In December 2019, China Mengniu Dairy acquired Bellamy's Australia for AU$1.5 billion.
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