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Episode 04 · Content package

12 Best Practices of eCommerce Digital Marketing for Food Retailers

Everything below is finished and ready to publish. Grab the files, copy the text into each platform, and follow the guide at the bottom if you want the reasoning behind the settings. The whole episode makes one argument: the marketing budget leaks because the marketing runs ahead of the operation — not because the creative is weak.

ASSET 01

Videos

Two cuts of the same story. The long one walks all twelve practices in order. The short one lands a single argument — the ads are disconnected from the shelf — and sends people to the article.

Long cut — 5:26, 16:9

For YouTube and LinkedIn. Subtitles are burned into the picture, so it reads with sound off — but still upload the SRT as a caption track so YouTube can index the words.
This cut carries a background music bed, mixed to duck under the voice.
Download the MP4 if you want it on your own channel — YouTube won't give the original back.

Short cut — 1:20, 9:16

For Reels, TikTok, Shorts, Facebook and X. Lands one argument — you paid for a click you can't fulfil — instead of all twelve practices.

ASSET 02

Infographic

Same design in two crops. Use the shape that fits the frame — never stretch or letterbox one to fit the other.

Landscape 1920 × 1072

Twelve best practices of grocery eCommerce digital marketing — landscape

Blog body, LinkedIn, Google Business, newsletters, decks.

Portrait 1072 × 1920

Twelve best practices of grocery eCommerce digital marketing — portrait

Instagram feed and Stories, Pinterest, any phone-first placement.

ASSET 03

YouTube thumbnails

Pick one and upload it as a custom thumbnail. The only real test: is it still readable at the size of a postage stamp? Our pick is B — the numeral carries furthest in a feed, and it keeps this episode visually distinct from 02 (a purple question on cream) and 03 (a two-panel comparison).

B — the number recommended

Thumbnail B — 12 practices that stop the leak

A — the leak

Thumbnail A — your budget leaks twice

Boldest of the three, but a full orange field is a departure from the series look.

C — the stock-out

Thumbnail C — promoting what you don't have

Strongest thesis of the three, but visually the closest to episode 02.

ASSET 04

Copy — ready to paste

Every platform gets its own text. None of it is reused between channels, and every number in it is checked against the video's own transcript. Click a block to open it, then Copy.

ASSET 05

Publishing guide

What to upload where, which settings to pick, and why each one matters. About 40 minutes for the whole package if you work top to bottom.