26 North Yachts taps CMO amid spend increases (Score 50)

Sales lead: This hire will likely lead to higher ad spending & agency appointments.

  • 26 North Yachts (26NY) named Allison Reeves-Helfen CMO, effective April 2023.
  • Reeves-Helfen most recently served as marketing & events manager of OneWater Yacht Group.
  • She is responsible for marketing, content, campaigns, events, and influencer/media relations.

Target demographic: Affluent individuals looking to buy or sell yachts

The company will likely:

  • Continue increasing ad spend
  • Experiment with new ad channels
  • Outsource some marketing duties to agency partners

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: 26NY spent approximately $4.9k on digital display ads YTD, a significant increase from $579 spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022.
  • YTD data: 1.8m impressions via programmatic & direct. 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $1.2k in 2021 to $9.7k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 95% of these ads programmatically through Google Display Network and Google DV360 onto sites such as breitbart.com, cnn.com, zerohedge.com, newsmax.com, and calculateconvert.com. It placed 5% of these ads directly through express.co.uk, breitbart.com, wsvn.com, carsalesbase.com, and onet.pl. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: CMO hires are the number one sign of upcoming agency appointments.
    • We have not confirmed any agency relationships for this company. 

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Adbeat