Millennial, Gen-Z Opps: Poppi taps new CMO (Score 56)

Sales lead: Contact the new CMO for more information about his future plans. 

  • Poppi hired Andy Judd as CMO in August 2023.
  • Judd most recently served as CCO of Laird Superfood.
  • He was CMO of Yasso and ONE Brands prior to that.
  • Judd replaces Lana Buchanan, who only held the position for about nine months.

Target demographic: Millennials & Gen-Zers

The company will likely:

  • Increase digital spend
  • Diversify digital ad placement
  • Outsource some marketing duties to agency partners

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

  • YTD spend: Poppi spent around $674.4k on digital display ads YTD, a 10% decrease from $745.3k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 102.5m impressions via Instagram (99%) and desktop video (1%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $189.3k in 2021 to $752.7k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 99% of these ads directly onto instagram.com. It placed 1% of these ads indirectly through kotaku.com, express.co.uk, rotowire.com, time.com, and news5cleveland.com.

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: CMO hires are the number one sign of upcoming agency appointments. 
    • We have not confirmed any current agency relationships for Poppi. 

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics