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💡 Amazon is No Longer an Ads Game, It’s a Brand Game
Amazon is evolving from a pay-to-play ad platform into a brand-first ecosystem where creative, customer experience, and off-platform traffic are key to success. To win, brands must shift focus from pure PPC tactics to full-funnel strategies that build long-term equity and drive multi-channel demand.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Amazon
June 19, 2025
🎧 They Subscribed, Now What? Reviewing Welcome Emails
In this TWBERP podcast episode, Jordan Gordon breaks down welcome and abandonment emails from brands like KITH, Everlane, and Outway to reveal what drives retention and conversion.
TWBERP Podcast
Email Strategy
June 19, 2025
💡 How Hulken Wins Over Customers Worldwide
Hulken, a rolling tote bag brand generating $1.3M/month in DTC revenue, leverages a powerful Shopify tech stack to boost global conversions.
Tech Stack
Shopify apps
June 19, 2025
🎧 How Shiti Coolers Turned A Joke Into a $320K Sticker Business and Built the First Party Cooler Brand
Explore how Shiti Coolers turned a viral joke into a $320K sticker business and pioneered the party cooler category through humor-based branding and grassroots events. This DTC podcast episode reveals strategies behind their explosive growth, event-driven marketing, and loyal community-building tactics.
DTC Podcast
Scaling
Community Building Strategy
June 19, 2025
💡 Make Your Ad Dollars Work Harder
Discover three proven strategies to increase your Average Order Value (AOV) and make your digital ad spend go further. Learn how to use price anchors, upsells, and smart product bundling to boost profitability and ROAS without acquiring new customers.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Meta Ads
AOV
June 19, 2025
🎧 How Hestan Built a 40% Repeat Purchase Engine With Content
Learn how Hestan achieves a 40% repeat purchase rate through chef-led content, plain-text emails, and strategic storytelling. In this podcast episode, Christina Chonody reveals how aligning retention with paid efforts builds loyalty and drives long-term revenue.
AKNF Podcast
Customer Retention
June 19, 2025
🤪 Marketing Stunts: Pit Diapers and Bathwater
Learn how brands like Liquid Death and Dr. Squatch are going viral by turning absurd marketing stunts—like pit diapers and bathwater—into entertainment-driven campaigns. These shock-value collaborations generate buzz, boost brand visibility, and show how humor and boldness can drive shareability and cultural relevance.
Marketing Trends
Liquid Death
Dr. Squatch
June 19, 2025
RXBAR
RXBar expands its no B.S. branding with a Chrome extension that scrubs corporate jargon like “synergy” and “disruptor” from social media. This clever tool reinforces RXBar’s commitment to transparency and authenticity—core to its brand and product messaging.
Ad Campaign Breakdown
Food
June 19, 2025
💡 Speed and Feedback Loops = Key To Unlocking Scale on Paid
Zara’s $11B success shows that speed and real-time feedback loops—not just bold marketing—are key to scaling. By rapidly launching new products and adapting based on customer behavior, Zara mirrors the high-frequency creative testing and performance monitoring used in paid DTC strategies to unlock growth efficiently.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Meta Ads
June 19, 2025
📦 Your Daily Tariff Check-In
Stay up to date on the latest tariff developments—June 6, 2025, brings news that the U.S. and China are restarting trade talks after a positive 90-minute call between Trump and Xi Jinping. The renewed discussions signal potential shifts in tariff policies that could impact global trade and ecommerce strategy.
Breaking News
Trump's Tariffs
June 19, 2025
🍎 Discover How Plant People Dominated The Wellness Space With A Multi-Channel Approach
minisocial
June 19, 2025
Search Surge - Dopamine Menu
Discover the rising trend of dopamine menus—a curated list of joyful activities designed to boost your mood and provide a mental reset. Originally popularized for ADHD, these menus are now embraced by the self-care movement as a way to combat anxiety and overwhelm. What’s on your dopamine menu?
Search Surge
Google Trends
June 6, 2025