When Katharine Contag, creator and founder of the Color Clutch, a revolutionary nail polish organizer, asked submitted a press release to her fellow Tin Shingle members in the Community Boards for group workshopping, we knew we had to feature her on a TuneUp to learn more of her business story. Katharine's product was debuting on the shelves of the Container Store nation-wide, followed by Ricky's NYC, and she wanted to get the word out, fast. Katharine not only secured a wholesale account in this retail mecca, but she had raised over $16,000 of seed money during a Kickstarter campaign. Listen to this webinar to find out:
ABOUT KATHARINE CONTAG
- How Katharine's background at in retail and finance helped prep her to be a creator and marketer of a revolutionary new product she designed out of necessity in a small New York City apartment where nail polish bottles had taken over her bathroom.
KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN
- How did you finance the Color Clutch to design and produce it before your Kickstarter Campaign? Was it a limited run?
- What did your Kickstarter campaign allow you to do with the Color Clutch?
- How did you structure your Kickstarter campaign to increase backer engagement with it?
- How did you work with your highest level backer, The Innovation Team?
- How did you promote your Kickstarter campaign?
RETAIL SCORE! - THE CONTAINER STORE & RICKY’S NYC!
- How many stores nationwide carry Color Clutch?
- How did you find a contact at The Container Store, and pitch them?
- How long did it take you from pitch to acceptance to get launched?
- How did you build buzz before the launch in The Container Store?
THE COLOR CLUTCH WEBSITE
- The website design is amazing - how did it impact your pitch to the Container Store - or did it?
- Did you hire a photographer and creative director for your photo shoots, or DIY it?
- How do you plan on using Bloggers and Vloggers to spread the word?
NEXT STEPS
- How is the Color Clutch doing right now in the Container Store?
- What are your next steps for building the business?
Anyone can watch a Tin Shingle TuneUp from their computer, mobile phone or tablet. The process is different for premium members and the public.
MEMBERS OF TIN SHINGLE
Stream any TuneUp Webinar anytime with your Tin Shingle membership. No need to purchase it, this TuneUp is ready to play from this page! When you are logged in, you will see a big screen. Press play and start taking notes!
NON-MEMBERS OF TIN SHINGLE
Once you buy a TuneUp, you own it forever. The video or audio recording will appear on the TuneUp page that you just purchased from, and all you need to do is press play!
Katie Hellmuth Martin is the Co-Founder of Tin Shingle and is committed to educating small businesses in common sense, yet sexy ways of marketing through search engines, and online branding. Small businesses from Main Street, to corporate agencies on Madison Avenue have relied on Katie for insight and forward thinking approaches to using today's technology to lock in online branding to increase sales. As lead producer and digital strategist at InHouse Design Media, Katie has developed e-commerce and content based websites, and devised SEO and social strategies for businesses of all types, including retail and service. She has managed the traffic flow and sales process for websites during features on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Daily Candy. She is also the publisher of the local media source, A Little Beacon Blog. Katie speaks and teaches SEO and online marketing, and has been featured in Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, New York Daily News, and other publications. Connect with her on Twitter via @KJPixelated and @TinShingle, on Instagram @katiejamespixelated and @TinShingle and on Google+.
FREE
