© 2010 Recipe Marketing
Oct 29, 2014
© 2010 Recipe Marketing
© 2011 Recipe Marketing
Spice HunterCase Study
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Spice Hunter Marketing Challenge
• The Spice Hunter is a gourmet spice company with limited national distribution. To help raise awareness and increase distribution, Spice Hunter decided to advertise. This was their first advertising effort since they were founded in1980.
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Spice Hunter Marketing Challenge
• Recipe’s prime objective was to brand Spice Hunter as the source of true flavor and differentiate themselves from the larger, better known spice brands, McCormick's and Spice Islands.
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Spice Hunters Marketing Strategy
• The advertising campaign set out to appeal to people who love to cook and their sense of creativity. The idea was to show how with The Spice Hunter's wide variety of true flavors you can create delicious dishes.
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Spice Hunter Creative Mix
• Print ads ran in Gourmet, Food and Wine and Saveur.
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Spice Hunter Creative Mix
• TV commercials ran on the Food Network.
To view commercial:http://ow.ly/5VFAM
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Spice Hunter Creative Mix
• Recipe worked with the Food Network to create a microsite which directed traffic to The Spice Hunter’s website.
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Spice Hunter Creative Mix
• Banner ads were also created to drive traffic to the website.
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Spice Hunter Results
• The campaign launched during the holidays, the height of the spice buying year. The campaign was pre and post tested amongst consumers. The three month campaign gained significant awareness amongst non-Spice Hunter users and impressive click thru rates.