Slinger Bag (SLBG) is a new, publicly traded, sports brand focused on delivering innovative, game improvement technologies and equipment for the global tennis market. The brand launched Kickstarter & Indiegogo fundraising campaigns in May of 2018 to help bring their portable tennis ball launcher to life. After a few years of fundraising and product innovations, they were ready to bring their product to market.
Advertising Platforms Leveraged
- Google Ads
- YouTube Ads
- Facebook Ads
- Instagram Ads
Technology Leveraged
- Webflow
- Stripe ecommerce integration with Webflow
- SEM Rush
- Ask Wonder
Challenges
- Bringing a product to market requires months of strategy and research into the target market. Slinger Bag hit the market for the first time with their portable tennis ball launcher, so our understanding of the U.S. tennis player and general consumer sports goods market was imperative. The product was also set to launch in the U.K, which required a separate strategy.
- Generating brand awareness, especially for a new brand, requires an essential mix of paid search and social campaigns and effectively designed landing page to optimize traffic for sales.
- COVID-19 initially shut down manufacturing, and continued to add unforeseen manufacturing and shipping delays throughout 2020
Strategies
Facebook and Instagram
We utilized the client\'s existing video content from the Bryan Brothers, 2012 Olympic gold-medal winners, and Nick Bolletierri, pro tennis coach, to create engaging instant experiences on Facebook and Instagram that fueled our prospecting and remarketing campaigns. Facebook ecommerce was of particular importance due to the relatively low volume of branded traffic and bottom-funnel searches.
YouTube
Our strategy included increasing brand awareness through YouTube and social prospecting campaigns. Sales were driven through bottom-funnel search campaigns and remarketing.
Landing Page Redesign
We created a custom landing page on Webflow that integrated with the client\'s Stripe ecommerce platform. Traffic from our paid search and social efforts was directed to this custom designed landing page, allowing for $1 Million in revenue within the first 90 days of our campaign.
U.K. vs U.S. Launch
The strategy for launching Slinger Bag in the U.S and the U.K. required two separate, but similar strategies. The landing page design for the U.S. market was duplicated for the U.K. market, and a similar Facebook Ads and Google Ads strategy was implemented.
Results
- 1.6M revenue in the first 4 months
- 2,394 units sold in the first 4 months
- $55 CPA
- 12.6x ROAS
The future is very bright for Slinger Bag heading into Q4 2020 and beyond.
