
Adspend with Ash Melwani and Rabah Rahil
Welcome to Adspend, presented by Triple Whale! Hosted by Ash Melwani and Rabah Rahil, we dive into ecommerce marketing strategies and tactics for you to apply in your own business (and we also like to have fun π).
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Oct 3, 2022 β’ 53min
EP 27 - Getting Your Brand Into Retail 101
Today we're talking all things retail with Elijah Scheider.
In 2022, DTC alone may not be a viable strategy at scale. But where do you start with retail?
It can be overwhelming, so we did a whole episode on it to make things clear.
Get your notebook out!
Also...
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Sep 26, 2022 β’ 1h 14min
EP 26 - Is 'CRO' Actually HURTING Your Brand?
CRO seems to be the 'new thing' if you look around ecom twitter, but...
Most 'experts' are preaching ideas that might not work for your brand, and actually do more harm than good.
We dive into the mistakes brands are making with CRO 'optimization' in 2022 on today's episode with Shane Rostad.
Super tactical. Get your notebooks out!
BTW - more big news coming out of the Triple Whale camp this week... stay tuned π
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Sep 19, 2022 β’ 55min
EP 25 - How To Audit Your Ecommerce Brand's Marketing (And Spot Common Mistakes)
This might be the best episode of Adspend yet. Today, Rabah and Ash sit down with Joel Padron to talk about whats working right now in ecommerce marketing. Joel is a partner at Homestead, one of the top marketing agencies in ecommerce.
They also break down exactly how to audit your brand's marketing, post purchase surveys, and more.
Seriously, take notes.
BTW - big news coming out of the Triple Whale camp on Wednesday afternoon... stay tuned π
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Sep 12, 2022 β’ 55min
EP 024 - Your Profitable TikTok Ads Playbook (feat. Olly Hudson)
$2 million per MONTH. That's how much TikTok ad spend Olly Hudson and his agency For Your Advertising manage per month.
Dude knows what he's doing. And today he's revealing the playbook. So if you're struggling to crack TikTok ads... listen to this all the way through. Maybe even multiple times.
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Sep 6, 2022 β’ 1h 11min
EP 23 - Difficulties of Scaling TikTok Ads, State of Facebook Ads, and MORE
Today Rabah and Ash sit down with John Coyle to break down what's working in the world of media buying. John founded and exited a 7 figure agency, and is now the Head of Performance over at Structured Agency. If you're running ads for an ecommerce brand... get your notebook out!
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Aug 23, 2022 β’ 59min
EP 22 - What's Working Right NOW In Media Buying?
Is retargeting dead? What attribution window is best? Today Rabah and Ash sit down with Dylan Carpenter to discuss what is working RIGHT NOW in the world of media buying. Super tactical episode - get your notebook out.
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Aug 15, 2022 β’ 1h 1min
EP 21 - How To Manufacture Word-Of-Mouth Marketing & Get More Referral Revenue
Word of mouth. Everyone wants it. Few know how to get it going.
Today Ash and Rabah bring in Maddy Sukoru and Paul Burke from Groupshop to talk about how to generate more referrals for your product and make WOM a legit contributor to your revenue $$$
Per usual, super tactical. Get your notebooks out :)
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Aug 8, 2022 β’ 1h 2min
EP 20 - Should Your Ad Creative Be UGLY? (What Creative Is Working Right Now)
The ultimate debate. Pretty VS Ugly ads. On today's episode... the boys go back and forth over what's working in ecommerce paid media right now. And we have a special 3rd host joining us: the Ad Daddy (it's in his twitter bio), Barry Hott. Enjoy! :)
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Aug 1, 2022 β’ 48min
EP 19 - DTC During A Recession (What's Working), Managing Your Ad Creative, and More
Banger of an episode for you today. We have none other than Shane Hegde, founder of Air, on the show today.
Here's what's on the agenda:
- Ash breaks down what's working now for him and the team at Obvi as we head into a recession (or are already here)
- Shane walks us through how Air let's brands organize their ad creative assets in a SIMPLE, not-confusing way
- Rabah says "I love that" several times
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See you next Monday at 9AM EST π

Jul 25, 2022 β’ 56min
EP 18 - How To Launch & Scale Your DTC Influencer Program The RIGHT Way
Influencer programs can be overwhelming. It's also easy to waste LOTS of money on influencers that don't convert for your brand... we want you to avoid all that.
So... we brought in a special 3rd host for today's edition of Adspend. Josh Durham, founder of Aligned Growth, helps 7-8 figure brands launch and scale profitable influencer programs. And today he reveals the roadmap he uses to make it happen.
Get your notebook out!
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