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Better Advertising with BTR Media

Better Advertising with BTR Media

Destaney Wishon and Justin Nuckols 125 Episodes Sep 22, 2026

Better Advertising with BTR Media is a podcast for Amazon sellers and the ecommerce community, sharing strategies to optimize and scale online brands. The show covers advertising platforms such as Amazon PPC, Amazon DSP, Walmart Connect, Instacart, and Target. Hosts Justin Nuckols and Destaney Wishon discuss tactics with other advertisers, online sellers, and brands succeeding in their categories on Amazon.

Episodes

AI Is the New Word of Mouth
AI Is the New Word of Mouth Sep 22, 2026 00:25:21 Christian Campisi taught himself Amazon advertising by sitting in on US account calls while doing his accounting job at Pink Stork. Two years later he was launching the brand into 4,600 Walmart stores. He recently joined Wedderspoon, the leading Manuka honey brand, to do it all over again.In this episode he and Destaney get into why brands that start with the tool instead of the problem almost alw
How Soom Foods Built a Brand Before Anyone Knew What Tahini Was
How Soom Foods Built a Brand Before Anyone Knew What Tahini Was Sep 15, 2026 00:28:19 Amy Zitelman co-founded Soom Foods in 2013 with no branding experience, no marketing budget, and a product most Americans had never heard of. She built the brand by selling to chefs, showing up at farmer's markets, and collecting feedback for eight years before she felt ready to scale to consumer channels.She joined Destaney to talk about the flywheel effect between food service and Amazon, why if
What AI Gets Wrong About Your Catalog
What AI Gets Wrong About Your Catalog Sep 8, 2026 00:20:06 Nick and Destaney get into how to think about budget allocation across a catalog when every SKU has a different role, why a one dollar ROAS on a specific product might actually be the right call, and why brands that are still optimizing purely for ACOS and ROAS are falling behind without even realizing it.They also get into why giving AI just spend and ROAS data without the right context is one of
Stop Chasing Viral. Start Building Real.
Stop Chasing Viral. Start Building Real. Sep 1, 2026 00:27:14 Cullen Gilchrist has spent 15 years watching food and beverage brands succeed and fail. As CEO of First Run, he has seen enough companies light money on fire chasing growth, distribution, and viral moments to know exactly where the pattern breaks down every single time.In this episode Cullen and Destaney get into why scaling never fixes a margin problem, why repeat purchases are the only metric th
The Context Problem: Why Most Brands Are Using AI Wrong
The Context Problem: Why Most Brands Are Using AI Wrong Aug 25, 2026 00:23:42 Dustin Wassner is BTR Media's VP of Technology and one of the most genuinely knowledgeable people in the space when it comes to the actual infrastructure behind retail media advertising. He is also the person Destaney calls when something sounds easy and needs someone to figure out if it actually is.In this episode they get into why MCPs are everywhere right now and what they actually do, why conn
3 Roles, 100 Brands, Here's What She Learned
3 Roles, 100 Brands, Here's What She Learned Aug 18, 2026 00:30:44 Cherene Aubert went from agency operator to VP of Growth at Bobby to head of digital at Ilia Beauty, and then left her dream job to start Growth Capital. In this episode she breaks down the pattern recognition that comes from seeing a hundred plus brands up close, how to think about media budget distribution at every stage of growth, and why copying someone else's channel strategy is one of the mo
Nécessaire's Full Funnel Playbook
Nécessaire's Full Funnel Playbook Aug 11, 2026 00:28:24 Kris Torres manages Amazon advertising in-house for Nécessaire, one of the most talked-about premium body care brands in the space. In this episode, he breaks down exactly how he thinks about full funnel strategy, when high ROAS is actually a warning sign, and why winning on Amazon starts with winning off it first.They also get into AMC lookalike audiences, how Nécessaire uses Prime Video and Fire
Back to School Is Bigger Than You Think
Back to School Is Bigger Than You Think Aug 4, 2026 00:14:37 62% of back to school shoppers have already started their journey before most brands have even adjusted their strategy. If that stat surprises you, this episode is worth your time.Destaney sits down with Gibby and Laura to break down everything brands need to know about back to school and back to campus right now. They cover the timing complexity, how regionalization affects when you should be spe
How to Filter the Noise in Retail Media
How to Filter the Noise in Retail Media Jul 22, 2026 00:20:32 Destaney sits down with Ashlee Earl, BTR Media's customer success lead, who has sat in almost every seat the industry has to offer.They talk about how to filter through the noise when every product is suddenly claiming AI and every platform is launching something new, why the 80/20 rule is still the most underrated framework in retail media, and why AMC is no longer something you can treat as a re
AI Is Your Advisor, Not Your Decision Maker
AI Is Your Advisor, Not Your Decision Maker Jul 14, 2026 00:18:55 Destaney sits down with BTR Media's newest product manager, Lucas Seeley, who started his career bartending at a Penn State hotel and ended up as an intern at Flywheel Digital before he turned 20. They talk about how he taught himself to build AI-powered tools before most people knew what an agent was, what he's already seeing inside Nexus that he wants to fix, and where he thinks AI should never
How Amazon Live Is Connecting Creators, Content, and Commerce
How Amazon Live Is Connecting Creators, Content, and Commerce Jun 30, 2026 00:18:35 In this episode, Destaney sits down with Julie Haleluk from Amazon Live to talk about the rise of shoppable video, creator-led commerce, and how brands can use Amazon Live to build trust, create demand, and connect the dots across the customer journey. They discuss why video should be viewed as a full-funnel campaign amplifier, how AMC is making measurement stronger, and why brands that move fast
AI Won’t Replace Strategy
AI Won’t Replace Strategy Jun 23, 2026 00:17:39 AI is changing retail media fast, but that does not mean strategy is going away.In this episode, Destaney is joined by Adam Mellott, Head of Service Delivery, Training, and Education at Better Media, to talk through how AI is reshaping internal training, Amazon Ads, and the way teams learn. They cover Adam’s experience at the Prosper Show AI Hackathon, the development of BTR University, and why AI

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