CASE STUDY: Heinz Baby Club mailer drives young mums online

Provided by Royal Mail MarketReach
Heinz mailed a rucksack of baby goodies to drive new mums to its online Baby Club which offered feeding tips.

What was the Challenge / Background of the Campaign?

Heinz is well-known for its range of infant foods. However, strict legal restrictions make it difficult to talk to mothers about moving from milks to wet foods and on to solids. An online baby club, where users could opt in to receive product information, allowed Heinz to communicate with its target audience of new mums while adhering to the restrictions and developing a relationship with Heinz.

What was the Campaign Objective?

Heinz wanted to drive new mums online to sign up to its baby club, www.heinzbaby.co.uk, and to make the club the first choice for information about feeding and baby nutrition. The aim was to retain this audience as customers of Heinz Baby Foods during the first year of their baby's life.

What was the Solution?

Motherhood is a journey, so agency Haygarth took this metaphor and extended it to inventive direct mail packs designed to look like explorers' rucksacks. Each rucksack and its content reflected a pivotal phase of a new mum's journey and guided her through all her baby's feeding adventures. The rucksacks also contained offers, money-off vouchers and feeding guides. The CRM programme was rolled out through a series of on and offline communications.

What were the Results?

Six months after launch, about 24,000 mums have registered with the UK Heinz Baby Club. Emails are being opened at a rate of 39% with an average click-through rate of 6.3%.

What were the Key Learnings of this Campaign?

The detail and quality of the packs explains the campaign's success. CRM strategies demand a shift of focus, away from what many marketers want to talk about (product) to what the customer wants to talk about (babies). This long-term campaign involved costly and careful crafting but over time the relationship between marketers and customers will turn in a profit.

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BudgetReach & FrequencyTarget AudienceMedia Used
Contact for detailsAbout 24,000 mums have registered with the Heinz Baby Club
25 - 34
35 - 44
Female
Main Shopper
Kids HH
DIRECT MARKETING / EMAIL
DIRECT MARKETING / POSTAL
SOCIAL MEDIA
Campaign LocationCampaign DurationMarketing ObjectiveCampaign Type
NATIONALAll YearDIRECT RESPONSE
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