Founder’s Personal Branding as Proposed Strategy for a Cost-Efficient Marketing Strategy (A Case Study of Skin Game)

Abstract

Skin Game is an Indonesian indie beauty brand that launched on 2020. Skin Game’s sales channel focused on majority of online channels and a part of offline channels. Based on external and internal analysis, it is a matter of fact that Indonesian beauty industry keeps on rising from year to year. Indonesian consumers are interested in purchasing and using beauty products sourced from local brands. However, although the market shows a good potential, however Skin Game’s profitability keeps on dropping from year to year. In order to gather primary, qualitative research is being done such as interview with brand manager and account. Also, a focus group discussion with Skin Game consumers also being done. Moreover, to gather secondary data, books and research journals are being used. In conclusion, Skin Game’s profitability remains questionable although the beauty industry shows positive potential throughout the year. Hence, in order to survive the tight competition, Skin Game needs to re-evaluate the cause of its downturn profitability.