California Strawberries

The Company

California Strawberries is a statewide agricultural organization dedicated to promoting fresh California strawberries through education, seasonal storytelling, and consumer inspiration. With a strong emphasis on recipe content, lifestyle imagery, and year-round relevance, the brand relies on social media to maintain visibility, drive awareness, and reinforce strawberries as an everyday staple.

The Challenge

California Strawberries needed a cohesive, high-impact social media approach that balanced organic storytelling with high-budget paid media—while revitalizing underutilized platforms like Pinterest and maintaining consistent visibility across multiple channels.

The Objective

To deliver large-scale brand awareness and engagement across Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest through a unified organic and paid social strategy, while reestablishing Pinterest as a meaningful driver of discovery and inspiration.

The Solution

A multi-platform strategy combined hands-on organic social management with high-budget paid media execution, ensuring consistent storytelling, seasonal relevance, and scalable reach.

Key focus areas included:

  • Full organic social management, including content calendars, caption writing, scheduling, and community engagement
  • Platform-specific content strategies for Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, weighted equally for reach and discovery
  • Revival of Pinterest paid media through evergreen campaigns layered with seasonal and holiday activations
  • High-budget paid social management across Meta and Pinterest, with budgets scaling up to $15K per quarter
  • Creative and messaging optimization to maximize visibility across lifestyle, recipe, and seasonal content

The Results

Brand Visibility at Scale

An integrated organic and paid strategy delivered nearly 30 million impressions, significantly expanding California Strawberries’ presence across core social platforms.

Pinterest Reestablished as a Discovery Channel

By rebuilding Pinterest paid efforts from the ground up, the platform generated over 16.8 million impressions and became a primary driver of large-scale visibility and inspiration.

Sustained Engagement Across Platforms

Content and paid amplification drove more than 1.35 million engagements, reinforcing social media as a powerful awareness engine for a seasonal, consumer-facing brand.

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