#029 - In this special episode of Better Advertising with Better AMS things are about to get really exciting! Your hosts, Destaney Wishon and Justin Nuckols, will be chatting with the awesome Amazonians who brought us the latest cool tools from Amazon’s 2023 unBoxed keynotes. We’ve got Teresa, Ruslana, Kelly, and Jeff here to spill the beans and give us the inside scoop. We’re going to dive deep, ask the burning questions, and get to know all the amazing stuff these experts have been working on....
Oct 31, 2023•37 min•Ep. 29
#028 - In this episode of the Better Advertising with Better AMS podcast, host Destaney Wishon interviews Bryan Porter, co-founder of Simple Modern. They discuss the importance of building a brand on Amazon, the evolution of Simple Modern's brand strategy, and the role of advertising in their growth. Bryan shares insights on how they have honed in on their brand angle, the value of high-quality content in product listings, and the impact of packaging on the customer experience. He also discusses...
Oct 19, 2023•48 min•Ep. 28
#027 - Josh Leon is an advertising specialist and partner at Panther Vision, an outdoor gear and lighting brand. He has extensive experience in marketing and has successfully launched products on both Amazon and Kickstarter. In this episode, Justin Nuckols interviews Josh Leon from Panther Vision about their experience with crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Josh shares how they started on Amazon before venturing into Kickstarter and how the platform has helped them develop their brand identity and un...
Oct 16, 2023•34 min•Ep. 27
#026 - Gabriel Cáceros joins host Justin Nuckols to discuss the international side of ad management on Amazon. They focus on the differences between advertising on Amazon in the US and in countries like Mexico. Gabriel explains that Amazon Mexico is one of the fastest-growing marketplaces and highlights the unique advertising strategies and opportunities available in these international markets. He emphasizes that while the conversion rates may be lower in international marketplaces, the CPCs (c...
Oct 06, 2023•31 min•Ep. 26
#025 - In this insightful conversation with Justin Nuckols and Alicia Long, we delve into Alicia's appearance on Shark Tank, her experience of launching her brand Nutr , and her new venture, New Ecomm Era - a community and course launched to teach organic ranking & top of funnel targeting - basically TikTok, UGC content, & influencer marketing. Alicia also details the impact of Shark Tank as a catalyst, the importance of being omnichannel in advertising, the rise of TikTok as a powerful ...
Jun 28, 2023•28 min•Ep. 25
#024 - BetterAMS' own Destaney & Dustin discuss the latest Amazon Advertising developments, including Amazon Marketing Cloud & Amazon Marketing Stream. Dustin shares his insights on the value of these tools and how brands can leverage them to improve their advertising campaigns. The conversation also covers the downsides of Amazon Marketing Stream and the importance of staying up-to-date on the latest developments in Amazon Advertising. Additionally, they discuss the impact of day partin...
Jun 12, 2023•25 min•Ep. 24
#023 - Join Elizabeth Greene, co-founder of Junglr , and BetterAMS' Dustin Wassner - the leading experts in Amazon advertising & bulk operations - as they delve into the intricacies of managing ads at scale. Discover the power of Amazon Bulk Operations with Elizabeth and Dustin as they explore the two-dimensional spreadsheet, offering an all-in-one view of your ad account, including campaigns, ads, & targets. Uncover how this tool can streamline account analysis and facilitate efficient ...
May 16, 2023•43 min•Ep. 23
#022 - Erica Rankin is the founder and chief everything officer of Bro Dough : a better-for-you snack company that sells edible protein cookie dough which is plant-based, lower in sugar, and with added protein. Erica reflects on impulsiveness and willingness to take risks, which ultimately gave her the courage to take the plunge into entrepreneurship. Also hear Destaney and Erica share their advice about having the confidence to just do it, rather than waiting for the perfect time - whatever "it...
Apr 11, 2023•33 min•Ep. 22
#021 - David Khoshpasand comes from both the agency perspective having been at Tinuiti and more recently on the brand side at Hasbro. His expertise described as "developing business strategies for growth" is where we'll dive in today. We cover principles from Alchemy of Growth and Measure What Matters , and specifically how David uses these frameworks internally at Hasbro to drive group focus and measurement on today's and tomorrow's goals to keep growing the business - everything from today's r...
Mar 29, 2023•31 min•Ep. 21
#020 - Matt Kubancik has been selling on Walmart for over a decade, ever since it merged with Jet.com, and has personally witnessed the evolution of Walmart's e-commerce marketplace. Having seen Walmart's emphasis on bringing name-brands into the retailer and offering an alternative to Amazon Prime, Matt believes Walmart is best-positioned to rival Amazon with current macroeconomics trends. Learn how his team at Guardian Baseball has found success with Walmart through developing relationships wi...
Feb 21, 2023•33 min•Ep. 20
#019 - Kyle Peters is the one developing your next favorite product from Nestle. Learn about how his teams research, test, and iterate on product concepts before they reach a national rollout. One of private label sellers biggest headaches, Kyle details what metrics are most important when deciding if products in your catalog should be discontinued to free up investments for other projects. And when it is time to bring the product to market, we cover how face-to-face product demos and sampling c...
