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About Ecommerce Playbook The Ecommerce Playbook offers a masterclass for DTC operators and Shopify merchants looking to sharpen their retention and growth strategies. This isn't another theoretical podcast; it's a practical guide for those navigating the complexities of modern ecommerce. Tune into the Ecommerce Playbook to gain tactical insights on everything from optimizing ad spend and navigating tariffs to overcoming common growth hurdles. You'll learn how to adapt your bidding strategies and diversify creative for maximum ROI on platforms like Meta [1] , master a 4-part framework to strategically respond to tariffs and declining consumer confidence by analyzing balance sheet realities [2] , and uncover actionable strategies to overcome information overload and resource limitations to scale from six to seven figures without agency bloat [3] . The Ecommerce Playbook equips you with the knowledge to drive profitable growth and operational efficiency in a competitive landscape. Find every episode detailed below for an immediate deep dive.
Why Your Email Strategy Is Not a Content Calendar Diversify Now: The 6-Week Q4 Window Closing Fast Taylor and Andrew Debate Cost Controls (We Ran the Numbers) Listen on Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Website
Recent episodes The Re-Hire Nobody Saw Coming — Sep 10, 2026 What a Profit Engineer Does Every Day at CTC — Sep 2, 2026 Why Your Email Strategy Is Not a Content Calendar — Sep 1, 2026 Diversify Now: The 6-Week Q4 Window Closing Fast — Aug 27, 2026 Ecommerce Growth With a Money-Back Guarantee — Aug 20, 2026 Ecommerce Growth: The 3-Pillar Framework We Use — Aug 18, 2026 Do This to Scale Your CPG Brand — Guaranteed — Aug 13, 2026 Why 8-Figure Brands Waste Days Finger-Pointing When Results Miss (And the Fix) — Aug 10, 2026 Taylor and Andrew Debate Cost Controls (We Ran the Numbers) — Aug 6, 2026 The Agency Model Is Broken. We Fixed It. — Aug 4, 2026 The Math Behind Creative Hits (With Real Spend Data) — Jul 30, 2026 D2C Brands Grew 15% in H1 (But At What Cost) — Jul 28, 2026 How 7-Figure Brands Can Win in Q3 — Jul 9, 2026 How Meta Actually Works in 2026 — Jul 7, 2026 The Measurement Gap: iROAS, Geo Holdouts, and Progressive Truth — Jul 2, 2026 The Modeling System That Powers 30%+ Revenue Growth — Jun 30, 2026 Why Ritsu Switched Email Platforms Mid-Growth (And What It Actually Took) — Jun 25, 2026 The Branded Ads System Behind 170+ Ecommerce Brands — Jun 9, 2026 What a Profit Engineer Actually Does All Day — Jun 4, 2026 Why Most Founders Set the Wrong Growth Goals — Jun 2, 2026 Consumer Confidence vs Rising Oil Prices — May 21, 2026 What We Learned at the 2026 Meta Summit — May 19, 2026 Stop Gambling on Creative - Use This 6-Pillar Assessment Framework — May 14, 2026 TikTok Shop, Incrementality, and the New Growth Playbook — May 12, 2026 Why Your Ads Aren't Working — May 7, 2026 Why Meta's AI Has No Point of View — May 5, 2026 Enterprise Attribution for 7-Figure Brands — Apr 30, 2026 From Flipping Houses to 20,000+ SKUs: How Lighthouse Co Built a Multi-Brand Empire — Apr 28, 2026 Q1 2026 vs 2025: What Changed in Ecommerce (The Data) — Apr 23, 2026 You Don't Want Strategy. You Want an Outcome. — Apr 21, 2026 How the Prophit Engine Actually Works (Full Walkthrough) — Apr 16, 2026 How We Diagnose Every Ecommerce Problem (The Hierarchy of Metrics) — Apr 14, 2026 The Right Way to Use AI in Your Ad Creative — Apr 9, 2026 Why CTC Bought Into Commerce Roundtable — Apr 7, 2026 5 Questions That Drive 80% of Your Growth — Apr 2, 2026 The Growth System for Brands Under $1M — Mar 31, 2026 In-House Creator, Outsourced Management: The New Creative Model — Mar 26, 2026 The Ruthless Forecast: How We Hold 7-Figure Brands Accountable — Mar 24, 2026 Data + Methodology + Operator: How We Build Capacity — Mar 19, 2026 The 3 Accountability Rules That Drive 108% YoY Growth — Mar 17, 2026 How the Prophit Engine Creates Total Clarity — Mar 12, 2026 The Profit Engine Explained: How It Works & What It Does — Mar 10, 2026 Why We Built the Prophit Engine: Who Is It For? — Mar 5, 2026 The Rise of SEANs — Mar 3, 2026 Turning Incrementality Tests Into Action That Makes You Money — Feb 26, 2026 The Sales Tax “Nexus” Trap Most Brands Miss — Feb 24, 2026 224 Calls Later… This One Problem Showed Up Everywhere — Feb 17, 2026 The $1M → $10M Ecom Growth Map — Feb 12, 2026 Stop Guessing Your Ecommerce Budget — Feb 10, 2026 When AI Knows Everything, How Do You Decide Anything? — Feb 5, 2026