Case Study

McCormick

For generations, McCormick has relied on recipes to create demand for their flavor products. Millennials and millennial-minded consumers don’t want rigid recipes, they want to be inspired to experiment with flavor. This is our non-recipe recipe for success.

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Old Bay: I’d Old Bay That!

OLD BAY has been the go-to seafood seasoning for people up and down the Chesapeake Bay for over 75 years. So how do you bring new users into the fold?

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Cape Cod Potato Chips: Ridiculously Good Chip

Every town has something they are famous for. Hyannis, MA, happens to be the home of ridiculously good potato chips.

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McCormick: No Flavor Like Home

To connect with consumers around holiday cooking and encourage social engagement, McCormick and GKV launched the No Flavor Like Home giveaway.

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Back To Nature: Snack Happy

GKV and Back to Nature celebrate good snacks and a good life.

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    Social Media

    One of the fastest growing and most nimble marketing disciplines of the last five years.

    Where before, brands saw social as something they had to do to check the box, they now see it as a business driver. With more and more consumers engaging in branded content, using social to source recommendations as well as a path to purchase, GKV has grown its social team, expertise and capabilities.

    Why Social?  — “Content builds relationships. Relationships are built on trust. Trust drives revenue.” This quote from Andrew Davis’s latest book Brandscaping puts a fine point on why great branded social content drives business.  Additionally:

    • Consumers are 71% more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals
    • 74% of consumers rely on social network to guide purchase decisions
    • 7 in 10 millennials, Gen Xers and silver surfers (boomers in social) are more likely to make purchases from brands they follow and engage with on social

    GKV’s Social Media Department experts who work hand-in-glove across agency departments.  The team has developed award winning social campaigns for OLD BAY and MD Lottery as well as created a proprietary process for developing social strategy and content. Our capabilities include:

    • Social strategy and planning
    • Content creation, curation
    • Social program management and publishing
    • Social advertising
    • Influencer engagement
    • Community management
    • Social listening, trending topics
    • Metrics and reporting