Strengthening Global Distribution Through Digital Marketing

Caffè Musetti
Client
Caffè Musetti
Industry
Food & beverage
Country
Italy

Overview

Caffè Musetti is an iconic Italian coffee brand distributed across more than 60 countries. While their physical presence is strong, their digital presence hasn't kept up — especially in how they optimize for  traffic. Captiva partnered with Musetti's US-based team to build a digital foundation, improve visibility in AI search, and create a unified content ecosystem to support distribution efforts.

The Problem

Musetti’s digital footprint was fragmented across regions and distributors. Product descriptions varied widely, core brand language shifted from market to market, and the website lacked the structured signals AI systems use to form reliable answers.

As a result:
  • AI rarely referenced Musetti in queries about Italian coffee brands
  • Many product attributes surfaced incorrectly online
  • Organic traffic growth had stalled from Google
  • Distributors relied on outdated or inconsistent material

To compete in an answer ecosystem, Musetti needed a consistent narrative and model-readable content.

Experience

We rebuilt Musetti’s global website with updated architecture, faster load times, unified product data, and strong structured markup.

Outcome: ~63% faster performance and complete structured data coverage across SKUs.

Search Optimization

Using Captiva’s testing engine, we ran thousands of prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity. We identified missing entity links, unclear product attributes, and narrative inconsistencies that led to hallucinations and omissions.

Outcome: 20%+ lift in how often Musetti appeared in recommendation and comparisons.

Content Audit & Strategy

Our content audit revealed several issues:

  • AI models lacked clear information about Musetti’s catalog, sourcing, and roasting process
  • Product pages used inconsistent terminology (e.g., “classic roast” vs. “traditional blend”)
  • There was minimal educational content for models to cite — such as brewing guides, product comparisons, and origin stories
  • Many distributors’ pages outranked the official brand content, creating conflicting signals

We mapped these gaps directly to real prompt failures surfaced in Captiva’s testing engine.

Content Strategy

From these insights, we built a structured content plan focused on:

  • Standardized product descriptions with consistent attributes and roasting terminology
  • Educational long-form content (coffee origins, flavor notes, brewing techniques)
  • Comparison-focused content designed for model retrieval (“How Musetti compares to other Italian roasters”)
  • Multilingual content to support EU and LATAM distributors
  • Clean FAQ blocks that map directly to common AI prompts

Every piece was written and formatted to be model-readable: clear definitions, structured tables, consistent naming, and embedded entity relationships.

Content Production

We generated:

  • 30+ refreshed product pages
  • 20 multilingual distributor landing pages
  • 25 educational and category-level articles
  • Updated brand narrative and heritage overview

Outcome: AI models began citing Musetti more frequently in under 24 hours, using the correct brand language and returning accurate product details.

Authoritative PR

We are continuing to publish targeted content and media placements across social and traditional media outlets emphasizing Italian heritage, quality, and global distribution. These articles serve as strong external authority signals for AI systems.

Outcome: Broader citation network and stronger context around the brand.

Results After 6 Months

  • +32% increase in model-generated brand mentions
  • +63% lift in organic traffic to product pages from LLMs
  • Incorrect product descriptions dropped from ~45% to under 12%
  • Improved visibility in “top Italian espresso” and “best coffee roasters” queries
  • Stronger distributor alignment, supported by unified product data and messaging
  • More accurate narrative across all major AI systems

These gains have supported Musetti’s global expansion by making the brand more discoverable and more accurately represented across all major AI engines.

Conclusion

By developing a modern website, launching on social media, correcting knowledge gaps, updating product descriptions, and reinforcing brand mentions through PR, Captiva helped Caffè Musetti achieve a clearer, stronger digital presence in the USA. The result is higher visibility, more accurate AI-generated answers, and a unified narrative supporting Musetti’s global distribution network.

“Captiva didn’t just clarify our messaging — they renewed our digital presence. Our website, products, and content all finally speak the same language.”
Chief Marketing Officer
Caffè Musetti USA

Impact

In the first 6 months after deploying the new web experience and content engine, the results were clear and measurable. More than 78% of Musetti’s digital lead activity during this period could be traced directly to the refreshed content framework and improved visibility in AI-generated answers. Distributor inquiries increased noticeably as well, with a 29% jump in new market requests tied to markets where AI citation frequency had improved.

Operationally, the new content system has created meaningful internal efficiencies. By centralizing product data and standardizing language across markets, Musetti reduced time spent producing or correcting distributor materials. Teams across marketing, sales, and export operations have reported significantly greater alignment, stating they now have clearer, more consistent language to describe Musetti’s heritage, product lines, and global footprint.

This clarity has strengthened internal coordination, improved how partners present the brand, and ensured that AI systems finally reflect the same story Musetti has been telling for decades.

32%
Increase in visibility score
200+
Refreshed content pages
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