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May 15, 2023 • 40min
Ep 304: 8 Figure Beauty Empire Trinny London's Epic Organic Content
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Hello and welcome to the DTC podcast, I'm Eric Dyck. Today's guest is Shira Feuer, the CMO of Trinny London, a fast-growing 8 beauty brand that has revolutionized the makeup industry with its unique organic, founder lead, content-driven approach.
https://trinnylondon.co.uk
In this episode, Shira shares valuable insights into Trinny London's success, discussing the importance of Trinny Woodall's persona, and ongoing content, meeting customers where they are, and doubling down on what makes your brand unique. She also dives into the challenges and opportunities of scaling a DTC brand internationally, and how Trinny London is navigating the beauty industry's competitive landscape. So, whether you're a skincare or makeup founder, or simply looking to learn from a seasoned CMO executing on hyper growth, it's time to get the skinny on Trinny London, on with the show.
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May 12, 2023 • 28min
Ep 303: Who Are You Making Creatives For? | The Creative Death Spiral in Meta | AKNF
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Who are you making Creatives for? Unlocking creativity is about more than just making art - it's about understanding your audience and tailoring your work to their needs.
In this video, we delve into the heart of creativity, offering valuable insights and strategies for the Meta platform to help you uncover your target audience and create impactful, meaningful work. We reveal industry secrets and provide an ultimate guide to successful creative strategies. We are joined with Jocelyn, Alex and Cam from Pilothouse's creative team to talk about the problem that can arise between marketing teams and client, or brand teams where communication about high performing creative stops flowing for one reason and another, that causes ad performance to tank.
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May 10, 2023 • 27min
Bonus: Sophisticated Customer Experiences and Loyalty Programs to Retain and Delight with Apptile Founder Rohit Modi (+ the chance to win a $20K Enterprise Plan!)
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Hello and welcome to DTC Podcast, I’m Eric Dyck. Today we’re talking retention and owned distribution with Rohit Modi CEO and founder of Apptile, the platform that allows you to make a mobile app for your brand in seconds:
https://apptile.com/dtc
3 brands get a chance to win an upgrade to the Enterprise plan worth USD 20K for free.
This podcast dives deep on the importance of retention and owned distribution in 2023
How to turn your app from a stock experience into a deeply engaged channel for ongoing LTV
How to make a killer loyalty program and why an app gives you much better results
And exactly how an Apptile App allows you to create dynamic customer experiences in the same way that billion dollar corporations like Uber and Amazon do, and why these elevated experiences are becoming table stakes in DTC…
Stick around for the end for Apptile’s very special offer to DTC Listeners, one of the most valuable ones offered to DTC Listeners EVER and if you’ve ever thought of building an app you won’t want to miss it…
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May 8, 2023 • 42min
Ep 302: The Road to 9 Figures with Cody Plofker from Jones Road Beauty (Plus Cody’s YouTube and Meta Ads Funnel Breakdown)
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Hello and welcome to DTC Podcast I’m Eric Dyck. A few weeks back, we put out a challenge to our top past podcast guests to return to the scene of the crime to see if anyone can top Nik Sharma’s appearances in terms of listen numbers
If there’s anyone who can do it, it’s Cody Plofker, who’s burst onto the scene leading growth at an 8-figure on the way to 9-figure revenue giant Jones Road Beauty…
Today’s talk focuses on why Cody is massively bullish on YouTube ads, especially when it comes to finding net new customers, he’ll walk you through his ad strategy there, as well as go deep on his Meta Ads funnels, add in a dash of hot take on TikTok, and a masterclass on offer (including the power of gift with purchase), and you’ve got the recipe for an all-time classic DTC Podcast episode, call it the Plofker factor…
Call it the code of Cody, just don’t hesitate to block off your calls and listen to this podcast right now…
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May 5, 2023 • 29min
Ep 301: ABCDS of YouTube Ads Creative (and What is Sludge Content?!) (AKNF)
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It's All Killer No Filler the DTC Podcast and today we're returning to YouTube Ads with Chelsea and Adam
We cover how to Attract, Brand, Connect, and Direct your viewers to buy your product in every ad.
