Ep 250: VKTRY Gear, Drew Arciuolo: How to achieve saturation with your target market

DTC Podcast · with Drew Arciuolo · October 31, 2022 · 33 min

Summary

VKTRY Gear, maker of carbon fiber performance insoles, achieved massive growth by leveraging viral marketing and a nuanced understanding of their target market, specifically focusing on the "child to parent customer lifecycle." This episode shares actionable strategies for DTC brands to achieve market saturation by adapting paid social strategies based on insights from industry leaders and effectively targeting key customer segments like the mothers of athletes.

Key takeaways

• Identify and leverage a unique selling proposition (USP) to create viral content (e.g., VKTRY's carbon fiber insoles' energy return).
• Implement a "child to parent customer lifecycle" strategy to target decision-makers, such as marketing athletic products to mothers of young athletes.
• Adapt paid social strategies based on insights from industry leaders, focusing on saturation and triggers to optimize ad spend and reach.
• Understand and capitalize on the organic spread of content by users to amplify brand awareness and reach new audiences.
• Continuously seek and apply insights from C-suite masterminds and peer discussions to refine marketing strategies and drive growth.

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Episode description

Subscribe to DTC Newsletter - https://dtcnews.link/signup Hello and welcome to DTC Podcast, I’m Eric Dyck Today we’re finding a new spring in our step with VKTRY Gear’s Drew Arciuolo. https://vktrygear.com Drew’s father invented the VKTRY Insole, the First Carbon Fiber Performance Insoles, the only true, energy-returning insoles and since Drew joined the family business as Director of Marketing and has overseen massive growth (in revenue, profit, and vertical leap). This podcast shows us the path to VKTRY and catches us up on Drew’s biggest takeaways from C-Suite Mastermind that he’s already implementing. You’ll hear; Why you’ve probably seen VKTRY’s Viral Insole video, but didn’t know it was them How Drew’s thinking about reaching the mothers of athletes with Ryan McKenzie’s concept of the child to parent customer lifecycle - spicy How Vessi’s Tony Yu’s concept of saturation and triggers have changed his paid social strategy Hope you enjoy, on with the show! Want to see the full C-Suite Mastermind Replay and get evergreen insights to grow your business? https://www.directtoconsumer.co/c-suite-mastermind-replays Subscribe to DTC Newsletter - https://dtcnews.link/signup Advertise on DTC - https://dtcnews.link/advertise Work with Pilothouse - <a href="https://dtcnews.link/pilothouse" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer

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Frequently asked about this episode

What does this episode say about dtc strategy?

Identify and leverage a unique selling proposition (USP) to create viral content (e.g., VKTRY's carbon fiber insoles' energy return).

What does this episode say about paid acquisition?

Implement a "child to parent customer lifecycle" strategy to target decision-makers, such as marketing athletic products to mothers of young athletes.

What does this episode say about brand & content?

Adapt paid social strategies based on insights from industry leaders, focusing on saturation and triggers to optimize ad spend and reach.

What does this episode say about dtc strategy?

Understand and capitalize on the organic spread of content by users to amplify brand awareness and reach new audiences.

What does this episode say about dtc strategy?

Continuously seek and apply insights from C-suite masterminds and peer discussions to refine marketing strategies and drive growth.

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