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🎧 How Silk & Snow Scaled to 10 Retail Stores By Focusing on Profitable CAC
Silk & Snow scaled to 10 stores by focusing on profitable CAC instead of VC burn, with Albert Chow explaining how brand and retail drove that growth.
DTC Podcast
Scaling
January 14, 2026

💰 Prevent Misunderstandings And Increase Buyer Confidence with An FAQ
Using Amazon A+ Content with FAQ modules answers buyer questions upfront to improve conversion, reduce returns, and increase buyer confidence while lowering customer support load.
Amazon
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
January 14, 2026

💰 Your Customers Aren’t Just Searching. They’re Buying Inside a Multitouchpoint Bubble
Modern buyers decide across TikTok, Reddit, and AI before visiting a brand’s site, and trust inside those channels now drives more sales than traditional search.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Customer Journey
January 13, 2026

🎧 The Angle Audit: How To Break Out Of The $5M “Vibes Plateau”
Ad angles are what turn features and benefits into reasons to care, and most $5M DTC brands stall because they never build durable, persona-driven ones. Avery’s Triangle Framework shows how to scale by matching angles to awareness, curiosity, and insider identity across the funnel.
AKNF Podcast
Ad Strategy
January 13, 2026

💰 Why This Type of January Messaging Is So Effective
January health marketing works best when brands focus on easy, consistent habits instead of extreme transformations. Oats Overnight shows how simple, goal-driven messaging and convenient products drive stronger New Year engagement and conversions.
Ad Breakdown
Ad Creatives
Q1 Tactics
January 12, 2026

💗 Valentine’s Day Sneaks Up Fast. This is When Smart Brands Start Planning.
Valentine’s Day marketing success starts in early January, when brands can shape gifting demand through emotional messaging, proven Q4 creative, and strategic offers. Smart brands boost conversions by planning early, reusing top-performing campaigns, and leveraging shipping deadlines with countdowns and retargeting.
Q1 Tactics
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
January 8, 2026

🎧 How Pretty Litter Scaled to $300M+ With Only 12 Employees
Learn how PrettyLitter scaled to $300M+ with a lean 12-person team by solving a real customer pain point and reinventing a “boring” category into a subscription success. This episode breaks down their growth strategy, media buying wins, and how focus and efficiency led to a major acquisition by Mars P
DTC Podcast
Scaling
Acquisitions
January 7, 2026

🔧 Google Ads New Shortcut Button to Change History
Google Ads introduced a new “Go to…” shortcut button in the Change History report, making it faster to jump directly into specific campaigns or ad groups. This update helps advertisers diagnose performance issues more efficiently and streamline account management.
Platform Update
Google Ads
January 7, 2026

💰 New Year, New Tech Review!
Tighten your Meta tracking before Q1 by auditing pixel events, confirming CAPI accuracy, fixing UTMs, and comparing Events Manager data with Shopify to catch leaks. A clean technical setup improves optimization, lowers CPAs, strengthens retargeting, and sets your brand up for stronger performance through 2026.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Meta
January 7, 2026

💰 Push Prospecting in January!
Refill your top-of-funnel in January by shifting budget toward prospecting, aligning creative with “reset” intent, and targeting cold audiences with problem-solution messaging. Add strong social proof and iterate weekly to rebuild volume, improve ROAS, and avoid a Q1 performance slump.
Q1 Tactics
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
January 6, 2026

✏️ Use The Message Box Framework To Sharpen Your Brand’s Core Story
Use the Message Box Framework to clarify your brand story by mapping how you talk about your brand, how customers talk about themselves, and how they see you. This simple four-quadrant exercise helps reveal messaging gaps, define a clear throughline, and create consistent, memorable communication across every channel.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Branding
January 6, 2026