#016 - Zulay Kitchen has been a dominant brand in the Home & Kitchen category for years, and largely due to the genius & branding insights of Aaron Cordovez. Hear how to find the next product to launch by using Amazon's most obvious data, as well as how to use pricing across your products to build a moat competitors cannot defeat - look at Zulay's milk frothers as a case example. Aaron talks on his offering to help sellers expand to new marketplaces like Walmart at no-risk with Aaron's expertise. We'll cover Samurai Seller, an affordable ad management software, for sellers looking for a solution to take advertising off your plate. Links are below for all resources in this episode.

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#015 - Wonderskin is a great case study for their viral Tik Tok success, and Founder & CEO Michael Malinsky joins us to talk about how they built a brand with key advantages in the marketplace - it was fun to share & talk about with friends, and made you want to return to the brand to shop additional products. These edges helped their advertising efficiency in such a competitive category as makeup by building a relationship with their customers in a experiential, visual way.  

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#014 - PetIQ is a brand that has put focus on building a digitally native brand with incredible insights behind their customer acquisition strategies. Kyle Lembke of the PetIQ team joins to discuss how to build an e-commerce team with various marketing experts like TikTok, calculating your customer acquisition costs compared to lifetime value, and exploring how many Prime Days and promotional days is too much for a brand. Stick to the end to hear Kyle & Destaney's thoughts on Amazon Unboxed event from late October.

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#013 - We've all seen Amazon release features that look similar to social media & Instagram specifically. All things from running Amazon Lives to the incremental exposure from Amazon Posts, Emery Steinweg talks about how Lovepop uses new social features to engage with their shoppers in ways most sellers currently are not. Learn how strengthening this area of advertising can open a form of email marketing directly to your Amazon customers, potentially help you avoid negative reviews, and boost impressions when running deals & promotions.

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#012 - If you haven't brought a data scientist onto your team but want to understand your marketing spend in ways Amazon can't show, Michael tells us about his experience with external tools. For a brand that is sharing space between a one-time purchase vertical & another in a CPG, repeat-purchase vertical, Michael must set & measure KPIs accordingly. We also discuss the new DSP beta targeting features that are allowing Michael to cross-sell his products to existing subscribers in the brand.

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#011 - Understand how DSP can be used for your brand to target buyers at any stage of the buyer journey! What's covered:

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#010 - Keith Hamann is our guest today and joins with a wealth of knowledge in e-commerce marketplaces built over the past several years, even as an FBA owner himself at one time. Listen in for various Amazon marketing topics such as:

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#009 - Supply chain has been a top concern for all sellers at some point in the last two years. David Glick, the Chief Technology Officer of Flexe, joins to talk about the omnichannel distribution & fulfillment offerings at Flexe, as well as his thoughts on the progress of the Walmart marketplace, and stories of his time developing logistics at Amazon in the early 2000's. 

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#008 - Ever wonder what happens to the marketing efforts after brands are sold to Amazon aggregators? Today we talk with the Head of Marketplace Advertising, Sumit Garhwal, from Marketplace Powerbrands to learn about:

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#007 - Dude, this episode you can't miss! We're joined by the legendary entrepreneur behind DUDE Wipes, Sean Riley, whom you may recognize from Shark Tank when Sean & his co-founders partnered with Mark Cuban! Today we are looking back at how Sean & friends built a top-category brand off of Amazon using top of funnel marketing, such as putting "DUDE Wipes" on UFC fighter Tyron Woodley's shorts. Sean details how they utilize DUDE Products' omnichannel presence to attract customers on Amazon & see repeat sales on other channels, balancing risks to differentiate your brand to your target market, and how they double down on winners to grow the product catalog.

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