In ecommerce marketing today, acquisition costs are rising, tariffs are up, and growth is harder to come by, which means DTC brands are under pressure to do more with leaner teams. That got us thinking about where are marketers - and our teams - wasting time, and how can we work more efficiently without sacrificing performance?

In this episode, we break down the marketing workflows, habits, and internal processes that slow teams down and drain resources, from spending too long refining content that should’ve shipped, to full landing page redesigns, creative testing that never scales, and attribution deep dives that don’t lead to action.

We also talk about how to run a lean marketing team without losing output, where DTC marketers tend to overcomplicate, and how to better prioritize what actually drives performance, and much more.

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00:00 Kickoff and Prime Day Preparations

02:53 Marketing Strategies for Major Sales Events

05:45 Driving Traffic to Amazon: Strategies and Insights

09:07 The Importance of Attribution Links

11:54 Exploring Paid Traffic for Amazon

14:52 Wasting Time in E-commerce: Identifying Inefficiencies

17:54 The Balance of Ad Volume and Quality

21:11 Learning from Product Launches: Successes and Failures

23:46 The Role of Plain Text Emails in Retention

27:13 Leveraging Existing Products for New Launches

41:49 Wasting Time and High Leverage Attachments

48:29 Customer Service Tools and Efficiency

57:01 Evaluating SEO and Affiliate Marketing

01:01:08 Setting Clear Goals for Marketing Functions

01:04:32 Retail as a Growth Channel

01:10:40 Operationalizing Marketing Insights

01:18:49 The Interconnectedness of Digital and Retail Revenue

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