Hilton to Co-Present with Imbibe’s Andy Dratt at Beverage Packaging Strategies at IFT 2016

Jeff Hilton, BrandHive’s co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, will co-present with Imbibe’s Executive Vice President, Andy Dratt, at this year’s Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo. The event will take place on July 16-19, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois and will bring together brand owners and supply partners to explore insights into branding, …More

BrandHive’s Hilton Dissects the Evolution of Branding at 2016 World Tea Expo

Jeff Hilton, co-founder and partner at BrandHive, will discuss the evolution of CPG branding at the World Tea Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center next week. Retailers, food and beverage manufacturers, grocers and other industry representatives will attend the expo. Hilton’s presentation will take place on the final day of the event as part …More

BrandHive Finishes Video Production for Buzz Away Extreme by Quantum Health.

BrandHive, a leading healthy lifestyle-branding agency, recently finished production of their latest video project for Buzz Away Extreme from Quantum Health. At just under two and a half minutes long, the story for the video educates viewers about certain implications associated with mosquito bites and the safe and proven solution delivered with Buzz Away Extreme. …More

Jeff Hilton Adds New Panel Session to Presentations at Vitafoods Europe

BrandHive’s, Jeff Hilton, has been invited to participate in an additional panel session at this month’s Vitafoods Europe, on May 10-12, 2016 at Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland. The panel will explore the future for the Sports Nutrition market and the steps required for manufacturers and suppliers to drive quality, safety and consumer trust within the industry …More

The New Marketing Paradigm: Mastering Concept, Content, Connection, Community and Continuity

Forget everything you know. I often feel like that is the new imperative for marketers in the modern world. It also feels on occasion like we in this profession are being collectively schooled in a new way to communicate and be relevant to our audience. And so be it. Smart communicators operate in today’s complex …More

BrandHive’s Hilton to Lead Diverse Discussions at Vitafoods Europe

BrandHive, a leading healthy lifestyle branding agency providing high level strategic planning and branding expertise to consumer packaged goods and value-based ingredient companies, today announced that its co-founder and partner, Jeff Hilton, was selected by the Vitafoods Executive Advisory Board to lead three educational events at the global nutraceutical event, Vitafoods Europe, on May 10-12, …More

BrandHive Helps Launch Innovative Hot Beverage at Retail

BrandHive, a leading healthy lifestyle-branding agency, was retained by Coffee Blocks, the creator and manufacturer of an instant butter coffee beverage for active adults, to develop a brand story and messaging, as well as redesign their product packaging for a retail launch. The new packaging was previewed earlier this year and made available to retail …More

Sports Nutrition 2015 – Performance Driven

Addressing the Performance Driven market segment. There is no longer a “typical” sports nutrition consumer, and category segmentation is key. To find leverage in this market, it is critical for product manufacturers to pay attention to a number of unique and emerging consumer segments in the space. In my upcoming posts I will address these …More

Sports Nutrition 2015 – Actively Tuned In

While bodybuilders and extreme athletes are often the target audience focal point for sports nutrition products, these individuals actually account for only about five percent of total sports nutrition category sales. While trends in consumer education and access to information continues to fuel mainstream sports nutrition growth broadly, each of these user segments has its …More