You probably know him from the YouTube ad that begins with "YouTube beats Facebook every time…" ‍ In this episode, I interview Aleric Heck, founder and CEO of Ad Outreach and KeywordSearch.com, to discuss how eCommerce businesses can leverage YouTube ads for growth. ‍ Key takeaways include: - Aleric's journey from creating a successful YouTube chan…

Brett Curry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrettcurry/) talks to Jimmy Sansone (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-sansone-aa80b881/) about the founding story of The Normal Brand. __ Sponsored by OMG Commerce - go to (https://www.omgcommerce.com/contact) and request your FREE strategy session today! __ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction and Jimmy’s Bac…

Brett Curry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrettcurry/) talks to Jeremy Horowitz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyhorowitz1/) about the current state of eCommerce. __ Sponsored by OMG Commerce - go to (https://www.omgcommerce.com/contact) and request your FREE strategy session today! __ Chapters: (00:00) Intro (01:58) The State of eCommerce (12:…

Brett Curry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrettcurry/) talks to Jeff Cohen from Amazon (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreycohen/) about amazon ads news and trends. __ Sponsored by OMG Commerce - go to (https://www.omgcommerce.com/contact) and request your FREE strategy session today! __ Show Notes: (00:00) Introduction (07:54) Vertical Video for…

Brett Curry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrettcurry/) talks to Brayn Porter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbryanporter/) about how to build a brand on Amazon. __ Sponsored by OMG Commerce - go to (https://www.omgcommerce.com/contact) and request your FREE strategy session today! __ Show Notes: (00:00) Introduction (04:11) Simple Modern’s Founding…

Brett Curry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrettcurry/) talks about the parallels between parenting and running a business. __ Sponsored by OMG Commerce - go to (https://www.omgcommerce.com/contact) and request your FREE strategy session today! __ Show Notes: (00:00) Introduction (03:12) Lesson 1 - Where All Making It Up As We Go (06:58) Lesson 2 …

Brett Curry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrettcurry/) talks to Kyle Fraughton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylefraughton/) about ambassador programs and the power of UGC. __ Sponsored by OMG Commerce - go to (https://www.omgcommerce.com/contact) and request your FREE strategy session today! __ Show Notes: (00:00) Introduction (02:40) Kyle’s Back…

Brett Curry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrettcurry/) talks to Sean Frank (http://twitter.com/SeanEcom/) about what it takes to win as a DTC brand in 2024. __ Sponsored by OMG Commerce - go to (https://www.omgcommerce.com/contact) and request your FREE strategy session today! __ Show Notes: (00:00) Introduction (01:18) The Operators Podcast (06:…

If Google isn’t within your top 2 channels for new customer acquisition - 2024 should be the year you change that. In this episode, I interview Matt Slaymaker on the latest and greatest from Google. Here’s a look at what we cover: What are the best brands doing on Google that others aren’t? What are the keys to a better, more productive relationshi…

So much has changed on Amazon since we started helping sellers on the platform in 2016 (I can’t believe we’ve been in the Amazon game for 8 years). In this episode, I chat with Trenton Bodenbach, OMG Amazon Strategist. We discuss some new potential game-changers on Amazon for 2024, strategy, and who’s winning and who’s not on the platform. Here’s a…

I love this episode. Not just because my guest, Rabah Rahil, is a super smart dude with an eye for fashion. I love it because we tackle two of the biggest issues facing brands, agencies, and developers in the DTC space: How to think about and utilize AI for better results (especially if you’ve resisted it a bit). How to evolve the customer shopping…

In the DTC space, there are always headwinds. Supply chain issues. Amazon account shutdowns. Meta or Google ad account issues. And new headwinds pop up daily. That's why I love this conversation with Aaron Nosbisch so much. Aaron and my buddy Nick Shackelford run Lucyd - a social ad agency that focuses on CBD and Cannabis products, and now Brez, a …

Cody Wittick is the man. College hoops player. Agency owner. Podcast host. And, now, new dad! Most important for this discussion: Cody knows how to scale DTC brands with influencer marketing. In this episode, we discuss the right and wrong ways to build an influencer marketing program. We talk about winning creatives and who's smarter: media buyers…

This year was an AMAZING year of podcast guests. Today, I wanted to reflect on and recap 12 of my favorite lessons from this year. 1. Creative Thinking as a Competitive Advantage - Million Dollar Mindset (Ep 231) This episode was the most shared episode of the year. It ended up in a few forums and got a lot of love. What helped Will and the team gr…

How is your finance stack? We all love to talk about our tech or marketing stacks, but the financial side gets less attention. Heck, you might not even know for sure what your finance stack is! My guest today is an eComm legend, Bill D'Alessandro. Bill is the founder and CEO of Elements Brands. He's built or acquired 8 brands and sold 7. Before his…

What do you do when you grow 25% YoY but realize you’re losing money? How do you adjust when what has always worked in the past stops working? What steps do you take when your cost to acquire a new customer is skyrocketing, and nothing is bringing it down? If you’re like some brand owners, you keep doing the same stuff but try to do it better. Some…

In some ways, we know everything and nothing about our customers at the same time. We have mountains of data at our fingertips for every customer interaction. But we can’t see our customers. We don’t really know what they love, why they buy, or what they’re into—even insights into why they bought from us or how they first learned about us are muddy…

Download The YouTube Ads Checklist Here YouTube offers TREMENDOUS scale opportunities. Just ask Dr. Squatch, Purple Mattress, Organifi, and Manscapped. But it's NOT the easiest platform to scale with. We're one of the top spenders on YouTube ads. We've spent more than almost any agency our size on the platform and learned what works and what doesn'…

Few DTC brands have been as polarizing or as successful as Chubbies. The Chubbies story is a wild one. It started with humble beginnings, selling shorts one by one in parks around the Stanford campus, leading to an IPO. Four Stanford college students had 3 things in common: 1. They were tired of working for the man. 2. They didn't fit the "Abercrom…

“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” “The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results.” Not sure where I first heard these quotes, but they definitely apply to this week’s episode. I firmly believe that to grow like no one else is growing, you must do what…

How can you make the most of the Cyber 5? It all comes down to strategy, planning and execution. Ideally, you’re planning all year and working on the perfect strategies to attract new customers and inspire existing customers to buy more. But planning is only part of the success equation. Making adjustments and tweaks based on what’s working and wha…

I believe in the who, not the how, for more business problems and opportunities. Want to grow faster? Need to solve a nagging problem? Rather than thinking about how to solve it, you might want to start with who. But that only works well if you have strong leadership skills. As your business grows, you’ll be doing less and leading more. My buddy Pe…

Are you dabbling with generative AI or using it to gain a competitive advantage? Are you getting better at using AI or staying the same? If you're like some professionals I know, maybe you've gotten frustrated with only slight gains using AI, so you've moved on. I'll admit, I'm still just dabbling compared to my buddy Fred. Fred Vallaeys is one of …

Price. It’s an emotional topic for shoppers and for brands. As shoppers were more influenced by price than we care to admit. As brands we’re often afraid to change our prices. And our current prices were probably created a long time ago. It’s almost a certainty that they price for at least some of your products is wrong right now. Byron Myer’s is a…

Why does one hook work and another flops? Why does one offer get customers clicking and buying and another offer get’s only a shrug? How can you know BEFORE you spend money on an ad if it’s likely to convert? Today’s episode is a recording from a recent talk I gave at Ezra Firestone’s Blue Ribbon Mastermind. I break down 7 ad tests guaranteed to ma…