How our evidence-led approach helped this alternative eco-friendly brand increase sales by 30% in only 3 months

What we did

In order to determine cost-effective ways to get Ecoegg’s brand in front of the environmentally conscious audience in the UK, we needed to understand how to get Ecoegg from where they are to where they want to be, so we started with our sought-after ‘Discovery Phase’.

Our ‘Discovery Phase’ is an intensive research period done at the beginning of a project to reduce uncertainty and provide data-backed direction to digital marketing strategy.

Our Discovery Phase consisted of 3 stages:

1. Data organisation

In order to improve campaign performance, Ecoegg needed to measure the cost vs return (ROI) of every customer. So we made data organisation the top priority. Here’s how we organised data for the Ecoegg:

• Set up ecommerce tracking
• Set up tracking on Google Tag Manager, allowing multi-funnel conversion tracking
• Removed payment gateways as referrals
• Set up Events – this allowed us to track engaged visitors on ecoegg’s site
• Built a customised reporting dashboard in Google Analytics, allowing us to see the most important data at a glance

2. Audience research & analysis

To cut customer acquisition costs, Ecoegg needed to narrow down their targeting and only market to the types of customers that convert or are likely to stay with them over the long term. In order to understand the characteristics of Ecoegg’s most profitable customers, we did comprehensive audience research which consisted of the following 4 steps:

1. Analyse the Ecoegg’s existing audience behaviour using Google Analytics and Google Adwords data
2. Create audience clusters using Google Analytics – this is the process of grouping elements together by similar properties or values. It allows us to claim that if a person does X, they also do Y, which was a data-driven way to understand ecoegg’s target audience in a more holistic way.
3. Expand the audience using 3rd party data to confirm Ecoegg’s target audience beyond their current site visitors. We did this to ensure that there are more people like our current audience out there, which means there is an opportunity to get more conversions/business.
4. Discover search terms Ecoegg personas are likely to use. We mapped each keyword theme against a persona to create personalised messaging for each target audience.

3. Digital marketing strategy

The final stage of the Discovery Phase was building a digital marketing plan, ready for execution.

What the client got:

• Digital marketing action and measurement plan
• Persona cards with detailed information about Ecoegg’s target audiences
• Persona dashboard in Google Analytics
• Cross-channel content calendar
• Paid media plan
• User experience (UX) health-checks