2. Biggby Coffee
Founded in March 1995 by Bob Fish and Mary Roszel
Based in East Lansing, Michigan
Locations in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, South
Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin
Fastest growing coffee retailer in the Midwest
3. Challenges Goals
Many Competitors Differentiate from competitors
(Starbucks, Caribou)
Difficult to break into large markets Persuade franchisees for larger markets
(New York, California)
Gain national attention Use social media and internet
marketing to begin a national campaign
4. Main Theme of Strategy
To distinguish Biggby from other coffee retailers and
help them expand into new markets.
Target 18-40 year olds
Create personable, comfortable relationships with
customers
Continuously develop and expand online presence
5. Social media presence
Blogging
Regularly post new blogs
Feature employees on the blog and let customers get to
know more about them
Twitter
Reward customers for tweeting about Biggby
Open a line of communication, let customers know they
can tweet you about questions, concerns, fun facts
6. Add to current social media roster
Pinterest
Create boards that help show off the different aspects of
Biggby
Trivia board, such as the one used in stores
What explorer introduced pigs to North America?
Google+
Build connections with customers
Use Google+ Hangouts to be able to reach customers more
directly
7. Mobile Marketing
Current mobile website allows customers to look up a
franchise or to view the menu
Include hours for locations
Create a company-wide Foursquare account
Allows customers to see if friends are at their location to
“meet up”
Award coupons to people who visit often
8. Online Advertising
Google Adwords
Use keywords to represent company
biggby, coffee, latte, gourmet coffee, coffee locations
Sample Ad:
BIGGBY COFFEE
B Happy, Have Fun, Make Friends, Love People and Drink Great
Coffee.
Receive $1 off your next beverage
www.biggby.com
9. Evaluating Success
Google Analytics
Measure campaign effectiveness
Pay-per-clicks
Monitor impressions
Quantify social media performance
10. Budget, Allocation, Timeline
Proposed advertising budget of $100,000
Allocation
Hire staff to keep up with social media and track
campaign effectiveness
Major portion of the budget goes toward Adwords
campaign
Timeline
Social media changes immediately
Adwords campaign for one year