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2X eCommerce Podcast

S05 EP30: Scaling DTC Micro-Brand, LIV Watches with 4 Kickstarter Campaigns and FB Ads

Aug 6, 2020
01:22:15

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews Solomon ‘Chaz’ Chazanow, Co-Founder and CEO of LIV Watches, a DTC swiss watch micro-brand based in Miami, Florida. He co-founded the company in 2012 with his wife, Esti Chazanow, and has over 20 years of experience in the swiss watch industry.

Chaz shares his story of how he built a career around his life-long love of swiss watches. You will also get to hear about how he funded  and scaled his company through 4 highly successful (7-figure!) Kickstarter campaigns. He shares his company’s customer success philosophy which has helped him achieve a 40% repeat-customer rate.

The focus of the conversation was to understand some of the marketing & branding strategies and tools used to grow his DTC brand. For those of you who are doing or thinking of doing a crowdfunding campaign, you’ll definitely want to listen to this one! You’ll get to hear about what it takes to make a success of your first and subsequent campaigns.

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