Male Millennial Opps: Nobull announces CMO departure (Score 41)

Sales lead: Keep an eye on this company because a CMO hire will affect its marketing strategy & agency roster. 

  • Nobull announced its CMO, Todd Meleney, has stepped down. 
  • Meleney joined the company in 2014 as brand manager and worked his way up to CMO in 2021. 
  • We will be sure to update you as soon as a replacement is named.

Target demographic: Millennial fitness enthusiasts with a male skew

Once it hires a new CMO, the company will likely:

  • Review the agency roster
  • Shift ad dollars around
  • Invest in new ad channels

Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: Nobull spent approximately $844k on national TV ads YTD after not allocating any budget toward this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $21k in 2021 to $661.5k in 2022. 
  • Ad programming: It placed ads during programming such as PGA Tour Golf, NFL Football - Classic Replay, See No Evil, Good Morning Football, and 2023 NFL Scouting Combine.

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: Nobull spent almost $1.9m on digital display ads YTD, just 51% of the $3.7m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 241.7m impressions via Facebook (52%), Instagram (38%), YouTube (8%), desktop display (1%), and mobile display (1%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend fell by 25% from $10.6m in 2021 to $7.9m in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto sites such as facebook.com, instagram.com, youtube.com, nfl.com, and msn.com. 

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Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics.