Brand & Launch Proposal · May 2026

Inception
to launch.

A proposal for the next six months. From the first brand decisions in June to the October launch and the holiday push that follows.

Andrew Lamping, Founder and CEO of Cyclone Social
John,

First off, thanks for taking the time to sit down and walk through Noble Pet. I left our conversation excited.

At Cyclone, we always say we're not the rocket, we're the fuel. Our job is finding brands with something real and helping them move faster, hit harder, and reach places they wouldn't get to alone.

The hard part is finding the right rockets. Noble Pet feels like one of those.

I think a lot of people are going to look at this and see a dog crate. I don't. I think there's a furniture brand for pet owners hiding inside this thing, and the crate is just the front door. You're stepping into a space that's familiar enough for people to understand, but different enough that it can create real curiosity and momentum.

That's where Cyclone does its best work.

We built this agency around one belief: results are the job. We move fast, test aggressively, rely on data over opinions, and we've built a team of specialists across paid media, content, creators, strategy, design, and production to help brands grow from launch through scale.

I also want to push on one thing. You mentioned hoping to be at 5 to 10 crates a week within six months. I get the math, but let's not put ceilings on this thing before it even exists. At your AOV, with the audience you already have through breeding and family networks, there's a path to $1.5M to $2.5M in year one if we don't tiptoe.

Brands like this don't usually win by easing into the market. They win by creating momentum and making people feel like they discovered something before everyone else did.

Building brands at this stage is hard. It's messy. It moves fast.

Those are usually the fun ones.

Let's go build something people care about.

Andrew Lamping
Founder and CEO, Cyclone Social

Our Point of View

How we see
Noble Pet.

01
Pet is one of the highest-growth D2C verticals.

The US pet industry passed $147B in 2024 per the American Pet Products Association. The premium segment is growing faster than the category overall, and pet-owning households are over-indexing on home-design spend at the same time. Meta and TikTok ad spend in the pet vertical has climbed every year since 2020.

02
Fable proved the market. Now execution decides.

Fable already sells designer dog crates up to $3,000 and has built a real business in the same lane Noble Pet is entering. That's the best possible signal: the buyer exists, the price tolerance is proven, and there's a playbook visible to study. The opportunity isn't being first, it's outworking Fable on launch, on audience, and on the creator network. That's exactly the shape of work Cyclone is built for.

03
Premium pet brands win on identity, not specs.

Max-Bone's top Instagram post in our scrape (13,513 likes) was a humor line about being covered in dog hair. The Foggy Dog's top post (5,144 likes) was a feeling, not a feature. Buyers at this price point are buying the version of themselves who owns this. The crate is the proof, not the pitch.

04
You already have the launch audience built.

The breeder business gives you 5,000 to 7,000 email subscribers, 700 past puppy buyers, and a family network of mom, brother, and uncle that pushes the total past 10,000 aligned premium-pet contacts. Most launch brands have to buy that audience. You don't. The affiliate program runs through it.

The Research

We did the work
before we wrote the plan.

Before this proposal landed, we pulled the last 12 to 24 months of social and growth activity from twelve premium pet brands. The plan below comes from what we found.

911
Instagram posts analyzed
41
Accounts mapped in detail
12-24
Months of activity
12
Premium brands studied
The brands we studied
Diggs Fable Pets Max-Bone The Foggy Dog Hound Collection Wild One Cavology Dorai Home Furbo Frenchie Bulldog Good Natured Brand My Woof
FINDING 01

Identity beats specs.

Top posts on the brands we studied were emotional one-liners and lifestyle moments, not product shots.

FINDING 02

Fable is the playbook.

Fable sells designer crates up to $3,000. The market is proven. Now it's an execution race.

FINDING 03

Community before performance.

Every premium pet brand we studied built community content for months before scaling paid spend.

Want the full read? Methodology, brand-by-brand breakdowns, every finding.

Read the full audit

The Build

Month by month.

Scroll through to see each month. Click any month for the full work inside it.

Start: June 2026
Public launch: August 2026
Year-one target: $1.5M to $2.5M
Year-three target: Furniture line expansion
JUN
Month 01
Foundation
Brand identity starts Site build kickoff Breeder list audit First content shoot
What you get
  • Three to four logo and visual system routes from Wes (the existing partner couldn't deliver, we will)
  • Brand voice guide v1: how Noble Pet sounds in copy, email, and customer service
  • Shopify build kicks off with the 48-variant configurator logic (3 woods, 2 doors, power station, nameplate)
  • “First 100” program designed: CNC-numbered crates, limited-drop mechanic
  • Affiliate program structure built (breeder network, family connections, creator partners)
  • Studio and lifestyle content shoot using the 35 medium crates already in stock
  • Breeder and customer list audit: segmenting the 5,000 to 7,000 subscribers for the launch wave
Where we need you
  • Brand direction review with Wes (Week 2)
  • Founder content session on camera: your story, the build process, the crate
  • Approval on the 48-variant SKU structure
  • Introductions to the family breeder network for affiliate sign-up
  • Weekly working call
JUL
Month 02
Brand Sealed + Soft Launch
Logo locked week 1 Friends & family live week 2 Reviews capture Affiliate live
What you get
  • Final logo, color, type, packaging, and voice guide locked — Week 1, no extended review rounds
  • Site live in development with the 48-variant configurator wired up (real photo per SKU combo)
  • Waitlist page live with email and SMS capture plus a referral mechanic for the breeder network
  • Soft launch to friends and family begins Week 2 at a friends-and-family rate — you keep the margin
  • Real shipping QA: package, assemble, install, document every issue before the public launch
  • 10 to 20 reviews captured with photo and video UGC from soft launchers
  • Affiliate program goes live with the breeder network and family connections (10% commission, unique links)
  • Creator outreach kicks off: 50+ conversations open across interior design and dog-mom content
  • 20 to 30 creator gifting waves go out (interior designers, dog-mom accounts, premium pet creators)
  • Initial paid testing against warm audience only — no cold spend yet, but creative library is building
  • Launch creative library: 15 to 25 ad creatives across hooks and formats, ready for August
Where we need you
  • Final logo sign-off by July 7 — one consolidated round of feedback, then locked
  • Soft launch list confirmed before July 10 (10 to 15 friends and family)
  • QA testing on the 48-variant Shopify configurator (Week 1–2)
  • Approve the first wave of influencer gifting candidates
  • Founder availability for affiliate kickoff calls with the family breeder network
  • Weekly working call + mid-month QA debrief
AUG
Launch
Noble Pet Launches
First 100 sent Public launch live Affiliate scales Paid scales
What you get
  • “First 100” CNC-numbered crates ship to pre-order buyers (Week 1)
  • Public launch goes wide: paid live across Meta and Google, affiliate emails fly, creator wave drops simultaneously
  • Full paid spend ramps: $10K to $20K-plus in the launch month, scaled against real CAC and MER targets
  • Email and SMS launch sequence fires: waitlist first, then full list, then breeder-affiliate driven
  • Press and PR push if early week-one velocity supports it
  • 50+ pieces of new creator content captured for ongoing paid use
  • Daily sales reporting, mid-week pacing meetings, real-time spend adjustments
  • August launch means 3+ months of social proof, reviews, and creator content in market before Black Friday — that's the advantage a September or October launch doesn't get
Where we need you
  • Launch week, all hands on
  • Daily check-ins for the first 14 days
  • Vendor reorder decisions based on Week 1 velocity (medium crate first)
  • Vendor confirm: nameplate vendor ready for daily turnaround, supply capacity check
  • Co-decide on holiday discount strategy
  • First weekly sales review meeting
SEP+
Ongoing
Holiday Push & Scale
Black Friday wave Small/large waitlist Accessory line planning Year-two roadmap
What keeps going
  • Black Friday and Cyber Monday push: highest-spend creative wave of the year
  • Paid scale ceiling testing against real unit economics, not platform ROAS
  • Creative refresh on a 4 to 6 week cycle, winners doubled down, fatigue called early
  • Small and large crate sizes open for pre-order with the 10 to 14 week lead-time clearly communicated
  • Affiliate program expansion: more breeder partners, more creators on the roster
  • Accessory line planning kicks off: leather collar and leash, food bowls, harness, the long-term furniture line
  • Year-one runway tracked against the $1.5M to $2.5M target, not the $300K hedge
Where we need you
  • Monthly business reviews with the leadership team
  • Quarterly strategy sessions
  • Accessory line decisions: which product expands first (collar, bowls, harness)
  • Year-end review and year-two roadmap

