Five Iron Golf hires first CMO amid spend increases (Score 65)

Sales lead: Get in touch if you can help this company build brand awareness. 

  • Five Iron Golf (FIG) appointed Jed Lewis as, I believe, its first CMO in August 2023.
  • Lewis most recently served as CMO of Silvertree.
  • He is now responsible for all marketing operations.

Target demographic: Male millennials & Gen-Zers

The company will likely:

  • Outsource some marketing duties to agency partners
  • Keep increasing ad spend
  • Try new ad channels

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

  • YTD spend: FIG spent around $267.8k on digital display ads YTD, up from $97.4k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 40m impressions via Instagram (58%), Facebook (40%), YouTube (2%), and desktop display (1%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $18.2k in 2021 to $153.6k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto sites such as instagram.com, facebook.com, youtube.com, and golfdigest.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: CMO hires commonly lead to agency appointments, so reach out now to be top-of-mind.
    • We have not confirmed any current agency relationships for this company.

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics