

DigitalSocial
November 30, 2020
5 Ways to Keep Your Food Brand in the Social Media Conversation in 2021
As we say goodbye to 2020 — a most unprecedented year — social media food marketers find ourselves yet again in a tenuous position. We have to plan campaigns for the next year, set KPI goals and start negotiating contracts and partnerships. However, contrary to the hopes we had in…

Consumer Insights & TrendsDigitalFood CampaignsMedia
November 23, 2020
3 Increasingly Popular Media Platforms Your Food Brand Should Investigate Right Now
The confluence of better technology and COVID-19 stay-at-home orders has caused new and improved media platforms to emerge, and they are experiencing unexpected growth. While some of these platforms were around prior to the pandemic, consumers now engage with available digital platforms more frequently to stay informed, entertained and educated.…

Consumer Insights & TrendsDigitalOther
In the past several months, consumers have made big and small changes to the way they buy groceries. Recently it was reported that 43% of consumers say they shopped for food online in the past six months, versus 24% just two years ago. And what is more interesting is that…

Consumer Insights & TrendsDigitalOther
June 18, 2020
Monetizing Recipe Content: How Food Commodity Boards Can Capitalize as Online Grocery Surges
If there’s anything food marketers have learned over the past couple of months, it is how important an e-commerce channel strategy is. With consumers urged to stay home, online grocery shopping has grown exponentially. Home delivery has become an essential service for those who are elderly or immunocompromised, and it has…

DigitalMediaOther
May 31, 2020
8 Media Questions You Should Be Asking When Recalibrating Your Food Media Plan During COVID-19
As the COVID-19 crisis seemingly begins to wane, the havoc that remains in its wake is still very much present. While many personal and business enterprises begin reassessing, at EvansHardy+Young (EHY) we are continuing to carefully recalibrate our clients' advertising media strategies. Like them, you're likely facing some of the same challenges…

DigitalFood Campaigns
May 26, 2020
How Influencers Help Cultivate Food Trends
Anyone who has worked in social media marketing has been asked the million-dollar question: “How can we make our content go viral?” But this is a loaded question. The answer depends on so many stars aligning. While "going viral" isn't a good social strategy, we have developed a formula that…

Consumer Insights & TrendsDigital
April 15, 2020
The Food Industry is Pushing Innovation to New Heights
There’s a lot we can learn from the leaders who decided to be proactive rather than reactive, who quickly identified the potential benefits of technical innovation and created advantages during a time when few seemed to exist. They’ve offered us a glimpse of how the food industry is capable taking…

DigitalFood CampaignsSocial
The most universal truth among all communicators is: You’ve got to know your audience. For writers and comedians, it might be about how to hook your reader or get a laugh. But for marketers, the reason you have to know your audience is so you can segment, target and position toward…

DigitalFood CampaignsFood PRMediaOtherSocial
February 13, 2020
Agency Jargon. Useless Soft Metrics. It’s Time for Food Agency BS Bingo!
We’ve all heard the saying, “If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS.” If you ever feel like your agency is leaning a little too heavily on the “baffle” side of this equation, then it's time for you to deploy the Food Agency BS Bingo Card. It’s…