About MiniVet Guide – Dr Gerado Poli
When published author and veterinary surgeon, Dr Gerardo Poli, approached Four Drunk Parrots for PR, little did he know how successfully his book would sell outside of Australia, or just how much his profile would take off — worldwide. In just 8 months, the Four Drunk Parrots’ PR team got his book launched worldwide, and set him up as the new global authority in veterinary emergency and critical care.
Dr Gerardo Poli is a Director of Animal Emergency Services, Veterinary Surgeon & Author of ‘The MiniVet Guide to Companion Animal Medicine’ – a small and easily portable complete reference guide designed for Veterinary Students, Graduates and established Veterinarians.
Gerardo chose to work with Four Drunk Parrots due to our previously established connections, and positive reputation within the pet and vet market. He knew we could hit the ground running and he wanted to utilise our in-house expertise and resources to take his book into a global market.
How did we help
We didn’t waste any time! In order to develop Gerardo’s brand globally we:
- Worked closely with him to understand his exact target market and what had worked well domestically
- Completed industry market research – were there any similar books already on the market? And what were they like?
- Built an email database of veterinary student societies and communication teams
- Researched veterinary publications for guest blogging opportunities, interviews, and promotions
- Created an email sequence campaign introducing the book to students
- Researched student focused veterinary events globally to discover exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities
- Redesigned book cover to be more eye-catching and to have a fresher feel
- Redeveloped his website to include advanced SEO optimisation, together with adding a blog, testimonials, and a more manageable payment method
- Rebranded his logo / corporate identity
- Set up a CRM system including audience segmentation and marketing automation
- Created a social media profile to build personal brand and digital authority
- Worked with Gerardo to produce exciting and topical content for blogs, videos, and imagery to engage audiences
- Created an engaging media kit
- Designed posters, flyers, and bookmarks to support promotions
Overall achievements:
- Created a high converting e-commerce store and increased sales by 400%
- Re-branded, designed and introduced conversion rate optimization strategy
- Increased organic Facebook reach to 65,000
- Sold thousands of books as a result of our international PR campaign
- Ongoing PR and lead generation
Detailed achievements:
- Prime stall position at the largest student focused veterinary conference in USA
- A regular guest blogging position with Vet Answers in Australia, with the highest click rate compared to other guest bloggers
- Book of the month at Iowa University
- His Facebook Fanpage has gone through the roof in regards to engagement with his video on ‘The MiniVet Guide’, getting 14,000 organic views and an organic post reach of 65,000
- Exhibition space at SPVS Seminar for final year veterinary students in UK
- New website increased online sales by 400%
- Floods of “knockout” reviews and testimonials for Gerardo and his book
- Book review in UKs Vet Times for printed magazine, circulated to 20,000 people
- Weekly column in Vet Times, UK
- 10 Universities in USA selling the MiniVet Guide on campus
- Invitation to speak at the London Vet Show
- News feature about UK launch in Vet Times online
- 5 Universities in UK selling the MiniVet Guide on campus
- Offer of speaking role at 2016 ACVS Surgery Summit in USA
- Offer from Worldwide Veterinary Service in UK to partner and sell the book
- Agreement with World Vets Organisation in USA to use the MiniVet Guide in their Training Centres
- Offer from Independent Vet Care to partner with the MiniVet Guide
- Gerardo’s surgery videos featured on Veterinary Medicine Videos Facebook page with 180,000 unique views
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