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Episodes on running Meta (Facebook and Instagram) ads for ecommerce: account structure, the algorithm, scaling, and creative testing on Meta.

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Ep. 156 Why Your ROAS Is Holding Your Brand Back

Jun 23, 2026 · 32 min

Ep. 156 Why Your ROAS Is Holding Your Brand Back

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that brands chasing reported ROAS and reacting to a few bad days are slowly shrinking their own reach, because attribution gives...

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Ep 152 | Why Your Email Strategy Is About to Stop Working

Apr 28, 2026 · 22 min

Ep 152 | Why Your Email Strategy Is About to Stop Working

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that inbox filtering, including Gmail's new AI inbox, is making old email and retention playbooks less reliable. Their answer is...

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Ep. 149 | AI Won’t Replace Marketers (But It Will Change Everything)

Mar 17, 2026 · 47 min

Ep. 149 | AI Won’t Replace Marketers (But It Will Change Everything)

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that many brands cap their own growth on Meta by holding to an arbitrary ROAS target instead of building a financial model aroun...

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Ep. 140 Black Friday Bonanza: Mastering Marketing in the iOS 26 Era

Sep 30, 2025 · 41 min

Ep. 140 Black Friday Bonanza: Mastering Marketing in the iOS 26 Era

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that iOS 26's filtering of texts from unknown senders, together with more email landing in promotions tabs, makes owned channels...

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Ep.139 Diversity or Die: Why Your Ad Creative Needs a Makeover

Sep 16, 2025 · 48 min

Ep.139 Diversity or Die: Why Your Ad Creative Needs a Makeover

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that shifting viewer behavior toward fast, entertainment-driven scrolling means brands need to upload new creative more often an...

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EP. 127 Beyond the Dashboard: Metrics That Actually Drive Business Growth w/ Cody Wittick @ Kynship

Jun 3, 2025 · 68 min

EP. 127 Beyond the Dashboard: Metrics That Actually Drive Business Growth w/ Cody Wittick @ Kynship

Cody Wittick, co-founder and co-CEO of Kynship, joins Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart to argue that in-platform ROAS and CPA mislead brands, and that the business-lev...

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EP. 121 Google, Meta or TikTok? The Ad Effectiveness Debate

Apr 22, 2025 · 32 min

EP. 121 Google, Meta or TikTok? The Ad Effectiveness Debate

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart give a candid state-of-the-channels update: Meta is still where most of their ad spend goes, but it has become inconsistent, while Goo...

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EP. 110 Social Media Earthquake: Navigating TikTok Bans and Brand Survival

Jan 21, 2025 · 49 min

EP. 110 Social Media Earthquake: Navigating TikTok Bans and Brand Survival

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that a possible U.S. TikTok ban is a warning about a broader problem: most brands are reaching far fewer people than they think,...

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EP. 108 Is Meta On The Decline?

Dec 10, 2024 · 44 min

EP. 108 Is Meta On The Decline?

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that Meta ads held up over Black Friday, with higher costs per click offset by strong conversion rates. In their view, the real...

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EP. 105 Unlocking Ad Success: How Creative Drives Conversions

Nov 5, 2024 · 55 min

EP. 105 Unlocking Ad Success: How Creative Drives Conversions

Mark Goldhart and Trevor Crump argue that most brands cannot afford big evergreen ads, so they have to win by testing a high volume of creative concepts and hooks. T...

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EP. 104 Don’t Let Rising Ad Costs Kill Your Business: Essential Survival Tactics

Oct 29, 2024 · 43 min

EP. 104 Don’t Let Rising Ad Costs Kill Your Business: Essential Survival Tactics

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that Meta ads still work in an election year, but costs have risen and organic reach has shrunk, so operators need to judge perf...

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EP. 78 Your Survival Guide To The 2024 Presidential Election Ad Apocalypse

Feb 20, 2024 · 59 min

EP. 78 Your Survival Guide To The 2024 Presidential Election Ad Apocalypse

Trevor Crump and Mark Goldhart argue that political ad spending in 2024 will compete for the same Meta inventory as ecommerce brands, raising CPMs in the weeks befor...

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EP. 74 Facebook Advertising: Beyond ROAs To Customer Lifetime Value w/ Professor Charlie Tichenor

Jan 23, 2024 · 40 min

EP. 74 Facebook Advertising: Beyond ROAs To Customer Lifetime Value w/ Professor Charlie Tichenor

Charlie Tichenor, founder of Disruptor School, argues that judging Facebook ads by ROAS or first-purchase CPA misreads what the platform does. In his view, Facebook...

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