What We Cover

An entire team. One launch.

A startup launch doesn't fit a neat scope. Work comes up. Priorities shift. You're hiring a team that handles it across every discipline, not four separate vendors. Click any card for what we cover.

PILLAR 01

Brand & Audience

Identity, list, and creator network built before October.

+
  • Brand identity, logo, packaging, voice (Wes)
  • Social profile setup and posting cadence
  • Email and SMS list build via waitlist and giveaways
  • Creator and micro-influencer outreach
  • Affiliate program structure
  • Behind-the-scenes founder content
PILLAR 02

Paid Media

Meta and TikTok at launch scale, with the math modeled before spend ramps.

+
  • Meta and TikTok ad account builds
  • Pre-launch list-build campaigns (June–July)
  • Launch architecture: prospecting, retargeting, conversion
  • Custom landing pages per creative angle
  • CAC, MER, AOV, LTV models
  • Kill switches and scale ceilings
PILLAR 03

Creative

The content engine fueling ads, social, and creator partnerships.

+
  • Product and lifestyle photography
  • Short-form video for TikTok, Reels, Meta
  • Behind-the-scenes founder and team content
  • Creator brief library and creative direction
  • Static and motion ad creative for paid testing
  • Weekly winners, monthly refreshes
PILLAR 04

Lifecycle & Affiliate

Email, SMS, and the affiliate program built to turn one-time buyers into a network of advocates.

+
  • Klaviyo setup, segmentation by puppy-buyer, breeder, and cold cohort
  • SMS via Postscript or Attentive
  • Waitlist and launch announcement sequences
  • Affiliate program build, unique link tracking, dashboard for partners
  • Post-purchase upsells: collar, harness, bowls, puzzle feeders
  • Win-back, abandoned-cart, browse-abandon flows for the considered purchase cycle

How We Work Together

What you'll see from us.

Every Week
Stay in sync
  • Weekly working call
  • Slack open for quick stuff
  • New content and ads going live
  • Performance check-in
  • Same-day responses
Every Month
Pull back and review
  • Business review meeting
  • What worked, what to kill
  • Decisions to make, with our recommendation
  • Next 30 days mapped
Every Quarter
Plan ahead
  • Full team strategy session
  • New bets queued
  • Channel roadmap reset
  • Goals reset
How We Report

A doctor doesn't hand you charts and ask, “any questions?”

They read the labs, find the three things that matter, and tell you what to do.

That's how we report.

Every review meeting starts the same way: here's what's working, here's what's broken, here's what we recommend. The numbers are the evidence, not the deliverable. You get the analysis and the action items, not a dashboard you have to interpret.

You can ask for raw data anytime. We'll give it to you. But the default is our read of it, with the next move already drafted. Reporting that doesn't end in a decision is just a chart.

The cost of cheap reporting is decision paralysis. You hired us so you don't have to be the marketing analyst on top of being the founder. We do the reading. You make the call.

How We Approach a Launch

THE PLAYBOOK, proven.

Noble Pet is a premium D2C launch with a considered-purchase AOV, multiple SKU variants, and a founder who wants real profit math. Same shape as our biggest launch system to date. Click to flip.

