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15 November 2022

6 Marketing Ideas To Take Athletic Greens From $120M to $500M/Year (Half-Baked Marketing Ideas)

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The myth-busts, hot takes, explainers, and tools worth keeping.

Hot Take· 4

Hot Take04:30

Hide Golden Scoops Inside Athletic Greens Orders

Kipp proposes a Willy Wonka-style promotion involving rare gold or platinum scoops hidden in Athletic Greens packages. Customers who find one could unlock a lifetime supply, transforming packaging into a collectible contest.

  • Use rare branded scoops as hidden prizes.
  • Offer a high-value reward such as a lifetime supply.
  • Turn routine product delivery into a discovery experience.
  • Encourage customers to share their finds publicly.

“I thought you were talking about making like platinum scoops and gold scoops and different things and like hiding them in the Athletic Greens bag”

Kipp Bodnar · 04:30

“those people would unlock like a lifetime supply of Athletic Greens”

Kipp Bodnar · 04:30
#contest#packaging#customer engagement#athletic greens
Hot Take11:18

The Missing YouTube Show for Business Travelers

Kieran proposes a travel show designed specifically for people visiting cities for work rather than holidays. Episodes could recommend hotels, restaurants, gyms, and efficient routines while making Athletic Greens a recurring travel-health companion.

  • Most travel content is designed around vacations.
  • Business travelers have limited time and different priorities.
  • Useful topics include sleep, restaurants, workspaces, and convenient gyms.
  • The format creates a recurring context for Athletic Greens.

“I think Athletic Greens should figure out how to create the first business travel show for YouTube.”

Kieran Flanagan · 11:30

“I would watch the business travel YouTube show while business traveling.”

Kipp Bodnar · 12:30
#business travel#youtube#branded content#travel health
Hot Take19:50

Turn Overlooked Business Skills Into Public Spectacles

Kipp suggests creating high-profile contests around practical but undercelebrated business skills, such as PowerPoint design or sales presentations. The campaign would make ordinarily mundane professional capabilities visible, competitive, and entertaining.

  • Select a role-specific skill with a visible output.
  • Recruit elite practitioners to compete or teach.
  • Attach a meaningful prize to increase attention.
  • Celebrate roles that receive less public recognition.
  • Keep each spectacle connected to Pavilion's educational offering.

“I would do like, the world's craziest business skills as a, as a campaign.”

Kipp Bodnar · 19:30

“we should celebrate all roles have intrinsic value and we should celebrate that value.”

Kieran Flanagan · 21:00
#professional skills#competitions#pavilion#education
Hot Take26:30

Create a Go-to-Market Olympics With Measurable Winners

Kipp proposes public competitions that identify top performers in specific sales and marketing skills. Success depends on using transparent, outcome-based judging rather than subjective declarations about who is best.

  • Choose narrow, demonstrable go-to-market skills.
  • Invite strong practitioners to compete publicly.
  • Define the judging method before the event.
  • Use real performance metrics where practical.
  • Convert competition publicity into interest in Pavilion.

“I would make the go-to-market Olympics”

Kipp Bodnar · 26:30

“I think if you could pull that off, where there's a clear methodology to-”

Kieran Flanagan · 27:00
#competition#go-to-market#sales#marketing#pavilion

Explainer· 1

Explainer01:30

Why Athletic Greens Fits Busy, Health-Conscious Customers

The hosts describe Athletic Greens as comprehensive nutrition and gut-health support delivered in one scoop. Its convenience particularly suits health-conscious professionals who travel or otherwise struggle to manage multiple supplements.

  • The product combines multiple nutritional needs in one scoop.
  • Convenience is central to the customer appeal.
  • The perceived audience includes health, fitness, technology, and podcast communities.
  • Travel makes a consolidated supplement easier to manage.

“it's basically comprehensive nutrition and gut health support in one simple scoop.”

Kieran Flanagan · 01:30

“So the beauty of it that the greens, I could just bring that pack. It's one scoop.”

Kieran Flanagan · 02:30
#athletic greens#supplements#customer profile#convenience

Tool· 2

Tool23:48

Build a Stage-Specific Advisor Marketplace for Founders

Kieran proposes letting founders discover and manage go-to-market advisors within Pavilion. Founders could create private subgroups, communicate with advisors, and replace them as the company's needs change across funding stages.

  • Match founders with advisors from Pavilion's professional community.
  • Create private groups for each company and its advisors.
  • Support discovery, communication, and relationship management.
  • Allow advisor composition to change as the company matures.
  • Explore shared fees tied to company success.

“the founder can actually build a small go-to-market team for each stage of their investment, right?”

Kieran Flanagan · 24:30
#advisors#founders#pavilion#marketplace#startups
Tool25:15

Let Founders Hire Pavilion Members to Assess Candidates

The hosts identify candidate assessment as a frequent founder need. Pavilion could let founders compensate experienced members for interviewing senior candidates, providing candid feedback, and potentially continuing as advisors.

  • Founders often need expert help evaluating functional leaders.
  • A Pavilion member could conduct a structured candidate interview.
  • The expert would debrief the founder with positive and constructive feedback.
  • Compensation could cover the expert's annual Pavilion membership.
  • A successful assessment could lead to a longer advisory relationship.

“can you just talk to this person I'm trying to hire to run marketing for 45 minutes and tell me if they're good.”

Kipp Bodnar · 25:00

“I think founders would love that, being able to like, pick the right person, and use that person as a sounding board for their candidates.”

Kieran Flanagan · 26:00
#hiring#candidate assessment#founders#expert network

Takeaway· 1

Takeaway13:00

Put Athletic Greens in Hotels and Airline Lounges

The hosts suggest distributing complimentary Athletic Greens packets through business hotels and airline lounges. Sampling at the exact moment travelers need a convenient breakfast or health routine could introduce the product and encourage habit formation.

  • Target airline clubs and business hotels.
  • Offer complimentary single-serving packets.
  • Prioritize hotels without room service or healthy breakfast options.
  • Use sampling to establish a repeatable travel habit.
  • The partnership could be executed by a small dedicated sales team.

“go to the airline clubs and the hotels, and provide packets of Athletic Greens.”

Kipp Bodnar · 13:00

“You get your complimentary pack in your hotel”

Kipp Bodnar · 13:30
#sampling#hotels#airlines#business travel#partnerships