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Jimmy MacDonald, co-founder of Authenticity50, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Authenticity50's DTC Growth: Break Even on Ads First, Then Scale

Jimmy MacDonald co-founded Authenticity50 in 2015 after finding zero made-in-USA bed sheets at any price point. He shares how the brand grew through content-driven SEO, consistent PR hits, and a di...

Nigel Thomas, CEO of Alpha Inbound, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast discussing marketing efficiency ratio and paid social strategy for DTC brands.
Marketing Efficiency Ratio vs ROAS: Alpha Inbound's Framework

Nigel Thomas, CEO of Alpha Inbound, breaks down why marketing efficiency ratio is a more reliable growth metric than ROAS, how cross-channel customer journeys expose the limits of single-channel at...

Gillian Snyder, VP of Marketing at Pureboost, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Entering a Saturated Market with Pureboost's Gillian Snyder

Pureboost VP of Marketing Gillian Snyder explains how the brand carved out space in the crowded energy drink market by identifying a clean-energy gap, launching on Amazon in under 8 months, and sca...

Anja Skodda, CEO and founder of HAPPYBOND, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
HAPPYBOND's Omnichannel Strategy and DTC Lessons for Pet Brands

Biotech scientist Anja Skodda turned a joint supplement she created for her arthritic bulldog into HAPPYBOND, a science-backed pet brand. She covers landing Cesar Millan as an early advocate, recov...

Amy Biddle, ecommerce retail consultant at amybiddle.me, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Lists and Offers Strategy for Ecommerce Growth | Amy Biddle

Ecommerce consultant Amy Biddle breaks down her 'lists and offers' framework for Shopify store owners, covering email content strategy, first-party data collection, product differentiation, and why...

Mike Mayer, CEO of Windmill ACs, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Windmill ACs: DTC Launch Strategy, PR, and Retail Growth

Mike Mayer, CEO of Windmill, built a modern window AC brand from a sweaty Manhattan apartment move in 2018 to retail shelves at Home Depot, Amazon, and Walmart. He breaks down how a pre-launch PR s...

Danny Charbonnet, founder of All Citizens menswear, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Building All Citizens: Brand-First DTC Menswear Strategy

Danny Charbonnet spent 10 months and worked with 6 factories before landing a manufacturing partner that produced for Calvin Klein. His All Citizens menswear brand grew through Reddit word-of-mouth...

Brad Redding, founder and CEO of Elevar, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast.
Ecommerce Analytics Accuracy: Server-Side Tracking with Elevar

Brad Redding, founder of Elevar, breaks down why ecommerce analytics is structurally inaccurate, how server-side tracking recovers lost conversion data, and why the GA4 migration trips up even expe...

Linda Wang, founder and CEO of Karuna Skin and Avatara, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Karuna Skin's Retail Strategy: Two Brands, One Founder

Linda Wang spotted the sheet mask trend in Asia before it hit the US, spent a year developing Karuna Skin, and built two national brands stocked at Target, Whole Foods, Anthropologie, and Walmart. ...

Chris Boyd, co-founder and CEO of Monday Gin, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Monday Gin: Non-Alcoholic Spirits Strategy, Timing, and D2C Growth

Chris Boyd, co-founder of Monday Gin, shares how a birthday night gin-and-tonic moment led to a Kickstarter-funded, pandemic-era D2C launch. He covers finding a distiller after 85 rejections, using...

Kasim Aslam, founder of Solutions 8, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast discussing Google Ads strategy for ecommerce brands.
Google Ads Strategy for Ecommerce Founders | Solutions 8

Kasim Aslam of Solutions 8, ranked among the top 1% of Google Ads agencies, breaks down why failed ad campaigns are usually a business problem, not a traffic problem. He covers margin thresholds, R...

Vladimir Vukicevic, CEO and co-founder of Better & Better, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Better & Better's Credibility-First Marketing Strategy

Vladimir Vukicevic, CEO of Better & Better, built two acquired startups before launching a vitamin-infused toothpaste brand rooted in his own cancer survival story. He shares how a three-tier c...

