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Rule the Routine

Amplifying CeraVe’s Success

CONNEXIONS

CONSULTING

Bridging the gap between business & people

Sasha

Grace

Anto

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The Skincare Routine

Grow brand awareness for CeraVe, particularly their moisturizer, across a range of potential customers.

Goals

  • Brand awareness
  • Appeal to a range of consumers
  • Maintain long-term advantage

Experiential

For awareness

3 Ceramides, 3 Pillars

The Strategy

Considering

  • Skincare education
  • Innovation / creativity
  • Accessibility

Digital

Engagement & awareness

Placements

Accessibility & conversion

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Skinformation

Analysis

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What we know:

What our consumers value:

What to emphasize:

  • Combining education & emotion
  • Top Ingredients
  • Simplicity

What we represent:

  • Recognizable brands
  • Trusted voices
  • Humour

  • Affordability
  • Trusted
  • Scientific-based
  • Fun

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Competitors

High Market Share

Low Market Share

Diverse Consumer base

Narrow Consumer Base

CeraVe

Cetaphil

Eucerin

Aveeno

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Competitors

High Market Share

Low Market Share

Diverse Consumer base

Narrow Consumer Base

Cera Ve

Cetaphil

Eucerin

Aveeno

KEY TAKEAWAY

  • Main competitor 🡪 Cetaphil
  • Distinguish by diversifying our consumer base
  • Educating through fun

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Our Audience

Mitch

Life stage: Young professional

Age: 25-30

  • Active person
  • Borrows his girlfriend’s face creams
  • Suffers with acne
  • Wants to look/feel his best

Sasha

Life stage: University student

Age: 20-25

  • Overwhelmed with options in the market
  • Suffered with dry skin
  • Sick of the gimmicks

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Our Audience

Shared characteristics

  • Appreciate nostalgia
  • Want a trusted voice
  • Sociable
  • Cares about hygiene
  • Like humour & fun

Sasha

Life stage: University student

Age: 20-25

  • Overwhelmed with options in the market
  • Suffered with dry skin
  • Sick of the gimmicks

Mitch

Life stage: Young professional

Age: 25-30

  • Active person
  • Borrows his girlfriend’s face creams
  • Suffers with acne
  • Wants to look/feel his best

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25%

Increase in CeraVe mentions across social medias

Increase in sales volume

Of event samples distributed per event

Skincare Success

20%

75%

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Back to Basics with CeraVe

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Hydration Station

Basics with Bill

Placement Power

Experiential tents at Canadian events.

Digital pillar featuring paid ad campaign, influencers, and UCG.

Placement in Goodlife gyms and Dollar Shave Club.

Back to Basics with CeraVe

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Hydration Stations by CeraVe

Tents at outdoor events to rehydrate with both electrolyte drinks and samples of moisturizer.

Educational info, interactive quizzes, reps inside.

What

Awareness and an opportunity to try the product.

Attracts key demographic at events where they may need hydration.

Spreads education about ceramides and benefits of Cerave.

Why

Where?

Festivals across Canada (Bluesfest, Oshega, etc)

CeraVes (Veld, Escapade, etc)

Sporting events (Panda)

Parades (Pride)

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Basics with Bill

    • Influential figure campaign: Bill Nye
    • Capitalize on Paid/owned/earned strategies
    • Sponsor dermatologist TikTok

What

    • Nostalgia sells
    • Educate consumers
    • Fun/lighted-hearted
    • Value influential voices (e.g. Micheal Cera)
    • Reducing risk of dupes

Why

Bill’s Talking points

Go back to basics

Don’t fall for gimmicks/trends

Sustainability

3 essential ceramides

Dermatologist approved

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Getting Unready with CeraVe

    • Paid digital ad campaign with both static & video components
    • Where: social media, Prime Video, YouTube
    • Dermatologist sponsored content on TikTok

Paid

    • Share messaging on our own channels: website, social media, etc.

Owned

    • UGC: #BasicsWithCerave #UnreadyWithCeraVe
    • Giveaways & contests
    • Show you getting unready with CeraVe

Earned

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Placement Power

    • Pumps of CeraVe moisturizer in Goodlife locker rooms / showers across the country
    • Population-dense communities

What

    • Relevant to them
    • Post-workout endorphins
    • People who want to self-improve

Why

    • Samplers of moisturizer in monthly DSC kits
    • Canada-exclusive

What

    • Aligns with CeraVe brand
    • Reaches both target personas
    • Gives opportunities to try when it’s relevant to them

Why

With Dollar Shave Club

At Goodlife Gyms

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The Application Process

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Hydration Station

Find and partner with events

Have the activations

Evaluate results

Basics with Bill

UCG Campaign with Influencers

Produce content with Bill

Share and evaluate content

Placement Power

Start partnerships

Distribute products

Evaluate success with QR Codes & Goodlife rep

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Running the Numbers

Total: 2 Million (flexible)

Basics with Bill – 40%

  • Partnering with Bill
  • Production and paid ads
  • Giveaway products

Hydration Station – 30%

  • Event sponsorships
  • Product samples
  • Tent rentals and production

Placement Power – 25%

  • Samples in DSC boxes
  • Moisturizer pumps in Goodlife gyms
  • Cost of distribution

Contingency – 5%

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Sustainable Skincare

Environmental

Economic

Placement Power

  • Mutually beneficial partnerships

Social

Basics with Bill

  • Reducing overconsumption of products

Hydration Station

  • Encouraging safety and hydration at festivals and outdoor events

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Possible Blemishes

Risk

Probability

Impact

Mitigation

Demographic is too targeted / focused

Men are a largely untapped group. Targeting is not just for couples – nostalgia appeals to all youth.

Dupes appear in the market / go viral.

The educational aspect is to emphasize our quality and ingredients that can’t be easily duplicated.

Push the hashtag through influencers and frequent posting.

Lack of UCG posts.

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25%

Increase in CeraVe mentions across social medias

Increase in sales volume

Of event samples distributed per event

Skincare Success

20%

75%

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The Final Skincare Routine

Grow brand awareness for CeraVe, particularly their moisturizer, across a range of potential customers.

Goals

  • Brand awareness
  • Appeal to a range of consumers
  • Maintain long-term advantage

Hydration Station

Experiential

Back to Basics with CeraVe

Considering

  • Skincare education
  • Innovation / creativity
  • Accessibility

Basics with

Bill

Digital

Placement Power

Partnerships