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DTC Podcast | Bonus: Send Less, Earn More: What Brevo’s Data Says About Email Volume and Conversion

To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Most ecommerce brands are paying for every contact in the database, including the tens of thousands they have not mailed in a...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 646: Neil Patel: Why Your Leads Are Down 40% and Your Revenue Is Up

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-646&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup npdigital.com Eric told Neil Patel that Pilothouse is now getting about 30% of its inbound from ChatGPT, with higher close rates...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 646: Neil Patel: Why Your Leads Are Down 40% and Your Revenue Is Up
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DTC Podcast | Ep 645: DTC Rundown: “Don’t Run Ads Until $10M?,” Evergreen vs Campaigns, and Sites Built for the Wrong Customer

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-645&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup pilothouse.co “There is absolutely no reason you should touch paid ads until you’re doing five to ten million in revenue.” That...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 645: DTC Rundown: "Don't Run Ads Until $10M?," Evergreen vs Campaigns, and Sites Built for the Wrong Customer
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DTC Podcast | Ep 644: 77% of AI Shoppers Want a Recommendation: Phillip Jackson on the New Bottom of the Funnel

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-644&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Phillip Jackson has spent 22 years in ecommerce, first building the software, then running agency strategy, and now running Future Commerce...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 644: 77% of AI Shoppers Want a Recommendation: Phillip Jackson on the New Bottom of the Funnel
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DTC Podcast | Ep 643: Amazon Fees Hit 40%: How to Claw Back Margin and Stop Wasting Ad Spend (Pilothouse)

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-643&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup pilothouse.co In 2020, Amazon’s fees ran about 26% of your product cost. Today they run 34 to 40%, and once you...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 643: Amazon Fees Hit 40%: How to Claw Back Margin and Stop Wasting Ad Spend (Pilothouse)
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DTC Podcast | How Once Upon a Farm’s DTC Ads Grew Its Retail Business | Harness the Halo 2/6

To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Once Upon a Farm did $85.4 million in Q2, up 42% year over year, and reached 6.2% of US households against 5.0%...

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DTC Podcast | How Once Upon a Farm's DTC Ads Grew Its Retail Business | Harness the Halo 2/6
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DTC Podcast | Ep 642: Kick or Keep These Trends with DÔEN’s Ashley Kick: AI Creative, TikTok Shop, Amazon, and Branded Resale

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-642&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Ashley Kick runs ecommerce at DÔEN (shopdoen.com), the Los Angeles apparel brand founded by sisters Margaret and Katherine Kleveland. Eric met...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 642: Kick or Keep These Trends with DÔEN's Ashley Kick: AI Creative, TikTok Shop, Amazon, and Branded Resale
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DTC Podcast | Ep 641: Creator-Handle Ads Ran 70% More Efficient: Aves on Creative Coverage and Hyper Relevant Ads

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-641&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup pilothouse.co DTC Twitter has spent the last few months arguing about volume versus strategy. Aves from Pilothouse thinks both camps are...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 641: Creator-Handle Ads Ran 70% More Efficient: Aves on Creative Coverage and Hyper Relevant Ads
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DTC Podcast | Bonus: $65M Exit, Zero Employees: How Olauto Automates Everything Except Customer Service

To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Tyler Handley sold Inkbox to BIC for $65 million. His new company, Olauto, sells a $33 car air freshener, launched last September,...

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DTC Podcast | Bonus: $65M Exit, Zero Employees: How Olauto Automates Everything Except Customer Service
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DTC Podcast | Ep 640: 2x LTV From Loyalty Without Discounting: Carve Designs on Retention, Direct Mail, and CTV

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-640&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Hannah Fleming runs performance marketing at Carve Designs (carvedesigns.com), the Northern California swim and apparel brand founded in 2003 and acquired...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 640: 2x LTV From Loyalty Without Discounting: Carve Designs on Retention, Direct Mail, and CTV
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DTC Podcast | Ep 639: “The Creative Is the Brief”: Pilothouse on AI Storefronts and a 20-21% Conversion Rate Lift

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-639&utm_medium=podcast To Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Media owns the traffic. Brand owns the site. The page in between belongs to nobody, and it’s been sitting in a...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 639: "The Creative Is the Brief": Pilothouse on AI Storefronts and a 20-21% Conversion Rate Lift
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DTC Podcast | What Brands Really Spend on Marketing: 15% at $10M, 2% at $1B | Harness the Halo 1/6

Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup A brand doing $10 to $15 million a year puts 15 to 20 percent of revenue back into marketing. At $100 to $500...

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DTC Podcast | What Brands Really Spend on Marketing: 15% at $10M, 2% at $1B | Harness the Halo 1/6
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DTC Podcast | Ep 638: Life After the $260M Exit: Hiya’s Adam Gillman on USANA, Target, and Going Global

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-636&utm_medium=podcast Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Adam Gillman co-founded Hiya Health (hiyahealth.com), the kids’ vitamin brand that launched in March 2020, stayed bootstrapped, and sold to USANA at...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 638: Life After the $260M Exit: Hiya's Adam Gillman on USANA, Target, and Going Global
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DTC Podcast | Ep 637: “Find Them Now, Sell Them in November”: Pilothouse’s 8-Week Black Friday Prep Playbook

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-637&utm_medium=podcast Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup pilothouse.co Every year around this time, Eric and Jacob record some version of this episode. This is their seventh Black Friday together,...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 637: "Find Them Now, Sell Them in November": Pilothouse's 8-Week Black Friday Prep Playbook
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DTC Podcast | Ep 636: Inside Kiyoko Beauty’s Organic Content Machine: 15 Videos a Day, Sub-$1 CPMs, 8 Figures in Sales

https://directtoconsumer.typeform.com/DTC-Brand?utm_source=podcast-636&utm_medium=podcast Subscribe to DTC Newsletter – https://dtcnews.link/signup Fifteen videos in a shoot day. A writer’s room where creators cross-edit each other’s scripts. Hair, makeup, and wardrobe walkthroughs before anyone...

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DTC Podcast | Ep 636: Inside Kiyoko Beauty's Organic Content Machine: 15 Videos a Day, Sub-$1 CPMs, 8 Figures in Sales
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