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Billion Dollar Branding ft. Preston & Tom of Chubbies

1 hour 4 minutes Posted Sep 26, 2024 at 7:00 pm.

Intro

Building a community over 10 years

Creating a brand that resonates with consumers

Challenges after college in 2008

Early days of Chubbies

Starting with organic marketing

Engaging customers through storytelling and community building

The evolution of marketing strategies

The shift in content value and audience targeting in marketing

Challenges of growth and market competition

The emotional roller coaster of entrepreneurship

The joy of improving customers' lives

Optimizing marketing strategies with data

Managing cash flow for long-term planning

Challened of inventory management and cash allocation

Pandemic's impact on business growth

Building brand value

Balancing short-term and long-term marketing strategies

Focusing on consistent performance over spikes

Fixed costs as a percentage of total revenue

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In this episode of Chew on This, Preston and Tom, the co-founders of Chubbies, join Ron and Ash to share their experience in building a nine-figure brand. They discuss the importance of organic content, community building, and finding product-market fit. They also share how they navigated challenges and ultimately led Chubbies to an exit.

🩳 Prioritizing organic content: Chubbies built a community organically through email and social media, relying on user-generated content (UGC) for authentic and engaging marketing.

📈 The importance of long-term profit: Instead of focusing solely on revenue, Chubbies shifted their strategy to prioritize long-term profitability, making adjustments to their product, returns process, and operations.

📊 Data-driven decisions: They emphasize the value of having real-time data across all business units, allowing them to measure progress towards profit goals.

💪 Building asset value: Chubbies’ exit was driven by a combination of profitable growth, brand recognition, and a desire to seek new challenges.

💡 Redefining brand performance: Preston and Tom are working on a SaaS platform to help businesses measure brand performance more effectively, allowing them to better understand the impact of brand-building initiatives on profitability.

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Building a community over 10 years

3:04 - Creating a brand that resonates with consumers

4:12 - Challenges after college in 2008

6:05 - Early days of Chubbies

11:03 - Starting with organic marketing

14:01 - Engaging customers through storytelling and community building

19:00 - The evolution of marketing strategies

24:11 - The shift in content value and audience targeting in marketing

30:00 - Challenges of growth and market competition

31:16 - The emotional roller coaster of entrepreneurship

32:10 - The joy of improving customers' lives

34:02 - Optimizing marketing strategies with data

39:12 - Managing cash flow for long-term planning

41:14 - Challened of inventory management and cash allocation

45:05 - Pandemic's impact on business growth

46:22 - Building brand value

51:04 - Balancing short-term and long-term marketing strategies

56:05 - Focusing on consistent performance over spikes

59:45 - Fixed costs as a percentage of total revenue