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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Affiliate is getting a lot more attention in DTC right now, and for good reason. In this episode, Yash Chavan, Founder and CEO of SATHI & SARAL, breaks down why the channel looks so attractive on paper, where it falls apart in practice, and what brands can do to…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup https://lexingtonbakes.com/ Lex Evan built Lexington Bakes after years of baking for friends who kept telling him the same thing: they didn’t usually like desserts like this, but they loved his. That turned into a bootstrapped brand built on better ingredients, frozen and refrigerated distribution, and a refusal to follow…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Most brands test YouTube, don’t see conversions, and shut it off. The problem isn’t the channel. It’s how they’re measuring it. Dougie from Pilothouse breaks down how YouTube actually drives growth for DTC brands, and why cost per brand search is one of the most useful signals to track…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Bradley Sutton from Helium 10 joins the pod to break down how serious brands should be thinking about Amazon now: not as a backup channel, but as a core retail growth engine. We get into where Amazon fits in an omni-channel stack, how PPC has gotten way more complex,…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Kim Chappell is Chief Brand Officer at Bobbie, the mom-founded infant formula brand that’s crossed $100M in revenue and is trying to change how formula gets talked about in America. In this episode, she breaks down how Bobbie built a brand parents are proud to buy in a category…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Jordan Gordon from Pilothouse comes back to the DTC Podcast with a sharp warning for brands buying into AI-powered customer segmentation. The promise sounds good: send to the “best” people, cut waste, let the machine find hidden revenue. The problem is what happens after that. Jordan breaks down why…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup http://cocktailbuddies.com Tao, founder of Acid Buddy, joined the show to talk about a product that feels early, unusual, and potentially huge: flavored acids. After years working in bars and consulting, he kept running into the same issue. Citrus was inconsistent, messy, expensive, and limiting. So instead of treating acid…
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To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Braydon Germain from Pilot House is back on AKNF to break down how AI is changing the actual day-to-day of marketing work. This episode isn’t about shiny demos or abstract AI hype. It’s about using Claude like a real coworker: building skills, breaking work into micro-tasks, automating repeatable…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Cherene Aubert, founder of growthcapital.co and former growth leader at ILIA and Bobbie, breaks down why so many DTC brands hit a wall after early traction. The problem usually is not media buying. It’s weak creative systems, lazy offer strategy, and too much faith in Meta to do the…
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Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup JoinAgency.co Jon Bond has been in the agency game since the 1980s. He co-built Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners (K/B/B) from “two guys in New York” into one of the most talked-about independent agencies in the U.S., with peak scale hitting $90M revenue and 27% margins, and over $1B in…
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