Case Study: "The Science Behind the Art of Kraft's Delicious Content"
1. The Science and Math Behind
The Art of Kraft’s Delicious Content
2. Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Kraft CRM Content Marketing Platform:
Development + Distribution
3. Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Content Marketing Brief
Create delicious meal solutions that inspire
amazing food stories which spread
to drive sales and create value
for Kraft Foods.
4. Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
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Publisher Strengths, Owned Channel Power
• Critical scale, with better consumer engagement
• Unmatchable level of content integration
• Real time and nimble distribution
• Proven platforms that reach consumers highly receptive to Kraft brands
5. Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Owned Media Outperforms Industry
Content Beats Media
18. Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
CRM Content Marketing Key Takeaways
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• Powerhouse of culinary insights and consumer cooking behavior that can be accessed for brand
planning and insights
• Leverage and influence multi-channel content calendar to shape brand content strategy and
development
Content Development
• Content outperforms media
• Content placements ignite earned amplification (viral) effect
• Unique owned channel opportunity to integrate in print editorial
Content Distribution
• Use 1st Party behavioral data and activity to spark insights, provide real time learning, and power
activation
Leveraging CRM Data
These are the Voice Over PointsNo other media partner can deliver:This level of customized integration across channelsThe right consumer who is that engaged with your brandsProven results
Content is more than the frosting on the cake for us. It drives critical consumer engagement with our brands. For Velveeta/ Rotel Super Bowl promotion, CRM content
That math for us is data…..and perhaps we should add data scientists to our job titlesTo begin with, pull in data from many sources to provide insights into what content we should develop. We define and monitor KPIs for our content distribution channels to ensure our content makes an impact, through paid s well as earned distributionWe hold ourselves rigorously accountable to ensure our content drives resultsData from our channels can provide insights for brands own campaigns, identify business opportunities, inform communication decisions through test efforts, identify segments for trial incentives, and of course enable data driven media activation
That math for us is data…..and perhaps we should add data scientists to our job titlesTo begin with, pull in data from many sources to provide insights into what content we should develop. We define and monitor KPIs for our content distribution channels to ensure our content makes an impact, through paid s well as earned distributionWe hold ourselves rigorously accountable to ensure our content drives resultsData from our channels can provide insights for brands own campaigns, identify business opportunities, inform communication decisions through test efforts, identify segments for trial incentives, and of course enable data driven media activation
CRM Database consolidates consumer interactions with KraftEmails sent, opened and content clicked-onWeb registrations and content viewedPhone calls made to Kraft Consumer Relations and Brands discussedMagazine subscriptionConsumer Promotions enteredConsumer information in the database is personally-identifiable and describes the consumer 14,000,000 US English and 1,000,000 US SpanishAppended and self-reported Demographics: age, kids, HH size, marital status, genderBrand and Category Purchasing from KantarExpanding to capture all consumer interactions on Kraft web sites thru cookiesBrand Affinities identified based on consumer interactions with Kraft contentEach Kraft recipe is tagged to identify Kraft Branded ingredients and describe the type of recipe
The starting point in the consumer recipe journey is knowing HER.BU + CRM culinary work together to amplify each other’s efforts and create efficienciesKPIs: consumer response to a food idea; measured through Starch, web & email resultsGoogle Consumer Food Index (CFI) helps us mine consumer food solution and recipe search behavior. It also helps us optimize the types of content we develop and the recipe names.Culinary Center recently field a Cooking Behavior Study to understand recipe sources, recipe selection and satisfaction, cooking behaviorsPantry study to ensure our content is relevant with how our consumers cook. Olive oil is on the upswing, yet ground cinnamon and vanilla flavoring is on declineBrands often use ethnographies, focus groups and other research tools to add to the arsenal of information that shape our development.
Pinterest remains top site referrer to kraftrecipes.com, driving 5% of desktop traffic (avg. 180M visits per month)Organic = 95% of Kraft pins, 3.2MM impressionsView recipes on KraftRecipes.com and pinInspired and pin from a friend’s boardPin content from weekly Recipe by Email (RBE)….premium module drives @400M impressionsCurated boards, 65K followers
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