American Cornhole Association

$4.7M
Sales in four months
2x
Original revenue goal hit
4
Product lines launched without bottlenecks
$300+
AOV on premium boards
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Why this matters for Noble Pet

ACA is the same shape of business as Noble Pet: premium D2C, considered-purchase AOV, multiple SKU variants, leadership that cares about real profit math beyond ROAS. We built ACA a launch engine end to end. Staggered campaigns. Full-funnel paid across Meta and TikTok. Custom landing pages. Klaviyo flows for every drop. Custom profit calculators that tracked Shopify fees and shipping so the team always knew the real number, not the platform number. $4.7M in four months, nearly double the original goal. The same engine, pointed at Noble Pet crates and the accessory line that follows.

“It never felt like we hired an agency. It felt like we added an in-house marketing team that actually drives things forward.”

Logan Bronkema, Marketing Director, American Cornhole Association
The lesson: A premium D2C launch wins on a system that ties spend to actual unit sales and real profit, not platform vanity metrics. The Noble Pet build is that system, applied to dog crates instead of cornhole boards.
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Partnership

Investment

Your Investment
$9,000
/mo

Billed monthly on a 12-month agreement.

What's included
  • Brand identity, packaging direction, voice
  • Pre-launch audience build and creator network
  • Paid media on Meta and TikTok
  • Full creative: photo, video, static, motion
  • Klaviyo email and SMS, lifecycle flows
  • Unit economics modeling and reporting
Pre-Launch Allotment
+ $10,000 one-time

Deployed June through August on influencer partnerships, creator gifting, and giveaway prizes.

Shopify Site Build
+ $12,000 one-time

Launch-ready Shopify build with the 48-variant configurator, affiliate program app integration, conversion tracking, lifecycle wiring, and the landing pages paid will need. Quoted separately because it's a discrete pre-launch project.

Ad Spend — billed direct, not through Cyclone
$10,000
/mo to start

Paid directly to Meta and Google — Cyclone never marks up ad spend. $10K/month is the floor the unit economics support to drive 40 crates a month through a cold audience. Scales up based on real CAC and MER, not platform ROAS.

The Team

Some of the folks
you'll work with.

This is a slice of the team that touches the Noble Pet account day to day, from brand identity through launch execution.

Wes Teska
Wes Teska
Creative Director
Owns brand identity, logo, packaging direction, and visual system. Builds Noble Pet's logo, type system, color palette, packaging direction, and the brand voice that finally matches the product.
Ryan Smith
Ryan Smith
Director of Marketing Operations
Stands up reporting, attribution, and the unit-economics dashboard that turns launch data into real profit math.
Emily Hoffman
Emily Hoffman
Senior Account Manager
Your day-to-day point of contact. Runs the weekly working calls and keeps every workstream synced to the launch calendar.
Bob Phillipp
Bob Phillipp
Director of Organic Marketing
Leads the pre-launch audience build, organic social strategy, and Klaviyo lifecycle. Where the community gets built and retained.
Eric Hall
Eric Hall
Director of Paid Digital
Builds the paid launch architecture, the CAC and MER models, and the kill-switch discipline so spend stays accountable to real profit.
Joey Lamping
Joey Lamping
Paid Media Strategist
Runs the day-to-day on Meta and TikTok ads. Builds tests, kills fatigue, graduates winners, scales what works against the CAC ceiling.
Jada Shaw
Jada Shaw
Project Manager
Keeps the launch timeline honest. Every deliverable, every dependency, every milestone tracked against the October date.
Amelia Kline
Amelia Kline
Organic Social Lead
Owns the daily content engine on Noble Pet's social channels. Posts, captions, community management, and the behind-the-scenes founder story.
Ready when you are

Your product is weeks from launch.
Let's move now.

Three months is tight. It's doable — but only if brand decisions happen fast and the soft launch list is confirmed before July begins.

andrew@cyclonesocial.com