Nish Samantray, co-founder of Arrae, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast.
Arrae's Combined Marketing Strategy With Nish Samantray

Nish Samantray, co-founder of Arrae, breaks down how combining paid media, tiered influencer partnerships, and retention-focused strategies helped grow a wellness supplement brand. He covers what c...

Paul do Forno, Managing Director at Deloitte Digital, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Ecommerce Pandemic Growth Stats Debunked: Deloitte Digital's Paul do Forno

Deloitte Digital managing director Paul do Forno corrects the widely repeated claim that COVID accelerated ecommerce by 10 years, breaks down what US Census Bureau data actually shows, and explains...

Graham Smith and Zain Pirani, co-founders of No, Thank You CBD skincare, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
No, Thank You: Building a Transparent CBD Skincare Brand

Graham Smith and Zain Pirani left finance careers to build No, Thank You, a CBD skincare brand focused on transparency and ingredient quality. They share a 2-year product development journey, the r...

Angelina Ly, founder of Fireflyslime, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Fireflyslime: Building a Solo Ecommerce Brand With Zero Ad Spend

Angelina Ly started Fireflyslime at 14 with an Etsy shop and no business plan. Five years later she has 15,000+ sales, 375K organic Instagram followers, and runs the entire operation solo while in ...

Amit RG, CEO of Richpanel, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast discussing ecommerce customer service automation.
Richpanel on Automating 60–70% of Ecommerce Support Tickets

Amit RG, CEO of Richpanel, breaks down why 50% of ecommerce orders generate a support ticket, how no-code automation can resolve 60-70% of those tickets without an agent, and why obsessing over the...

Anouck Gotlib, CEO of Belgian Boys, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Belgian Boys: How Naming Mistakes Can Cost You Customers

Anouck Gotlib of Belgian Boys shares how a "cool" product name made customers feel stupid, why staying in retail is harder than getting in, and how a refrigerated breakfast bet that everyone called...

David Hayford, founder of Tether Tug, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Tether Tug's Amazon Strategy and Ecommerce Lessons with David Hayford

David Hayford built Tether Tug from a 13-unit hobby into a serious dog toy brand by learning hard lessons about Amazon distribution, MAP pricing, and brand protection. He shares how overextending o...

Joe Moriarty, founder of Modern Mammals, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Customer-Led Growth at Modern Mammals: Joe Moriarty's Playbook

Joe Moriarty spotted a gap in the men's haircare market by watching CrossFitters use apple cider vinegar instead of shampoo. He built Modern Mammals around a behavior-based, customer-led model, ski...

Kyle Widrick, founder and CEO of Win Brands Group, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Win Brands Group: Buying and Scaling Shopify Brands Past $500M

Kyle Widrick built Win Brands Group into a portfolio that has generated over $500 million in combined revenue by acquiring Shopify-native brands like Homesick, QALO, Gravity Blankets, and Love Your...

Mike Beckham, co-founder and CEO of Simple Modern, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast.
Simple Modern's Path to $110M: Mike Beckham on Omnichannel Growth

Mike Beckham built Simple Modern from a blank product idea in 2015 to $110M in annual revenue, with $200M projected for the following year. He shares why omnichannel is no longer optional, how $6M ...

R.T. Custer, co-founder of Vortic Watch Company, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
Vortic Watch Company: Email, Pricing, and a Federal Lawsuit

R.T. Custer built Vortic Watch Company around antique American pocket watches converted into one-of-a-kind wristwatches, priced from $2,500 to $10,000. He scaled to 7 figures using a 22-email welco...

Garth Watrous, chairman of American Hat Makers, on the Honest Ecommerce podcast
American Hat Makers: 50 Years of DTC and Ecommerce Growth

Garth Watrous, chairman of American Hat Makers, runs a 50-year-old hat brand his father started in the 1970s. In this episode he breaks down how small AOV improvements like a $11.77 lifetime refurb...