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🎧 Meta Ads Aren’t About Targeting Anymore: How $5-$50 Million Dollar Brands Win With Intent-Based Creative
Meta ads success for $5–$50M brands now comes from intent-based creative that resolves customer friction, not targeting or persuasion, in the post-Andromeda era.
AKNF Podcast
Meta Ads
February 3, 2026

🍅 How Heinz’s KegChup Wins Game Day Attention
Heinz’s KegChup shows how a bold, culturally relevant product launch can win Super Bowl–level attention on social without paying for an $8M TV ad.
Ad Campaign Breakdown
Super Bowl Ads
February 3, 2026

🎧 Bundles Aren’t Discounts. They’re Strategy
Strategic product bundles increase AOV without hurting conversion by aligning bundle design to customer lifecycle stage, using frictionless offers for first-time buyers and behavior-driven bundles for returning customers.
Ad-venturous
Bundling
AOV
February 3, 2026

🔢 Using Meta Value Rules to Prioritize High-LTV Audiences
Meta value rules let advertisers prioritize high-LTV audiences by assigning higher conversion value to key segments, helping Meta shift spend toward customers more likely to drive long-term revenue and significantly improve ROAS.
Meta Ads
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
February 3, 2026

💰 Magic Spoon’s Buyer Journey: From Discovery To Checkout
Magic Spoon’s buyer journey shows how AI-driven search visibility, faster site speed, and lower-friction starter offers can improve discovery, conversion, and first-time purchase rates.
Brand Breakdown
February 3, 2026

🤖 OpenAI Says ChatGPT Ads Will Cost A Premium Price
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT ads will launch in the U.S. in February with CPMs starting at $60+, positioning the platform as a premium, intent-driven advertising channel.
AI News
ChatGPT
February 3, 2026

🎧 Diagnosing A Drop in Email Revenue
This episode breaks down a practical framework for diagnosing email revenue drops by isolating send volume versus revenue per send and explaining how list dynamics, segment mix, inboxing, and attribution distort performance signals.
TWBERP Podcast
Email Strategy
February 3, 2026

🎤 Liquid I.V. Makes Big Game Debut With EJAE
Liquid I.V. makes its Big Game debut with EJAE, using a culturally timed, emotionally grounded performance to show how hydration directly fuels real-world performance and lasting brand impact.
Ad Breakdown
Super Bowl LX
February 3, 2026

🎧 How Fan Bi Revives DTC Brands with 30 Days of Cash Left
Fan Bi explains how distressed DTC brands can survive and sell by fixing product-channel fit, cutting overhead, and prioritizing profitability in today’s post-boom M&A market.
DTC Podcast
Mergers & Acquisitions
February 3, 2026

💰 How The Viral K Beauty Brand Leverages Social Proof
Beauty of Joseon drives viral K-beauty growth and $5.7M in monthly revenue by treating creators as product infrastructure, using social proof, UGC, and shoppable video to turn community trust into conversions.
Tech Stack
Shopify apps
February 3, 2026

🎧 How To Nail DTC Merchandising in Q1: From Scroll To Sale
Learn how to nail DTC merchandising in Q1 by aligning creative, customer intent, data, and offers to drive conversions from scroll to sale.
AKNF Podcast
Merchandising
February 3, 2026

👀 The Case for CGC Statics
Static CGC ads often outperform video by delivering lower CPMs, reduced CPAs, faster testing, and more efficient scalable growth in performance marketing.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Meta Ads
February 3, 2026

🎧 The Personal Rebrand Era (And What Brands Should Know About It)
The rise of personal rebrands is reshaping DTC strategy by shifting brands from one-time purchases toward identity-driven subscriptions, rituals, and long-term retention.
Ad-venturous
Branding
February 3, 2026

♥️ You Don’t Need Flowers or Jewelry To Run V Day Creative…
Valentine’s Day marketing doesn’t require romantic products—brands can drive incremental sales by starting early and using self-gifting, friendship, and confidence-based creative to capture high-intent shoppers.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Ad Strategy
February 3, 2026