Why You Need to Think More Like a Direct-to-Consumer Brand with Yoon-Ji Nam of Magic Spoon

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If you’re the type of person who likes to geek out on paid social, sales funnels, or just all-around masterful digital marketing, then boy do I know the episode for you. I’m excited to introduce you to our guest, Yoon-Ji Nam, Head of Growth at the company transforming the cereal category: Magic Spoon. And by cereal, I mean like breakfast cereal you eat with milk, not serial, as in the true-crime podcast with a bummer of a second season.

Magic Spoon is the healthy version of your favorite childhood cereals, and if you’re anything like me, you might already be somewhat familiar with them from an eye-catching Instagram or Facebook ad. Magic Spoon is turning the cereal aisle upside down, and the crazy part is, they aren’t even in the cereal aisle.

That’s where Yoon-Ji comes in. Having worked at successful online-only companies like Away and Hawthorne, she’s helping Magic Spoon leverage a similar direct to consumer approach, to build emotional connections to the brand that money can’t buy.

From general mindset down to tactical execution, there’s so much to learn from this interview, like:

• What consumer data most companies already have, but severely underutilize
• How to effectively personalize customer journeys
• Why you have it all wrong when it comes to organic social

And a ton more. We’ve dabbled in topics like digital media, sales funnels and e-commerce in previous episodes, but not like this. Get ready for it, Nerds.

More Resources:

• Magic Spoon on IG
• Unbounce - Landing Page Software
• Radical Candor by Kim Scott