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.
Agency analysis:
- Opportunity: Be prepared to reach out as soon as Nobull hires a new CMO.
- Current roster:
- M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment: media AOR
Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics.