Gen-X, Millennial Opps: Wellborn Cabinet announces CMO hire (Score 50)

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

  • Wellborn Cabinet (WC) tapped Mara Villanueva-Hera as CMO in October 2023.
  • Villanueva-Heras most recently served as marketing VP of Emser Tile. 
  • She is responsible for product and marketing strategy.

**We are still working to confirm Villanueva-Heras' email address. Please reach out to Wellborn's other DMs for the time being.**

Target demographic: Gen-X & millennials

The company will likely:

  • Significantly increase ad spend
  • Diversify ad placement
  • Seek agency assistance

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

  • YTD spend: WC spent about $5.6k on digital display ads YTD after not placing any ads in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 430.7k impressions via YouTube (38%), desktop display (32%), and mobile display (31%). 
  • 2020-2022 spend: It has not allocated a significant budget toward this channel since spending $91.2k in 2020. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto buffalonews.com and youtube.com. 

Additional channel insights  

  • Vivvix: WC also invests in print, OOH, and local broadcast.

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Contact the new CMO now to secure top priority.
    • We have not confirmed any current agency relationships for this company.

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics; additional channel insights estimated by Vivvix.