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Jennifer LaFrance
The Gourmet Dinner Party Chain
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June 20, 2011
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This presentation is from
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June 19, 2013
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“Our mission is to save
your world from boring food.”
Alan Wilson,
Chairman, President and CEO
The Incredible Relationship
Between Food and Social Media
Recipes Are Social
Recipes are Our “Currency”
The Challenge
Reach a younger target audience with the McCormick
Gourmet brand and increase exposure of our content.
We converted interest and
intention into action
Ashley’s Speakeasy
13K
Dinner Parties
98%
Unique Menu
Combinations
32%
Increase in site recipe
views
How did we build on our success?
We learned a lot from the
content our fans created.
Declared Interest: Gourmet
Food
Facebook “Auction”Target
We discovered an
undervalued route
to the audience
Declared Interest: Gourmet
Food
Adjacent Interests:
Celebrity News/Popular Music
Target
We strengthened our
POV beyond just recipes
We discovered an
undervalued route
to the audience
We elevated our top fans to
co-curate content with us
…and continuously test &
learn
Results
• Highest ever campaign recipe views in 2012
• Built the community to +400k strong in a year’s time
• Generated double-digit engagement rates
Looking
Forward…
Spicy Pasta Provencal
Thank You
Jennifer LaFrance
@jlafrance529
jennifer_lafrance@
mccormick.com
Spicy Pasta Provencal
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June 19, 2013
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BlogWell Chicago Social Media Case Study: McCormick, presented by Jennifer LaFrance