Guest
Sean Agatep
1 indexed appearance on the show — Brand Strategy, Supply Chain, Paid Media, Retention & CX, AI
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2026-05-19 Paid Media
DTC brands should revive old-school TV infomercials and TV advertising as a serious growth channel.
infomercials, baby, and TV advertising and leaning into that... I've been so bullish on this, which is why I'm so pumped to find this article.
▶ 35:45 2026-05-19 Brand Strategy
Attaching a brand to a cause or ethical mission (the old TOMS one-for-one model) no longer works as a marketing strategy.
That type of marketing is fully dead... It doesn't seem to have the same teeth that it used to.
▶ 9:45 2026-05-19 Retention & CX
AI chat/support agents are more cost-effective than staffing human reps around the clock, especially for newer brands.
AI is much more cost-effective and can honestly be more impactful often times... is it really make sense to have reps, the actual real people, around 24/7?
▶ 53:05 2026-05-19 Supply Chain
Humanoid robots will take over warehouse/3PL tasks but will still require significant human oversight for maintenance and edge cases.
Probably still need a significant amount of humans in the loop, humans around to step in and be available to get blisters if they need to.
▶ 27:05 2026-05-19 Paid Media
When Meta's auction hunts cheaper inventory as CPMs drop, the fix is consolidating conversion volume per ad set rather than launching new creative.
Fix is usually consolidation more conversion volume per ad set, not new creative.
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