
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 ๐).
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Jul 11, 2022 โข 54min
EP 17 - Retention 101: Creating Loyalty Programs That Don't Suck
Today we welcome none other than Gina Perrelli, founder of Retextion to the show. Retention is one of the most important parts of your ecom business - but many businesses get this wrong. So today we're going to dive into how to improve your retention with simple, proven tactics. And, we'll show you how to create a loyalty program that isn't terrible (yes, it's possible).
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Jul 6, 2022 โข 45min
EP 16 - Nick Shackelford On How He Built The BEST Live Event In Ecommerce
Today we have the legend himself, Nick Shackelford, on the show as the 3rd host. He's one of the smartest minds in marketing. And today, Nick reveals his best-kept secrets on hosting a killer live event and giving a top tier presentation.
So many notes to take from this one.
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Jun 27, 2022 โข 1h 18min
EP 15 - Split Testing Secrets From $300MM In Sales
Today Ash and Rabah welcome Dylan Ander, founder of splittesting.com and one of the smartest minds in CRO. After $300M in sales for clients, he's here to share some of his secrets...
Banger of an episode.
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Jun 20, 2022 โข 38min
EP 14 - Why The Best Ecom Brands Prioritize Creative Testing (And How To Do It)
Creative is the biggest lever for paid media growth. If you've been in ecom the past year or so, you've seen this sentiment thrown around a lot.
And rightfully so.
Today Ash and Rabah welcome Chase Mohseni, Head of Marketing & Growth at @PencilAI, to the show as 3rd seat to dive into why you need to be prioritizing creative testing in the current ecom environment.
Ash also dives into his recent need to cut back on ad spend in the past few weeks - so if you've found your brand in a similar spot, this discussion will be useful.
Truly a fantastic episode.
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Jun 13, 2022 โข 1h 3min
EP 13 - How Kenny Hanson Built Mentor Pass [Special Guest]
Today we have a special guest on the show. Kenny Hanson is co-founder and CEO of Mentor Pass, a platform that helps people like you get personalized advice from the worldโs best DTC operators.
And he has quite the story (with lots of lessons for you). We also dive into how ecom businesses can approach marketing like a SaaS.
Plus... which celebrity would each of the boys start a brand with, and what would they sell?
Fantastic episode.
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Jun 6, 2022 โข 54min
EP 12 - The Playbook To Scale High-Spending Ad Accounts, Unconventional Ways To Increase AOV, and More
Today, we welcome an ecommerce powerhouse to the show: Jordan Menard. Jordan is the founder of Motif Digital, where he helps top brands acquire customers.
On this ep. we're diving into scaling high spending accounts (the rules change at high budgets!), how to increase your AOV, and more.
Fantastic episode.
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Jun 1, 2022 โข 51min
EP 11 - Seasonal Marketing Playbook, Retail's Relationship With DTC, and More
A lot of marketers mess up holiday promos. Sure, you make sales. But the next month usually gets bad - like, real bad.
So today, we brought in marketing genius, Shray Joshi (founder of Good Peeps and former head of marketing at Nuggs and Health Ade Kombucha) to break down how to think about holiday sales.
We also get into how the use DTC data to guide retail domination (and vice versa), high converting landing pages, and even a little attribution talk towards the end.
Fantastic episode.
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May 9, 2022 โข 45min
EP 10 - Unique Strategies to Scale TikTok Ads (What's Working Now)
Trying to scale TikTok ads? Having trouble finding what's working?
This episode will help with that. Between Ash's experience with Obvi and Cody's experience with JRB - the amount of specific, actionable advice in this ep is second to none.
Enjoy! And be sure to share the link with a friend :)
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Apr 25, 2022 โข 54min
EP 09 - The Truth About MER (Is It Useful?)
Today, the boys are back together and dive into MER. Is it a useful KPI? In what context? Listen to this episode to hear our thoughts.
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Apr 19, 2022 โข 56min
EP 08 - The Proven CRO Playbook with Shaun Brandt
Small changes in conversion rate mean BIG changes in revenue. So today we brought on a special guest host to break it all down: Shaun Brandt. Shaun is co-founder over at Oddit. This episode shouldn't be free, but it is. So enjoy :)
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