Olipop Marketing Strategy & Funnel Playbook

Olipop turned a niche "healthy soda" idea into one of the fastest growing beverage brands in the US, and most of that growth came from a channel they treated as their main engine, not a side project: TikTok creators. This free playbook breaks down the full Olipop marketing funnel so you can see what they did at each stage and what a smaller food or beverage brand can copy.

What's inside the Olipop playbook

• Awareness: creators over celebrities. In 2021 Olipop moved its focus away from paid ads and toward TikTok, seeding product with large numbers of micro creators who worked the cans into their everyday content. Their head of growth has said this drove over 2 billion views at under $1 CPM.
• Positioning: nostalgia plus a reason to switch. The creative pairs classic soda flavours and a retro look with one clear wellness proof point, prebiotic fiber, so the product reads as a swap, not a sacrifice.
• Conversion: owning the search. As awareness grew, branded search grew with it. We map how creator content feeds search, the website and the store locator.
• Measurement for a retail brand. Olipop sells mostly in stores, so last-click attribution undersells the work. The playbook shows the signals they watch instead: branded search lift, store locator visits and retail velocity.
• Retention: email and the site. How seasonal drops, bundles and offers on the site keep repeat buyers coming back between store visits.

What a smaller brand can take from it

You don't need Olipop's budget to use the model. Start by sending product to 20 to 50 small creators in your niche, repost the best content as ads, and track branded search and repeat purchase rather than ROAS alone. If your product is a better-for-you swap, lead with the flavour people already love and give them one proof point, not five.

The download includes the written playbook and a visual funnel map showing each stage from first view to repeat order.

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