This proposal includes a full analysis of the Trimona Yogurt brand as well as strategies that the company could take advantage of moving forward. It was produced in the Fall 2014 Public Relations class at Ithaca College.
4. Situation Analysis: Current
• Pride in Ingredients
• Free from preservatives and artificial flavors
• Mostly present on the East coast
• Publicity
• Tactics
• Main Goals
7. Large variety of yogurt
Multiple flavors
6 oz. size yogurt
Kefir, a lactose-free
beverage
Flavors: fig, honey and
pomegranate
Sixteen flavors
• 100 calorie options
• Mostly 6 oz. options
• Vanilla is the only
flavor available in 32
oz. containers
Competitors
Greek Gods Yoplait Greek
8. Competitors
Brown Cow Maple Hill Creamery
Non-fat yogurt line
Non-GMO 0% fat line
Cream Top line
Smooth & Creamy
Fruit on the Bottom
Preserves naturally
occurring sweet cream
Multiple flavors
6 oz. and 32 oz.
Organic yogurt
100% grass fed cows
Not strained
No colors or
preservatives
Flavor varieties
Creamline whole milk
yogurt
6 oz. options
9. Chobani Dannon
Oikos
Non-fat, traditional, and
greek yogurt dips
Strained
Single serve,4-pack and
32 oz. options
Frozen greek yogurt
Pint size
Fruit on the bottom,
blended, simply 100,
flip, oat, indulgent, kids
and snack cups
Variety of flavors
Gluten free
Non-fat milk from local
cows
Non-GMO fed cows
Competitors
10. Made with all natural
ingredients
Also used in recipes
Competitors
Fage
#1 Yogurt in Greece
Strained
No Sweeteners,
thickeners, preservatives,
powered milk, powdered
cream or powdered
protein is added.
14. Strategies
• Motivate People to try Trimona yogurt
• Reach out and develop relationships with industry-
related media and health companies
• Enhance brand image through social media
• Inform consumers about culture and process
behind Trimona yogurt
17. Tactics
Recipe Contest
- Highlights Trimona as an ingredient
- Advertised through social media
- Motivate consumers to try and experiment with Trimona
- Vote for favorites through social media and website
- Top recipes featured on website and in showcases
- Best recipe wins yogurt for a year and tour of the factory
with new flavor testing
- Benefits both customer and Trimona
18. Tactics
Revamp Website
- More visually appealing
- Wix.Com
- New features
- Online Store
- Comments Section
- Links to social media
19. Tactics
Advertise & Hire Intern
1. Social Media
-Create Instagram
-Post Consistently
-Increase Followers
. Website Design & Management
-Focus on Visual Appeal
-Post Photos
-Keep information up to date
3. Events
-AppleFest
Green Festival
-Health & Wellness Expo
-Showcases/free sampling
20. Tactics
Radio Interviews
Inform consumer about
Trimona
Focus on health, food
and organic sources
An Organic Conversation
California
Good Food
California
The Beyond Organic Show
California
Crop to Cuisine
Colorado
Sirius XM “Doctor Radio
Blog Talk Radio
Online
21. Tactics
Magazine, Newspaper, Website Articles
Magazines Websites
Women’s Health
Natural Health
Fitness Magazine
Men’s Fitness
Health.com
Well and Good
Huffington Post
Newspapers
New York Times: Health news
Ithaca Times
Los Angeles Times: Health
22. Tactics
• Social Media to inform
consumers about benefits
• College and grocery store
demonstrations, taste
tests, education
Bulgarian Appreciation Month
23. Tactics
• Flavor reveal
• Survey results reveal consumer’s tastes
• Feedback card or website submission section
to gauge consumer’s flavor preferences
Social Media Reveal & Contest
Hello everyone, and happy Friday.Today we are here present the public relations proposal and campaign that we have created for Trimona Yogurt. We would first like to thank Mr Valev for coming up here today, we’re really looking forward to showing you our plan. For those of you who don’t know Mr valev is the CEO and founder of Trimona Yogurt (he also is a chef!). His passion and ambition for this company root from his Bulgarian nationality. We had the opportunity to speak with mr valev a few weeks ago via skype, but this is our first time meeting him face to face. So Mr. valev, thank you for joining us and for allowing us to work with Trimona. Lets get started
We are Spark PR, a public relations firm based out of Ithaca, NY. With the guidance and expertise from Arhlene Flowers, we are innovative, detail oriented, result-driven and passionate about the work for our client. Our team consists of 6 members, myself, Marissa Hermann, [everyone introduces themselves]. We will have a chance for questions at the end, so please don’t be shy!
We have had a lot of fun working on this campaign, we hope you enjoy it!
One of the first steps we took while creating this campaign was to creating SWOT analysis, formulating the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for the brand. This enables us to see where there is room for the company to grow, and what may be tying the company down.
Starting with strengths: trimona yogurt is a very unique product. Bulgarian yogurt is not yet popular, so little competition in the US bulgarian yogurt market exists. This product is healthy, organic, full of protein, has a tremendously long shelf like of 12 days, is gluten and lactose free, and can be used in many recipes because of its flavor and consistency. All media regarding trimona has been positive, including being a finalist in Martha Stewarts American Made Competition. Weaknesses: Trimona is only offered in one flavor and like I mentioned before, is not a well known product. Many people don’t know what bulgarian yogurt is or why it is so special. As a strength we mentioned that Trimona is a great product to use in recipes, but we also had to note that the product typically isn’t eaten alone (Mr Valev encourages customers to mix in anything from fruits and berries to vegetables and spices). The Opportunities for Trimona are huge. Mr valev mentioned creating trimona in new flavors, which is a great opportunity for trimona. They do currently use Twitter and Facebook platforms, but there is great growth opportunity in areas such as pinterest or instagram. There is an expanding growth for organic, gluten free and dairy free foods. The biggest opporunity is that trimona and very versatile (sweet, savory spicy).. You can add trimona everywhere! A few threats we found for trimona were big brand competitors with more time and resources to spend on campaigns and marketing, other bigger brands with more flavors of yogurt. As of now, trimona is only sold at locations in the northeast at organic stores such as whole foods and green star, limiting their possible audience. This swot really helped us to create the rest of our campaign.