Does your sampling strategy surprise and delight?

We at the Handit2 Network take pride in offering a unique vehicle to deliver your product samples into the hands of highly targeted consumers. Venue-based sampling offers a setting where consumers are surprised and delighted to receive a sample relevant to their interests and lifestyle. Consumers receive the sample from the venue's staff, who act as brand ambassadors and are a resource for additional product information. 

        

       
Our approach offers several advantages over other sampling techniques:

• We surprise consumers - Consumers are delighted to receive an unexpected, yet highly relevant sample, provided to them in a place they know and trust. 
• We reach relevant consumers - We target offline environments where we know your target consumer is congregating in large numbers.
• We avoid freebie seekers - We reach unsuspecting consumers who are going about their normal day, not freebie seekers who register or otherwise go to great lengths just to get something (anything) for free. 
• We create buzz - We reach your target in buzz worthy places where they congregate, and encourage them to share their brand experience with their friends both offline and online.
• We don't waste samples - Anyone not interested in your sample can leave it for the next interested consumer.
• We spend your budget wisely - Our program is cost effective since multiple samples can be shipped to a single venue (minimizing shipping fees), and hired brand ambassadors are unnecessary (minimizing labor fees).

To learn more about how our promotions can surprise and delight your consumers, visit our website or send us an email. 

A Twist on Shopper Marketing

The Handit2 Network offers a unique twist on traditional shopper marketing tactics. Instead of targeting shoppers while they are in the store (i.e. Walmart) or at home, we target nearby small business (i.e. daycares), with the goal of driving the small business's customers to a nearby Walmart to make a purchase. The advantage of this strategy over other sample/coupon distribution strategies is fourfold:

·  reach a highly targeted demographic group (in the case of daycare, virtually 100% moms)

·  reach them near stores where your product can be purchased

·  does not require a small fortune (as direct mail does) in shipping

·  avoid reaching...

o    the wrong demographic (in-store sampling poses a filtering problem -- if an older man asks for a sample meant for moms he will likely get one)

o    freebie seekers (all web-based opt-in programs inject non-loyal consumers into your ROI, making it more difficult for the effort to payout)

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This busy mom is encouraged to shop at
Walmart through account-specific coupons and
signage on display at her child's daycare. 

Hand it to Mom Case Study - Imagine a busy mom leaving work to pick up her toddler from daycare. As she steps into the daycare lobby, she is surprised to see an attractive display for a product that can simplify her busy life. She spends a few minutes chatting with the director and another parent about the product and eagerly takes a sample and coupon. The display mentions the product is available at Walmart and that store is right around the corner. She plans a trip to Walmart to buy it. 

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Features of the Handit2 Network shopper marketing model:

·  Ability to select sampling venues within a few miles of any retailer chain specified.

·  Ability to select venues that best attract your target demographic.

·  Hand a sample to a surprised, highly targeted group of consumers who are going about their typical day.

·  Drive incremental traffic to your retail partners using account-specific signage and/or coupons.

·  Avoid the freebie seekers who register online or seek out samples (ANY samples) at the store because they are free.

Reaching Moms of Infants

Do you have a great product targeted to the moms of infants? Historically, the Handit2 Network’s Hand it to Mom offering has focused primarily on reaching moms of young children through daycare centers and pediatrician offices nationwide. Over the past three years we have expanded our network to include other highly targeted venues reaching moms of infants including: 

Mom happily accepts a product sample
at the end of a Mommy & Me fitness class.

1.  Daycare centers with infant rooms 
2.  Pediatrician offices 
3.  Birth centers 
4.  Diaper services 
5.  Mommy & Me classes 

             - Fitness

             - Baby yoga

             - Baby massage

             - Infant music

             - Infant swimming

             - Breastfeeding classes and consultants

             - Many more

These venues are eager to receive your sample or coupon to distribute to their customers.  They can be segmented by proximity to key retailers, by household income level, and/or by other demographic or geographic parameters to ensure your samples/coupons are put directly into the hands of your ideal consumer – Mom – in the locations that make the most sense for your business.

This mom and baby team receive a 
sample after their swimming class.