We dive deep on best practices within each of these categories giving real world examples, including a pre-recorded Influencer Ad that we'll play in full, followed by a video that we cut with the ABCD principles in mind.
To access the bloopers, and a free PDF that summarizes these best practices with examples, go here ➝ https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_uLstN5-GdzYQtaMXWwv-Fy8f7ZlbD0_&usp=drive_cop
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May 3, 2023 • 31min
Bonus: The Smarter Ad Spend Playbook: Unlocking Success with Northbeam and Culture Group
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Welcome back to another episode of the DTC Podcast. Today we're releasing another C-Suite fireside chat with David Sangera of Culture Group and Matthew Kobach of Northbeam.
They dive into data-driven product launches, community incentivizing, and the benefits of accurate attribution tracking.
Need tips on driving conversions and sales? They've got you covered with advice on pre-sale pages, congruent ad creatives, and personalized discounts. Plus, get the lowdown on email marketing tricks and KPI tracking. This podcast is your roadmap to e-commerce success!
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Let’s go and on with the show!
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May 1, 2023 • 41min
Ep 300: How Not to Grow an 8-Figure Business (Obvi Panel - C-Suite Preview)
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Hello and welcome to the DTC Podcast, I’m Eric Dyck…for today’s episode we’re getting back into the Suite live with our fireside chat with Ash and Ron, co-founders of Obvi…
This podcast is a masterclass on how to build a business that stands out, even in the most commoditized product categories…
We cover their influencer strategy, the power of personalization, and both the risks and rewards of AI powered customer support, as well as the AI tool book keeping tool that allows them to access realtime P & L updates to make the most informed decisions.
If you love this content, and want to get all 16 C-Suite mastermind talks, they’re available, just head to directtoconsumer.co and hit events to grab your copy of the Replay…
For now, gather round the fireside, and on with the show!
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Apr 28, 2023 • 22min
Ep 299: 9 Low Hanging Fruit Creatives You Need to Run NOW! (AKNF)
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Join Jocelyn and Nikita from Pilothouse as we discuss the 9 types of creative every brand should be testing, including:
UGC, As Seen In, Testimonials, Box Shots, Socials Pull, USP Call Out, Product Split Test, Founders' Content, Behind the Scenes Warehouse
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Apr 26, 2023 • 34min
Tapcart, True Classic, and Obvi Talk Traction, Scale, and Distribution
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Hello and welcome to DTC Podcast, I’m Eric Dyck
Today on the pod we’re publishing the conversation that represents the most revenue on stage at C-Suite, Las Vegas. You’re about to hear Tapcart’s JJ Workman, a seasoned veteran of hyper-growth marketing, leading a wide-ranging and completely frank discussion about traction, scale and distribution with True Classic President Ben Yahalom and Ronak Shah from Obvi, the two brands who scaled to 9 figures and 8 figures respectively, faster than any others I’ve seen.
Build your app with Tapcart ➝https://tapcart.com
While this Tapcart lead conversation definitely covers app best practices, it’s a wide ranging and very well hosted conversation between some of the DTC spaces brightest lights…
What else would you expect?
If you love this content, and want the rest of C-Suite Las Vegas’ game changing talks, about meta ad funnels, AI workshops, Organic YouTube and TikTok, Email marketing and way more you can go to https://www.directtoconsumer.co/replays-lasvegas
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Apr 24, 2023 • 48min
Ep 298: Jess Cervallon from Feastables: What CPG Can Learn from SaaS about CX
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Hello and welcome to DTC Podcast, I’m Eric Dyck…Today we’re beasting out on CPG Customer Experience with Jess Cervallon Head of CX at Mr. Beast’s Feastables, makers of Deez Nuts and Karl Gummies
Jess bring a SaaS background to the usually transactional CPG CX game, which has been key on her mission of giving every customer a piece of the Mr. Beast experience (Jimmy Pie) with every touch point
Jess shares examples of the most out of the box customer experience moments including traveling the US, delivering 11 Teslas.
Jess also shares her CX stack and how she thinks about segmentation and dynamic customer journeys…
Grab Deez Nutz and on with the show!
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