S05 EP19: Profitably Scale DTC eCommerce Customer Acquisition with Social Ads (NOT VC or PE Funding)
As the saying goes, ‘mastery is a commitment to becoming your best’... In the world of Performance Marketing, mastery is no small feat. It involves a unique blend of advanced visual creativity and a highly analytical mindset, as well as the guts to spend large amounts of money with no guarantee of a return.
On today’s episode, we learn from Nick Shackleford, an Elite-Level Performance Marketing Expert that has worked on paid social media buying campaigns for over 100 direct-to-consumer brands and a media buying trainer at iStack and Foundr.
Moving on from pro-soccer, Nick kicked-off his career working with legacy brands Pepsico and Apple, then moved to selling trending products like the Fidget Spinner and Magnetic Eyelashes direct to consumers through his eCommerce venture.
Over the last 7 years, he has now worked with hundreds of DTC brands through his agency, Structure Social.
Nick Shackleford has a proven track record of scaling social focused media buying campaigns consistently past 8-figures through programmatic buying on Facebook, Instagram and Snap whilst leveraging, influencer campaigns, email and the Adwords platform.
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