“Own Your Customer: The DTC Playbook”
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Title: The Direct to Consumer Playbook
Author: Mike Stevens
Category: Startups & Entrepreneurship, Memoirs & Life Stories, Business Strategy, Sales, Branding & Marketing
What if your business isn't a manufacturer or a retailer, but a media company that happens to sell a product? Sam and Sophie sit with that shift in identity, because it changes everything about how you spend money and attention.
They walk through Mike Stevens' full-funnel approach: top-of-funnel content that solves problems, middle-of-funnel email list building (the single most important asset), and bottom-of-funnel product pages that tell a story. The pair land on the unboxing experience as a marketing channel and the metrics that matter—CAC, LTV, and the golden rule that LTV must exceed CAC.
If you're building a brand or dreaming of one, this episode names the moves that separate DTC winners from everyone else. The takeaway: own the customer relationship, or rent it from a platform at your peril.
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Chapters
00:00The Media Company Mindset01:24Full-Funnel Marketing01:51Email List and Product Page03:31Unboxing and Key Metrics04:27Scaling and Pitfalls05:30Takeaway: Own the Relationship
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