Anova

Anova’s Connected TV Performance Sizzles With MNTN and Creative-as-a-Subscription™

Anova specializes in smart kitchen appliances designed for home cooking. On a mission to change the way the world cooks by democratizing high-end, professional cooking techniques, they offer products ranging from sous vide cookers to precision ovens.

As a pioneer in the kitchen device industry, Anova was looking for an equally innovative advertising platform. They wanted a solution that would enable them to tell their unique brand story while producing top-notch performance. Heading into summertime — one of their busiest seasons, including one of their most fruitful holidays, Father’s Day — they turned to MNTN with Creative-as-a-Subscription™ (CaaS) to produce results on Performance TV (PTV).

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PTV is an excellent storytelling channel for us. We love that we are able to fully explain our products’ functionality and relevance to customers when it comes to Father’s Day and other big seasonal events. MNTN has helped us to not only increase business, but because of its robust reporting capabilities, it’s allowed us to truly understand what moves the needle. CaaS in particular has been great. We love being able to repurpose existing assets to create new ads and keep our content fresh. It’s enabled us to move forward efficiently with strong ad creative that we know will appeal to our ideal audiences.

Danielle Strain
Director of Content Production, Anova


282%

Increase in Average Order Value, June - Aug. 2023 vs. 3 Months Prior

205%

Higher Retargeting ROAS Than Goal in June 2023

51%

Decrease in CPA, June - Aug. 2023 vs. 3 Months Prior

$112k

Total Estimated Savings on Ad Creative Development

Objective

Increase Sales and Maximize Return on Ad Spend

Anova wanted to increase their sales and maximize return on ad spend (ROAS), particularly when it came to major seasonal moments like Father’s Day. But they weren’t simply searching for a way to promote their brand; they needed a medium where they could communicate their unique product offerings. With its performance-first capabilities and use of video advertisements, PTV proved to be the perfect channel for this. With MNTN, Anova was able to leverage PTV video advertising to paint a complete picture of their intricate product offerings, resulting in major performance growth.


Solutions

Prospecting, Retargeting, CaaS

Eager to maximize results throughout one of their most historically profitable seasons, summer, Anova used MNTN to launch multiple PTV advertising campaigns. To expand both new and existing business, they simultaneously ran prospecting and retargeting campaigns, which were effortless to create and manage in MNTN’s user-friendly platform.

Audience building was an integral piece to Anova’s PTV strategy and their method of selecting customers to target was unique. Using MNTN’s unique audience suite, Anova first targeted shoppers who were in the market for specific products, and then retargeted based on segments that incorporated user site visit behavior (for example, searching for specific products on their website).

To free up some bandwidth and further support their creative team’s efficiency, Anova enrolled in MNTN’s CaaS. Powered by QuickFrame, CaaS allows advertisers to bundle creative and media to maximize their results on PTV by delivering a constant stream of fresh creative. Anova primarily relied on CaaS for post-production support — they shared existing videos and photos with their CaaS production team, then a dedicated QuickFrame video maker used those assets to create new advertisements.

With a variety of promotions and sales — based primarily around seasonal events — to advertise, it was important to Anova to be able to easily shift their messaging when needed. Partnering with their CaaS team, they created an assortment of different ads to appeal to various customer personas. Some of their ad creative had an organic “grassroots” feel, featuring user generated content (UGC) from real Anova customers, while other ads were produced to appeal to luxury-first audiences.

These ads were all developed at no additional cost beyond what Anova paid in media, allowing them to save thousands of dollars in creative development alone. The production team at QuickFrame estimated that Anova has totaled $112k in savings with CaaS thus far.


The Results

Significant Growth of Multiple Key Performance Metrics

Anova’s partnership with MNTN has yielded impressive results, particularly when looking at summertime performance data. When comparing June – August 2023 to the three months prior, Anova’s average order value increased by a whopping 282% and cost per acquisition (CPA) decreased by 51%. On top of this, they exceeded their June retargeting ROAS goal by 205%.

CaaS has become a fan favorite at Anova. They loved how easy it was to change their messaging to fit various sales and promotions throughout the year. Additionally, the ability to repurpose already existing assets has allowed Anova’s marketing team to be more efficient with their time and resources.

With a multitude of fresh ads to run, Anova was able to conduct creative testing to see which ads resonated best with their ideal customers. They found that their top performing advertisements featured:

  • An upbeat, approachable feel (with UGC and/or social elements)

  • A URL present throughout and on the end card

  • A clear call to action

  • A voiceover

Anova recently brought on Red Door Interactive to support their advertising efforts — MNTN’s ease-of-use enabled a smooth transition and allowed the Red Door Interactive team to quickly get up to speed on using the platform. Moving forward, Anova and Red Door Interactive will continue to use MNTN with CaaS as a vital part of their advertising strategy.

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