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Aug 8, 2022 • 30min
Ep 226: "Six Figures in Revenue, Five Figures in Profit Every Day Throughout Q4" Ridge Wallet's Sean Frank Returns! [Free C-Suite Mentor Preview]
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Welcome to DTC Podcast. After speaking to Sean Frank a month ago, I had to get him to come to Victoria for our Q4 prep mastermind in Victoria BC.
Join us!
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Sean has an obsessed, educated perspective on the DTC space and this podcast is just a preview of what you'll get from hanging out with him for 3 days in victoria.
You'll hear:
Why Ridge Wallet's Sean Frank is Long on Meta, Short on Shopify
Resetting the influencer market
Reading the Meta's Q2 Tea Leaves
The value of community in the DTC Space
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Aug 5, 2022 • 46min
Ep 225: AKNF - How to Recession Proof Your Media Buying Team
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Welcome to All Killer No Filler edition of the DTC Podcast.
Today we're diving back into Scale School to share a module 5, all about how to build and grow a powerhouse media buying team.
We got the Pilothouse founders to open up about the key lessons they've learned building a 100 person media buying team across all ad platforms and disciplines.
Here is the video files (strip audio)
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Intro shared in Podcast channel on slack
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Aug 3, 2022 • 29min
BONUS: Subscription Program Masterclass with Rashad Hossain from Ryze Superfoods and Upscribe's Dileepan Siva
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Welcome to DTC Podcast
Today we've got an absolute masterclass on successful subscription programs with Rashad Hossain Founder & CEO at RYZE Superfoods, and Dileepan Siva, Founder & CEO at Upscribe.
Rashad is an unabashed fan of what Dileepan has built with Upscribe and considers his subscription platform to be light years ahead of a lot of the big players when it comes to flexibility and overall retention.
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Wean off the bean ➝ https://ryzesuperfoods.com
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Aug 1, 2022 • 35min
Ep 224: The Incrementality mentality with Ryan McKenzie from Tru Earth [Free C-Suite Mentor Preview]
Ryan McKenzie, CMO and Co-founder of Tru Earth, shares valuable insights as a growth mentor for DTC founders. He discusses innovative marketing strategies, including hacking ad density and adapting during economic downturns. Ryan emphasizes the importance of an abundance mindset in navigating challenges. The conversation also explores effective purchasing journeys, the power of mastermind events for networking, and the significance of community support in fostering growth. Get ready for a deep dive into tactics that drive success in the ever-evolving CPG landscape!

Jul 29, 2022 • 19min
Ep 223: AKNF - Raising ROAS on Google Ads from 2.6 to 4.3 with Performance Max Campaigns
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Welcome to All Killer No Filler!
The title of this podcast is cheeky, considering that Saul's (Head of Google Ads Services at Pilothouse) main message for advertisers considering PMax campaigns is to be cautiously optimistic, while still keeping a firm hand on all the variables. You'll learn:
What is a Pmax Campaign?
Will PMax Campaigns eat into my existing keyword campaigns
Are media buyers out of job with PMax?
What to make of Google's Q2 results
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Jul 28, 2022 • 50min
DTC Future Proof - AI and the Future of Marketing with Richard Harris from Black Crow AI
Welcome to DTC Future Proof, our monthly editorial series partnership with Chris Rempel at the Lazy Marketer, where we look at the biggest opportunities and risks that will shape and disrupt the future of the market.
This is our follow-up podcast that we're launching with Chris to continue the conversation we create with our editorial content.
This month's piece is on AI and the future of marketing, so we brought in Richard Harris from Black Crow AI to talk about the past, present, and future of machine learning and AI in marketing.
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Richard has been working with AI for over a decade, cutting his teeth as an executive at Travelocity and building Black Crow AI to bring enterprise-level AI and Machine Learning to any DTC brand keen on massively improving the efficiency of its ad spend and overall marketing approach.

Jul 27, 2022 • 40min
Dropping a Cool Million in Sales in Ten Minutes with Nell Diamond from Hill House Home and Ricky Choi from Outerspace
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Welcome to the DTC Podcast, I'm Eric Dyck. Today we're diving deep into the world of back-end fulfillment and warehouse operations for brands attempting the Drop Model. Our expert guests are founders Nell Diamond from Hill House Home and Ricky Choi from Outerspace
Work with Outerspace ➝ https://outerspace.com
Get a Nap Dress ➝ https://hillhousehome.com
Hill House Home has been around since 2016 but really blew up when Nell created "The Nap Dress." Tune in to hear how this product skyrocketed the brand and led Hill House to need a new fulfillment partner.
Ricky Choi built Outerspace from the needs of his own apparel brand and offers a much more flexible, valuable, and granular service than a lot of back-end partners. Listen to this cast to hear:
The creation of a viral product -- How a dress to nap in caught the world's attention
Ins and outs of the drop model and what Nell wishes she knew before starting
Outerspace's key differentiators and the new model for back-end fulfillment
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Jul 25, 2022 • 41min
Ep 222: Is the future of DTC free? Dive deep with FreeWater's Josh Cliffords
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Today we’re diving into the cool blue ocean of FreeWater, a potentially revolutionary concept that turns bottles of water into advertising impressions, which allows CEO and Founder Josh Cliffords to offer water to the world for free.
Listen as we dive into exactly how the advertising model works, along with the partnerships Josh has planned to grow free ecommerce.
You’ll hear about Josh’s vision for a Free-Walmart where every product on the shelf is offered free with ads.
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Jul 22, 2022 • 30min
Ep 221: AKNF - 5 key insights about advertising in a recession
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It's All Killer No Filler and today we're back with Pilothouse co-founders Dave, Jeff and Kyle to discuss the key trends and tacks we're seeing and taking to prepare our clients and brands to thrive in a potential downturn.
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Jul 18, 2022 • 37min
Ep 220: How General Mills is Going Direct To Consumer with Carter Jensen, Global Lead for DTC
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Hello and welcome to DTC Podcast, I’m Eric Dyck. Today we’re taking a trip down the cereal aisle with General Mills Global Lead for DTC, Carter Jensen.
Two years ago, Carter joined the 18 Billion dollar, hundred-year-old company with the task of building out the direct-to-consumer business framework for General Mills.
This podcast is a rundown of the biggest challenges wins, and insights along the way.
You’ll hear about Ratio, Gen Mills keto brand group, and their hybridized retail/dtc experience
The connected commerce journey and why DTC completes the picture
The anatomy of a General Mills product drop for Stranger Things and Cinnamon Toast Crunch
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