Today's episode of "Ahead of the Curve with Coco Mocoe" marketing podcast is about the brilliant branding of Hailey Bieber's Rhode Skin. The brand was the second-most talked about celebrity beauty brand of 2024, just behind Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez, according to Mintoiro.
If you look at Rhode Skin's Instagram account from when they launched in 2022 vs now, there is a huge difference just three years later. They began leaning into sensory marketing unlike any other celebrity beauty brand and sky-rocketed, as a result. That will be the topic for today's episode. Enjoy!
TIME STAMPS & TOPICS:
0:00 - Introduction
5:30 - What was popular in the last 10 years from 2015-2025?
6:47 - The rise of minimalist makeup
7:29 - The Data of Rhode Skin
15:10 - The Shift into Sensory Marketing
17:00 - Integration of celebrity collabs
Topics on the Extended Episode at cocomocoe.substack.com
20:38 - Rhode’s product innovation vs disruption
26:40 - “The Editorialization of Brand Social” by Kristen Vinakmens on Substack
33:15 - How you can apply all these marketing tactics to yourself
REFERENCE LINKS:
Substack: "Hailey Bieber Changed One Thing About Her Branding. She Sky Rocketed as a Result"
The The Devil Wears Data: The Rise of Hailey Bieber's Rhode Skin
“The Editorialization of Brand Social” by Kristen Vinakmens on Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149158518
CORRECTION: The chart mid-video was created by Devil Wears Data on YouTube (my mistake, I thought it was a reference to Mintoiro). DWD is a great YouTube channel with the best deep dive videos. The world needs more creators like DWD. Check her out here (:
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