CPG & CONSUMER BRANDS

Marketing, Creative, & Growth Strategy for CPG & Consumer Brands

oakpool is a CPG marketing agency. We handle paid media, organic social, photo and film production, web and Shopify work, email and SMS, and search across both Google and AI assistants, for food, beverage, personal care, and household brands moving through retail and DTC at the same time.

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WHAT WE SEE MOST

The four problems that cost CPG brands the most revenue.

Every one of these shows up as a number: velocity at shelf, blended CAC, repeat rate, or contribution margin. Here is what we see, and what we use to fix it.

Retail velocity and DTC are fighting each other

You need units moving off shelf to keep the buyer happy and you need DTC margin to fund the brand. Media planned for one usually starves the other, and neither team can see what the other is doing to the same customer.

WE USE: Retail-aware paid media, geo-weighted spend, one reporting layer across both channels

CAC is up and the creative is the reason

Blended CAC drifts up quarter over quarter and the fix is treated as a bidding problem. It is almost always a creative volume problem: not enough new concepts entering test, and the winners fatigued three months ago.

WE USE: In-house photo and film, concept testing cadence, channel-native cutdowns

Repeat rate is doing the work of a discount

Subscription churn and one-and-done buyers get papered over with promo codes, which trains the customer to wait for the next one and resets your contribution margin every cycle.

WE USE: Email and SMS lifecycle, post-purchase flows, subscription retention work

You are not the answer to "best X for Y"

Category shoppers now ask an assistant for the best clean deodorant or the best electrolyte for endurance, and get three named brands. That list is built from your structured product data plus what reviews, press, and retail listings independently say.

WE USE: Search & AI visibility, structured product data, review and PR posture
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PROOF

From a single SKU in one region to a global brand on four continents.

TESTIMONIALS

What people are saying about oakpool.

"Their communication is top-notch, and I love how they can take a rough idea and run with it. Professional, efficient, and very easy to work with."

Shaun Cagley
Founder, Boulder Boat Works

"oakpool has delivered positive growth in ROAS, follower growth, CTR, and CPC. The team is nimble and tackles any challenge we throw at them."

Senior Brand Manager
Global Spirits Brand

"Been working with oakpool for several years now. Creative, analytical and know the target areas we need to focus on. They have built custom dashboards that track well beyond ROAS."

John Remar
EVP, BattleBots
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COMMON QUESTIONS

Questions CPG teams ask us.

What does a CPG marketing agency actually do for a brand our size?

Paid search and paid social, organic social, photo and film production, the website and Shopify build, email and SMS, retail-facing content, analytics, and search across both Google and AI assistants. Most brands start with creative and paid, then add lifecycle and search.

Can you work across retail and DTC at once?

That is the normal case for us. One media plan, geo-weighted where distribution is real, and one reporting layer so DTC spend is not credited for retail lift or blamed for it.

Do you produce the photo and film?

We produce it in house. Our creative work has played five film festivals, and the same team shoots product, lifestyle, and campaign work cut for paid, social, retail, and site.

How do CPG brands get recommended by AI assistants?

By being clearly described and independently corroborated. A model answering "best electrolyte powder" assembles its shortlist from your structured product data plus reviews, press, and retail listings. Specific, well-documented brands beat vague ones regardless of size.

How do you measure success?

On contribution margin and repeat rate, not just ROAS. We build the dashboard around the numbers your board actually asks about.

How quickly does this show up?

Paid media gives signal in the first month. Lifecycle and creative compounding show up over a quarter. AI visibility usually moves in six to twelve weeks.

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