Viole Purple, a brick-and-mortar technology supplementary school, was about to launch its first online course. Founders had little knowledge of online marketing and needed a strategy to plan the right marketing actions. 

My work focused on identifying the buyer persona and value proposition, build a strategy for the launch and plan an effective acquisition strategy.

The client organizes fun tournaments for college students around the US.

Their eCommerce store showcases various apparel products they sell to raise funds and support their operation. They asked us to build their automated email marketing flows from scratch and had ZERO revenue from email.

Challenges

1. Starting From Scratch: No reference to what exactly the client wanted.
2. No Clarity: The client has still not refined their messaging.
3. Fun & Entertaining: Copy has to be fun and entertaining to match the brand.

The client was a team of highly skilled developers focussed on building innovative Shopify apps. The company was first named Pix Applications. Although the client had support from a niche group of Shopify stores, they were having trouble scaling to the next level of business. This challenge is common for niche providers: how do you move from "1,000 true fans" to a market leader?