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Food Marketing Nerds Restaurant and CPG Marketing Podcast

Food Marketing Nerds is an interview series with restaurant marketing experts, the best in CPG marketing, and entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry. In this weekly podcast series, show host, Alex Oesterle, talks marketing, branding, and social media, diving into the hard and sometimes uncomfortable questions to uncover what's working and what isn't in world of food and beverage marketing. From CMO's to social media managers, the ideas and strategies will change the way you approach your CPG or restaurant marketing. If you're in the food and beverage space or intend to launch your own venture, these interviews are an amazing resource for practical tactics you can implement from day one. After co-founding a digital agency aimed at helping food and beverage brands boost sales to millennials, Alex started interviewing experts in the field to get insights into what makes the best food and beverage brands so successful. He created this podcast to share these interviews with you, and to help other food and beverage businesses achieve their goals in an actionable and entertaining way! Visit FoodMarketingNerds.com for show notes, interview transcripts, and free resources to help you achieve your restaurant marketing or CPG marketing goals.
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Aug 26, 2020

If you’re the type of person who likes to geek out on paid social, sales funnels, or just all-around masterful digital marketing, then boy do I know the episode for you. I’m excited to introduce you to our guest, Yoon-Ji Nam, Head of Growth at the company transforming the cereal category: Magic Spoon.  And by cereal, I mean like breakfast cereal you eat with milk, not serial, as in the true-crime podcast with a bummer of a second season. 

Magic Spoon is the healthy version of your favorite childhood cereals, and if you’re anything like me, you might already be somewhat familiar with them from an eye-catching Instagram or Facebook ad. Magic Spoon is turning the cereal aisle upside down, and the crazy part is, they aren’t even in the cereal aisle

That’s where Yoon-Ji comes in. Having worked at successful online-only companies like Away and Hawthorne, she’s helping Magic Spoon leverage a similar direct to consumer approach, to build emotional connections to the brand that money can’t buy.

From general mindset down to tactical execution, there’s so much to learn from this interview, like:

  • What consumer data most companies already have, but severely underutilize
  • How to effectively personalize customer journeys 
  • Why you have it all wrong when it comes to organic social 

And a ton more. We’ve dabbled in topics like digital media, sales funnels and e-commerce in previous episodes, but not like this. Get ready for it, Nerds. 

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Aug 19, 2020

Hey folks, thanks for tuning in. On the show today, we have Blue Bear’s own Social Media Strategist, Emily Larsen. Emily has spent her career in social and digital marketing, and today, we’re discussing opportunities and watch-outs for Food & Beverage brands on social media. 

In this episode, you’ll hear: 

  • How platforms are catering to the rise in e-commerce
  • What to keep in mind before investing in TikTok
  • Why CPG brands shouldn’t sleep on Pinterest

And plenty more. I should caveat this by saying, this episode is being recorded in late August of 2020, and with how quickly social media changes if you happen to be listening back on this episode, the window of the arbitrage from being an early adopter to certain features may have already closed. What we’re saying is, social changes quickly, so the landscape may look a little different if you’re tuning into this at a later date.

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Aug 12, 2020

On the show today, we’re chatting with Jeremy Gregory, co-founder and marketing director of Montucky Cold Snacks. If you haven’t already seen Montucky’s distinctive beer cans on shelves, you probably will soon. As of February of this year, Montucky became one of the fastest-growing brands in the category, second to only White Claw. 

As a light lager, Montucky is up against stiff competition, and yet, their product continues to fly off the shelves.

In today’s episode, you’ll hear:

  • How the right apparel strategy can transform your brand
  • Why it pays to not take yourself too seriously
  • What goes into building a brand people young consumers can identify with
  • And plenty more…

Montucky’s marketing vibe and brand voice are one of, if not the company’s, biggest strengths and we’re thrilled to introduce you to the guy behind it all.

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Aug 5, 2020

Today we’re sitting down with Rifle Hughes, Strategy and Innovation Business Partner at JPG Resources. Rifle has spent over 20 years helping companies build strong connections between brands and consumers. He’s worked with a range of companies within the industry, from start-ups to heavy hitters like Nestlé, Hormel, and Pepsi.

Rifle and I discuss how COVID is influencing consumer behavior, and how both CPG and restaurant brands should adapt.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • What consumer behaviors will likely have the most staying power in a post-pandemic world.
  • How restaurants are bringing the on-premise experience to their customers' homes.
  • What factors to consider before investing more into your e-commerce presence, and lot’s more. 

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