Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Every week we will take a deep dive into a business and share with you some of their marketing & business strategies that helped these businesses scale. (🎧Listen Here: bit.ly/DeepDiveIntoBusinessesAudio)
In Episode 38, we dissect SmartSweets business & marketing strategy – Tara Bosch founded this company in 2016 when she was 21 years old & is one of the fastest-growing brands in the non-chocolate category across Canada & US. Last year, the company was acquired by TPG Growth for $360 Million. Her marketing & business efforts are quite impressive and something we can all learn from as we dive deeper into her business within this episode.
Timestamps:
00:50 Who is SmartSweets
2:50 Go all in on giveaways. SmartSweets hosts different types of giveaways on Instagram at least 4-5x a month. One of their giveaways
5:20 Allow your customers to create their own bundles.
7:50 Your best insight is from your customers
8:00 Incorporate Large Text Overlays in Your FB Ads
9:02 Understand the best packaging and pricing to have success in retail.
12:28 Don't confuse your product to your advantage. A lot of SweetSmarts customer's buy because they support the founder, Tara Bosch
15:57 Recreate products that people are familiar with.
ABOUT MATT SKOPAK:
An adventure and fitness addict with a passion for entrepreneurship and numbers. Lead Investor in Sweetberry Bowls and CFO of Sugar & Kush CBD. Rutgers MBA 2020 in Entrepreneurship & Accounting. Matt Skopak's Twitter: twitter.com/mskopak
ABOUT ME (SEAN AZARI):
In 2015, I started a creative ad agency called Breakthrough Social that has helped over 50+ businesses build their brand & increase sales mainly through content development & distribution, influencer marketing, paid media campaigns, and other developing techniques. Brands that I have worked with: Safavieh, Rugs USA, SoJo Spa Club, Muscle Maker Grill, Kat Burki, Sweetberry Bowls, & many others.
BREAKTHROUGH SOCIAL (MY CREATIVE AD AGENCY WITH CASE STUDIES) ⤵️
https://breakthrough.social
REBHORN (My eCommerce/Art Brand) ⤵️
Website: rebhorndesign.com
Instagram: instagram.com/rebhorndesign
My Other Social Channels:
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/sean_azari
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/azarimedia
SNAPCHAT: snapchat.com/add/sean_azari
TWITTER: twitter.com/sean_azari
🎥 NEED HELP WITH YOUR MARKETING STRATEGY / CONTENT CREATION / AD CAMPAIGNS? Shoot me an email: Sean@Breakthrough.Social
#smartsweets #marketingtips #ecommercesuccess
Every week we will take a deep dive into a business and share with you some of their marketing & business strategies that helped these businesses scale. (🎧Listen Here: bit.ly/DeepDiveIntoBusinessesAudio)
In Episode 38, we dissect SmartSweets business & marketing strategy – Tara Bosch founded this company in 2016 when she was 21 years old & is one of the fastest-growing brands in the non-chocolate category across Canada & US. Last year, the company was acquired by TPG Growth for $360 Million. Her marketing & business efforts are quite impressive and something we can all learn from as we dive deeper into her business within this episode.
Timestamps:
00:50 Who is SmartSweets
2:50 Go all in on giveaways. SmartSweets hosts different types of giveaways on Instagram at least 4-5x a month. One of their giveaways
5:20 Allow your customers to create their own bundles.
7:50 Your best insight is from your customers
8:00 Incorporate Large Text Overlays in Your FB Ads
9:02 Understand the best packaging and pricing to have success in retail.
12:28 Don't confuse your product to your advantage. A lot of SweetSmarts customer's buy because they support the founder, Tara Bosch
15:57 Recreate products that people are familiar with.
ABOUT MATT SKOPAK:
An adventure and fitness addict with a passion for entrepreneurship and numbers. Lead Investor in Sweetberry Bowls and CFO of Sugar & Kush CBD. Rutgers MBA 2020 in Entrepreneurship & Accounting. Matt Skopak's Twitter: twitter.com/mskopak
ABOUT ME (SEAN AZARI):
In 2015, I started a creative ad agency called Breakthrough Social that has helped over 50+ businesses build their brand & increase sales mainly through content development & distribution, influencer marketing, paid media campaigns, and other developing techniques. Brands that I have worked with: Safavieh, Rugs USA, SoJo Spa Club, Muscle Maker Grill, Kat Burki, Sweetberry Bowls, & many others.
BREAKTHROUGH SOCIAL (MY CREATIVE AD AGENCY WITH CASE STUDIES) ⤵️
https://breakthrough.social
REBHORN (My eCommerce/Art Brand) ⤵️
Website: rebhorndesign.com
Instagram: instagram.com/rebhorndesign
My Other Social Channels:
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/sean_azari
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/azarimedia
SNAPCHAT: snapchat.com/add/sean_azari
TWITTER: twitter.com/sean_azari
🎥 NEED HELP WITH YOUR MARKETING STRATEGY / CONTENT CREATION / AD CAMPAIGNS? Shoot me an email: Sean@Breakthrough.Social
#smartsweets #marketingtips #ecommercesuccess
