Sunny Within

First 90 Days

A growth and marketing roadmap covering what I've learned, what we fix now, and where we build toward a strong 2027.

Prepared by  VP, Growth & Marketing July 2026 · Month 1 Audience: C-Suite
The Turnaround Thesis

Five Moves to Course-Correct

The softness is an execution problem, not a demand problem, and the math says so. Rebuild the back half of 2026 to unlock a breakout 2027. Five moves, each broken into owned, channel-assigned tasks with target KPI shifts, all laddering up to one objective.

★ The Objective of the Turnaround
Rebuild in 2026 → Break out in 2027
2026 · Rebuild
$8.5MRevenue
$0Profit (EBITDA)
2027 · Break out
$14MRevenue
$1MProfit (EBITDA)
The five moves below are the path to this goal.
Where we are today

KPI targets shown are illustrative: directional planning figures derived from current evidence, for C-suite review and refinement.

First 30 Days · July

State of the Union

My read after one month. The YTD softness is a byproduct of execution, not of the market or the product. With a handful of focused fixes over the coming months we can course-correct and start building for a solid 2027.

Top-Line Softness

We pulled back Meta spend a bit more aggressively than expected. The resulting drop in impressions hit the business harder than anticipated, lowering traffic to both the website and Amazon and softening new-customer acquisition.

Agency Model

The move to BA Commerce was sold as a full-service growth strategy but executed as an acquisition agency, with no ownership of product, site experience, or CRO. The real gap is a proper test-and-learn environment to understand what's working and what isn't.

Meta Account · Structure

The account is built to chase the one-hit-wonder of "NAD without the needles," selling a product, not a brand. That set the wrong expectations for longer-term growth initiatives.

Meta Account · Efficiency

The account is extremely inefficient for the volume of content being generated. Campaign structure creates audience overlap, and the same metrics are applied to every content type, so upper-funnel content is killed too quickly.

Conversion · CRO

No one owns the on-page experience to lift conversion, the lever that drives lower nCAC and higher aMER. The new internal team will have a dedicated resource for this.

Missing Product Focus

The current team and structure lack a focus on product: bundles, price, and the test-and-learn work needed to find what best drives AOV and upsell offers.

The headline

Softness is fixable. Small levers on product plus disciplined execution across creative, CRO, and retention course-correct the trajectory and set up 2027.

Framework

Channel Strategy

How each channel earns its place across the customer journey, from first impression to repeat purchase, with a standout growth opportunity on marketplaces.

Awareness

Define the brand

Organic social, influencer marketing, and community activations lead, building the brand and setting us inside the larger longevity conversation.

Acquisition

New user acquisition

Meta, YouTube, and Google drive scalable new-customer acquisition.

Retention

Build LTV

Email automation & subscription retention grow value across the portfolio.

eCommerce

Convert & lift AOV

Optimized landing pages and a bundle builder raise CVR and first-purchase AOV.

CX

Engage & close

Play offense on warm leads in the comments and pre-purchase engagement, while maintaining best-in-class customer service post-purchase.

Marketplaces

Growth opportunity

Amazon audit & implementation plus a renewed TikTok Shop go-to-market.

Strategic Narrative

Strategy

Three pillars that connect every move above: who we are, how we grow, and what we build.

01

Brand Strategy

Our Emotional Territory

The art of aging joyfully.

  • Reframe aging as the greatest privilege.
  • Celebrate the people, our muses, who embody this ethos.
  • Make longevity science practical and intuitive to add to your routine.
  • Give people the confidence and tools to enjoy the journey.
The competition to beat on emotional resonance: Happy Aging.
02

Growth / Marketing Strategy

One creative operating system across every touchpoint: visuals, copy, on-site experience, and creator briefs.

Sell the Stack
A dual meaning:
  • Our products stack supplements, replacing a drawer of options with one single pouch.
  • We sell and market the entire stack of SKUs, not just the hero Longevity SKU.
Every visual, message, on-site moment, and creator brief carries it: replaces 10 different supplements · more than just one ingredient · the convenience of a full routine in one pouch.
Feature the Flavor
  • Always talk about taste and feature ingredient cues in visuals. We're selling food here, so it needs to look and taste good beyond anything else.
Validate the Vibe
  • When we build things, we take the extra step to feature the brand and the vibe. We invest in brand for a future line item on an enterprise valuation, and we ask our creators and community to do the same.
03

Innovation / Product Strategy

A supplement-stack portfolio: premium ingredients, real value, and an entire routine in one pouch.

  • The stack format: one pouch replaces ~10 supplements, making it the deepest, most value-driven stack in the category.
  • Point of difference: proprietary ingredients that validate the premium price.
  • Portfolio depth: stack SKUs (Longevity, Sleep, Immunity) plus second-ingredient SKUs (NAD+, Creatine+).
  • Formats that drive LTV: bundles, 90-day supply, and subscription.