Millennial Opps: CycleBar's top marketer departs amid spend declines (Score 48)

Sales lead: Be prepared to reach out when this company announces a replacement. 

  • Cyclebar lost its CMO, Billy Grenham in December 2023.
  • Grenham spent about a year and a half with Cyclebar.
  • He is now at Lazy Dog in the same role.
  • We will be sure to update you as soon as a replacement is announced. 

Target demographic: Millennials

Once it hires a new CMO, the company will likely:

  • Return to higher ad spend
  • Try new marketing channels
  • Outsource some marketing duties to agency partners

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

  • YTD spend: CycleBar spent about $11.3k on digital display ads YTD, just 27% of the $41.3k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 1.6m impression via Facebook.
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $21.7k in 2021 to $41.3k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto facebook.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Start working on your pitches so that you can reach out as soon as this company names a new CMO.  
    • Cyclebar does not currently work with any agencies to the best of my knowledge.

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics