North Ginza

Branding
Web design
Graphic design
Paid Social ads
SMM
Analytics

A personal project in the specialty apparel space.

My main goal for this project is to implement multiple Digital Marketing disciplines, experiment with up-to-date Paid Social advertising strategies, and independently start my first business through an apparel niche I am passionate of.

Branding

The brand draws inspiration from East Asian history, culture, and art which was prominent in Tokyo's historic and diverse shopping district, Ginza.

Web design

The project utilized a lean-approach to the design & build process, prioritizing a fast-track to A+B testing phase and CRO implementations.

The project went from concept to staging under a week. It involved a paper sketch, to a lo-fi wireframe, then directly building it on Shopify's web builder.

Sketch

Wireframe - Mobile (home & product page)

Wireframe - Desktop (home page)

Building it out on Shopify's web builder

Mobile versions

Desktop version

Home page

Product Page

Paid Social Ads

After doing an audit on my direct competitors, I found out that they were mainly doing Google Search ads and Search Organic. 

This was my main deciding factor to pursue Meta as my core advertising platform, as this allows me Marketing advantage to my niche.

Strategy:
At the time, the most known effective strategies were interest-stacking and manual placements with specific ad spend breakdowns.

Process:
Since the project is a low-budget campaign, my conversion campaign started with two ad sets with 4-8 ads each, spending $20-$30 a day.

I segmented multiple ad sets, stacking 1-4 interests each, then I tested separate ad sets for Main feed-only ad sets, Reels-only ad sets, and Mixed-placement ad sets.

Multiple variations of ad copy and product photography were tested.

Results:
The 2-month run resulted with a 3.2x ROAS (a full overview of results will be at the bottom of the case study)

SMM

The Social media management utilizes a strategy of low-frequency, aesthetics-first product photography content. Although, the SMM was the lowest priority of the project, our Facebook and Instagram still garnered a combined 2,000+ followers and a 530k impressions reach for the two month run of digital marketing.

Profile page & content overview 1

Content overview 2

Sample Post

Content Calendar Planning

Analytics

Demographic

Results

Campaign duration: March to April 2022
Starting budget: $2,500

Total spent: $5,963
Total sales: $18,653
Total orders: 179
AOV: $108
Conversion rate: 0.84%
Online store sessions: 16,410
Returning Customer rate: 5.68%

Customer feedback rate: 24%
Total reviews collected: 73

Total Sales

AOV

Total Orders

Conversion Rate

Sessions

Returning customer rate

Reviews Collected

Tools

An overview of tools that was used to execute this project

Key Takeaways

1. Crafting a brand strategy and an identity system that resonates well with your target audience is vital.
2. Lean approach to web design & development can be very effective when working with limited resources.
3. A healthy balance of implementing proven digital marketing's best practices and refining it with Data-driven decisions from analytics will help achieve desired results.
4. Social proof as a CRO element is key to boosting conversions.

Lessons
Learned

Starting & operating a low-budget, apparel E-commerce on a niche dominated by established brands while having a full-time dayjob is indeed challenging.

It taught me the importance of resourcefulness, patience, creativity, and flexibility to learn anything. These are lessons I would reflect on moving forward as an aspiring Digital Marketer.

Special
Thanks

Core contributors and friends who made North Ginza possible.

Liu "Littlelau" Hong
Procurement
Tomimura Imura
Copywriting
Shawn Xiao
3PL/Private Label
Alex Olhagaray
Copywriting

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