Feb 07, 2023•38 min•Ep. 19
#018 - Matt Gallant's approach to product research, customer avatars, and harmonizing across your marketing has helped him & BiOptimizers dominate in their niche. Building a competitive brand takes winning smaller niches to build up to a bigger fight - to put it in Matt's boxing terms. Matt and Destaney dive into their favorite personality tests with recommendations for those looking to explore personal development in 2023. Try Nootopia here Follow Matt on LinkedIn and read his blog Follow D...
Jan 25, 2023•42 min•Ep. 18
#017 - From our talk in late 2022, Brenton Baderdeen from P&P Imports joins us to reflect on Black Friday/Cyber Monday performance, how their brands structure & advertise across a seasonal catalog, and how they use CommerceIQ to efficiently scale their advertising and reporting. We get very specific on Amazon creative ad type recommendations, from how long your Sponsored Brand video should be, to the type of audio to play over it, and the best copy for conversions and attracting New-to-B...
Jan 10, 2023•42 min•Ep. 17
#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 e...
Dec 20, 2022•38 min•Ep. 16
#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. Read Wonders...
Dec 06, 2022•24 min•Ep. 15
#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 ...
Nov 29, 2022•31 min•Ep. 14
#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 boos...
Nov 22, 2022•33 min•Ep. 13
#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 br...
Nov 15, 2022•18 min•Ep. 12
#011 - Understand how DSP can be used for your brand to target buyers at any stage of the buyer journey! What's covered: 🔶 What is Amazon DSP 🔶 How it differs from Sponsored Display 🔶 How to piggyback off of PPC traffic 🔶 Our top 4 DSP remarketing strategies 🔶 How to get started! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Nov 03, 2022•32 min•Ep. 11
#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: How to optimize based on price point Segmenting your PPC budget & KPI's for Offensive & Defensive strategies How we use DSP after big traffic days, like Black Friday & Cyber Monday Plus Keith's life hacks for the home office - check out his set up ! Fol...
Nov 01, 2022•23 min•Ep. 10
#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. Follow David on LinkedIn Follow Justin on LinkedIn Follow Destaney on LinkedIn Learn more about BetterAMS See Privacy Po...
Oct 25, 2022•32 min•Ep. 9
#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: How to continue growing mature brands How to prevent your own brands from competing with themselves Importance of clean structures & nomenclature in your advertising Scaling with a team & processes as your catalog grows What a dream brand to acquire looks like Follow Sumit ...
Oct 18, 2022•28 min•Ep. 8
#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 Ama...
Oct 11, 2022•24 min•Ep. 7
#006 - One of the ecommerce community's most active LinkedIn members, Josh Justice joins the show to chat topics from educating corporate boardrooms on full funnel Amazon advertising, to setting the right KPIs according to different campaign strategies, and more. As the Search Marketing Manager at the LEGO Group, one of the greatest toy companies in the world, Josh tells of the lessons he's learned along the way working at an agency, private label supplement brand, and even living in China where...
Oct 05, 2022•35 min•Ep. 6
#005 - Talking with our BetterAMS technical genius, Dustin Wassner, on the Amazon API and its ability to scale advertising tasks such budget adjustments, rules-based bidding, keyword recommendations, & more. Dustin shares thoughts on where Amazon PPC could be headed as Amazon Marketing Stream now offers real-time data that provides insights on conversion rates and CPC's that we never had previously. If you're looking to bring tech to your brand and business, Dustin is the man to talk to! Dus...
Sep 13, 2022•26 min•Ep. 35
#004 - We're sharing the fundamental advertising campaigns we recommend setting up when you are launching new products & ASINs on Amazon. Improving your click-through rate when you don't have reviews can be tricky and hurt your organic and paid performance. We'll offer simple tips to use at launch that are shown to improve click-through rate and competitiveness in the search results on launch day. Amazon Sponsored Ad Policies & Custom Headline Copy Guidelines See Privacy Policy at https:...
Aug 30, 2022•15 min•Ep. 26
#003 - Listen in as Adam Mellott of the BetterAMS team joins to share his expertise in Amazon DSP. We'll cover the similarities that Sponsored Display and DSP have in common, but more importantly, the more-precise targeting capabilities that make the DSP platform so much more powerful. We show how utilizing DSP with small differences can save tons of wasted spend both for brands that have one-time customers or customers that repeat purchases. Follow Adam on LinkedIn here See Privacy Policy at ht...
Aug 16, 2022•18 min•Ep. 36
#002 - Today we dive into Prime Day performances and the tactics we saw sellers use to maximize sales on one of the biggest traffic days of the year . Highlighting the ad types we as an agency saw dominate in gaining new-to-brand customers, how drastically CPC's increased, & even how sellers are continuing to maximize the traffic they earned on Prime Day late into Fall. We also offer recommendations on PPC strategies you can build out today that are critical in earning all the ad placements ...
Aug 16, 2022•18 min•Ep. 11
#001 - Better Advertising with BetterAMS is a podcast for Amazon sellers & the e-commerce community to share strategies to optimize & scale online brands with Amazon PPC and Amazon DSP. Your hosts, Justin Nuckols & Destaney Wishon, talk with other advertisers, online sellers, & brands dominating their categories on Amazon. On the show, we chat topics from organically ranking products with PPC, to using Sponsored Display for more than just remarketing, to maximizing ROAS on Prime ...
Aug 04, 2022•6 min•Ep. 12
