The Ecommerce Playbook Podcast

Hosted ByTaylor Holiday & Richard Gaffin

2020 transformed the world of ecommerce forever. For the modern DTC brand, the rewards have never been greater. But the waters have also never been choppier, and the way forward has never been more uncertain. So how do you navigate this dangerous new reality? No matter how you do it, you’d better not do it alone. That’s where the Ecommerce Playbook Podcast comes in — join Common Thread Collective’s Taylor Holiday & Richard Gaffin as they bring you guiding insights from across CTC’s portfolio of growing DTC businesses. Whether you need a clear view on the macro issues affecting the world.


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The Ecommerce Playbook | Inside CTC’s New Strategic Partnership: What’s Next?

Discover the next chapter in Common Thread Collective’s story as Taylor Holiday takes you behind the scenes of our 12-year journey from a tiny IKEA furnished office and our...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Inside CTC’s New Strategic Partnership: What's Next?
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The Ecommerce Playbook | Meta’s Attribution Settings Don’t Matter Anymore

In this episode of the podcast, we dismantle the old school attribution windows holding your ad strategy hostage and reveal a simple framework for measuring true incremental ROAS. What...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Meta's Attribution Settings Don't Matter Anymore
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The Ecommerce Playbook | 3 Moves to Save Your Brand From Financial Collapse

Is your brand feeling the squeeze? You’re not alone. In today’s episode, we break down three essential moves every DTC and ecommerce brand must make to survive—and thrive—amid rising...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | 3 Moves to Save Your Brand From Financial Collapse
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The Ecommerce Playbook | Are Ecommerce Brands Suddenly Failing?

Ecommerce brands are quietly shutting their doors, but what’s really behind this sudden wave of closures? In this episode, we dive deep into exclusive industry data, consumer trends, and...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Are Ecommerce Brands Suddenly Failing?
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The Ecommerce Playbook | 6 Questions That Expose Weak Brands

Are you building a resilient brand or just delaying the inevitable? In this episode of the Podcast, we tackle six hard hitting questions every founder and operator needs to...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Can We Save the $1M Challenge? – We’re $577K Short

We’re $423K into our 14-day, $1M revenue challenge—and the pressure is mounting. With just 6 days left, we’re $577K short of our goal. In this episode, Luke Austin breaks...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Can We Save the $1M Challenge? – We’re $577K Short
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The Ecommerce Playbook | The Future of Ads According to Meta (Straight from the Summit)

What’s next for Meta ads? We just got back from Meta’s Performance Summit, and the future is clear: incrementality, AI tuning, creative velocity, and less button pushing, more strategy. ...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | The Future of Ads According to Meta (Straight from the Summit)
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The Ecommerce Playbook | Meta’s New Setting Beat Our Old Campaign by 18%

Meta just rolled out a brand new attribution setting called Incremental Attribution and we put it to the test. In this episode of the Podcast, Richard is joined by...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Meta's New Setting Beat Our Old Campaign by 18%
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The Ecommerce Playbook | 2 Weeks to Make $1,000,000—Here’s the Plan

We’re attempting something BIG. Over the next two weeks, our VP of Ecommerce Strategy, Luke Austin, is taking on a real-time challenge to generate an additional $1,000,000 in revenue...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | 2 Weeks to Make $1,000,000—Here’s the Plan
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The Ecommerce Playbook | May Report Card Shocker: Under Budget but Over Profit?

How did our clients perform in May against their forecasted targets? In this episode, we analyze the latest client report card—detailing key insights from over 60 brands we manage....

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The Ecommerce Playbook | May Report Card Shocker: Under Budget but Over Profit?
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The Ecommerce Playbook | Story vs. Volume: The Creative Conflict Killing Your Ads

Is your marketing stuck between creating meaningful stories and pumping out endless ad variations? This episode of Podcast breaks down the critical tension between creative storytelling and the high...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | I Almost Lost My Business — Here’s Exactly How I Fixed It

In this episode, Tara Austin, founder and CEO of Ruthie Grace, reveals the raw and honest story of how she nearly lost her seven figure ecommerce business—and exactly what...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Taylor & Andrew Break Baseball Cards & Break Down DTC in 2025

In this episode of The Random Show, Taylor Holiday and Andrew Faris are back—new set, same chaos. They dive into the uncomfortable truths of e-commerce: zero barriers to entry,...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Taylor & Andrew Break Baseball Cards & Break Down DTC in 2025
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The Ecommerce Playbook | Meta’s New Attribution Model Will Blow Up Your Ad Strategy—Here’s Why

Meta just dropped a game changing attribution feature, and it could completely upend how you measure ad performance. In this episode of the Podcast, CTC’s VP of Paid Media...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | Meta’s New Attribution Model Will Blow Up Your Ad Strategy—Here’s Why
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The Ecommerce Playbook | CMOs: Stop Measuring, Start Creating Moments

In this solo episode of the Podcast, Taylor shares a powerful lesson from Cozy Earth’s CMO, who broke free from the measurement rabbit hole to create a viral TikTok...

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The Ecommerce Playbook | CMOs: Stop Measuring, Start Creating Moments
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