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💗 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2026

🎧 Where Should That Click Go? Landing Pages, Homepages, and PDPs
Learn why sending paid traffic to your homepage kills conversion and how intent-matched landing pages, PDPs, and frameworks can dramatically improve performance. This episode breaks down message hierarchy, page selection, and proven layouts to turn ad clicks into predictable revenue.
AKNF Podcast
Landing Pages
January 20, 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 20, 2026

🎧 The Big Three: UGC, CGC, and EGC Plus How to Use Each for Growth
Learn the difference between UGC, CGC, and EGC and how each plays a unique role in trust-building, community growth, and scalable performance. This episode explains when to use each content type and why the right mix depends on your brand’s stage of growth.
Ad-venturous
UGC Campaign
Content Strategy
January 20, 2026

💰 Are Your Lead Gen Campaigns Actually Making You Money?
Most brands celebrate cheap CPLs but never check if lead gen campaigns actually produced profitable customers compared to evergreen or promo campaigns. This breakdown explains how to calculate true ROI using a simple worksheet so you can decide whether to scale lead gen or reallocate budget for stronger returns in 2026.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
Lead Generation
January 20, 2026

🚀 Keep Sales Moving After The Holidays
Turn the post-holiday slump into growth by leaning into “reset” messaging, clearing inventory strategically, and keeping customers engaged in January. Launching new products or offers while competitors go quiet helps brands maintain momentum, gain market share, and start Q1 strong.
Pilothouse Tips & Tricks
January 20, 2026

🎧 The $200 AOV DTC Brand Built on Pockets, Partnerships, and Purpose
Learn how Wildfang boosted AOV, cut CAC, and drove 25% of revenue through strategic partnerships, vertical expansion, and smarter Meta strategy. This episode breaks down how the brand rebuilt its growth engine, prioritized profitability, and redesigned operations, finance, and paid media to scale sustainably.
DTC Podcast
Brand Partnerships
January 20, 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 20, 2026