Uploaded March 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.
In Episode 33, we dissect Away’s business & marketing strategy – Launched in 2016 by 2 Co-Founders Steph Korey & Jen Rubio. Within its first year of operations, Away had generated over $12 million in sales & disrupted a 32 billion dollar luggage industry. As of August 2018, Away has sold over 500,000 suitcases and accessories, generating a massive $125 million in revenue in less than three years. Lets dive into some of their tactics.
Timestamps:
1:00 Background on Away Luggage
5:05 Create a standalone blog. Away created a standalone blog that centers around creating aspirational and engaging content that focuses on the wider travel experience (and a particular lifestyle) rather than a product. This idea eventually evolved into Here, which is not only their blog, but also their quarterly print magazine
7:02 What to look for when you're thinking about your next product/idea. Away noticed that the luggage industry has been stale & being sold the same way as it has been for decades. There wasn't a D2C brand that solved all of a traveler's needs.
9:58 Personalization is key!
11:52 Reverse engineer how your customer thinks.
14:37 Use Instagram Stories to narrate a story around your product.
18:07 Identify overlap in your supply chain
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
#away #marketingtips
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.
In Episode 33, we dissect Away’s business & marketing strategy – Launched in 2016 by 2 Co-Founders Steph Korey & Jen Rubio. Within its first year of operations, Away had generated over $12 million in sales & disrupted a 32 billion dollar luggage industry. As of August 2018, Away has sold over 500,000 suitcases and accessories, generating a massive $125 million in revenue in less than three years. Lets dive into some of their tactics.
Timestamps:
1:00 Background on Away Luggage
5:05 Create a standalone blog. Away created a standalone blog that centers around creating aspirational and engaging content that focuses on the wider travel experience (and a particular lifestyle) rather than a product. This idea eventually evolved into Here, which is not only their blog, but also their quarterly print magazine
7:02 What to look for when you're thinking about your next product/idea. Away noticed that the luggage industry has been stale & being sold the same way as it has been for decades. There wasn't a D2C brand that solved all of a traveler's needs.
9:58 Personalization is key!
11:52 Reverse engineer how your customer thinks.
14:37 Use Instagram Stories to narrate a story around your product.
18:07 Identify overlap in your supply chain
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
#away #marketingtips
