Performance Marketing Like the Pros with Margaret Fortner of Hydrant

Food Marketing Nerds Restaurant and CPG Marketing Podcast

We’re chatting with Margaret Fortner, Head of Growth at the digitally savvy Hydration mix company, Hydrant. The company has thrived as a direct to consumer brand; so much so, they’ve recently expanded into the retail space. Hydrant is as data-driven as companies come, which has helped them dominate the world of e-commerce.

As Head of Growth, a big part of Margaret’s role is to help make sense of the company’s sales and marketing data, making sure important learnings are taken into account throughout her team’s ongoing efforts. Looking at their digital advertising, Hydrant may have 50 or more different ads running at any given moment, testing and uncovering what levers deliver the highest ROI.

And in this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to adapt the creative review process for rapid iteration
• What incentives convert interested leads into buying customers
• Why you need to update your approach to split testing

And plenty more.

Just a friendly heads up, in a couple of sections of the conversation, we get a little more into the weeds of data analysis than usual, but those parts are relatively short. If that’s not your thing, bear with us, because there’s plenty of practical insights around performance marketing applicable to all food and beverage brands with a growing digital presence, D to C or otherwise.

So without further adieu!

Recommended Reads & Other Resources:

• HotJar
• Tableau
• Leadership Lessons from Sports

Learn More About Hydrant on:

• Facebook
• Instagram

For full interview transcripts, visit FoodMarketingNerds.com. Food Marketing Nerds is a production of Blue Bear Creative, the Social Media Agency for CPG and Restaurants.