The Sugatan Effect Podcast

eCommerce marketers, you’re missing out big time if you’re not advertising on TikTok yet! In this podcast episode, Sugatan’s Video Strategists and resident TikTok connoisseurs, Haley Rebennack and Callum Hilton talk about paid versus organic TikToks, the power of viral sound and music, how TikTok is just as effective of an acquisition channel as Facebook and Instagram, and why eCommerce brands need to get onto TikTok pronto.

Matas started as a Junior Ad Buyer at Sugatan in 2020 and is now the Chief Growth Officer. Eimantas mentored Matas and was part of Sugatan’s success in scaling eCommerce accounts 10x as an Ad Buyer from 2020 to 2021. In this episode, they talk to Kris about how they started out, what it takes to be a masterful Ad Buyer, and how their careers evolved. If you’re an Ad Buyer looking to level up your career, apply on our Careers page at Sugatan.io.

Kris talks to Joe Valley in this episode. Joe has been referred to as “the G.O.A.T. in the acquisition game” because of his 5-step process for getting the maximum value out of an exit strategy. Kris and Joe discuss his best-selling book, The EXITpreneur’s Playbook, and dive into topics like how to know when it’s time to sell your business, the four pillars of value, and the role an entrepreneur plays in their business’s valuation.

In this episode, Kris Sugatan talks to Paul Benigeri, Co-Founder and CEO of archive.ai, about the future of community marketing and the new Archive app. The app detects when your brand has been mentioned and automatically saves the Instagram post or story, giving you easy, organized access to UGC. Kris and Paul also talk about automation, virtue signalling, and the top three trends brands should pay attention to, so listen up for those insights!

In this episode, Kris Sugatan chats with Maryna Taiberman, Graphics Director at Sugatan, on how her team has generated $6 million in trackable revenue from August 2020 to October 2021. Sugatan specializes in growing direct-to-consumer brands and this episode is all about the realization Kris and Maryna had about the value graphic ads create when it comes to testing various angles quickly and efficiently.

In this episode, Kris Sugatan chats with Alexander Ulreich, CEO of STRAT3GIC Marketing Agency, on the importance of understanding your audience’s pain points, building a solution for them, creating an irresistible offer, and delivering on your brand promises. Based on the belief that understanding your customer is fundamental to the success of your business, Kris and Alexander discuss their personal experiences growing brands with this underlying methodology.

In this episode, CEO & Founder, Kris Sugatan, chats with team members Domantas and Sergei about the struggles and successes of creating Sugatan’s first eCommerce brand. From product research to running out of stock from scaling too quickly, we’re sharing all of our takeaways from scaling a business from scratch to $100k monthly revenue in just 3 months. If you’re interested in starting your own eCommerce business, this podcast is a must-listen for you.

This episode of the Sugatan effect podcast is like a mini eCommerce mastermind. In it, John Hagan, Deividas, and Kris form a temporary eCommerce venture capital and share their insights on scaling companies from $300k to $10M and talk about walking the fine line between chaos and order. They brainstorm on media buying, create an iOS14 support group, and host the most interesting and fun episode in a while (for reasons revealed 35 seconds in).

This episode of the Sugatan effect podcast is like a mini eCommerce mastermind. In it, John Hagan, Deividas, and Kris form a temporary eCommerce venture capital and share their insights on scaling companies from $300k to $10M and talk about walking the fine line between chaos and order. They brainstorm on media buying, create an iOS14 support group, and host the most interesting and fun episode in a while (for reasons revealed 35 seconds in).

In another solo Sugatan Effect podcast, Deividas gives an update on what's been going on behind the scenes the past 2 months. It's been tough, but now, things are finally starting to pick up again. In the quick podcast, he gives an update on testing offers, new eCommerce funnels, and the main differences between 8-9 figure entrepreneurs. It's omlu under 15 minutes but jam-packed with valuable insights, check it out!

In this episode, Deividas talks with Martyn Cook - Co-founder of Noobru (nootropics brand), entrepreneur, and marketers for 14+ years. Martyn's list of achievements includes: Building multiple 7-figure eCommerce brands from scratch since 2007, co-founding high-level digital entrepreneurship and board of advisors mastermind, co-founding a successful software company, AND somehow, still finding the time to publish 2 books. In this podcast, they cover all this and more. Listen on for Martyn's insights on what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur and what he learned in his long journey as an enlightened entrepreneur.

In this podcast, Jure Knehtl is back to talk about crushing it in eCommerce, scaling brands in Eastern Europe by going after low-hanging fruit first, and gives an overall update on the state of eCommerce marketing. He talks on all things localization, scaling brands in smaller countries, and how he and his team managed to grow one of their eCommerce partners from 0 to 7-figures plus in monthly revenue in under 1 year...

In this podcast, Deividas and Kris recap on 2020, open up about their mistakes, and talk high-stake decision-making processes when scaling eCommerce businesses. Kris shares her top 3 biggest lessons on management and talks about growing from 25 team members to 80+ in less than a year.

In this podcast, Deividas speaks with Bostjan Belingar - Slovenian email marketing agency owner with over 60-70 employees and 50+ clients. Bostjan shares his life lessons on growth, personal development, and applying the 80/20 rule to his life and career as an agency owner. They discuss the psychology behind growth, talk about career and personal growth, how Bostjan went from working 200+ hours per month to only about 100, and more.

John Hagan, the Sugatan veteran, is back on the podcast for the third time to catch up with Deividas on all things eCommerce marketing, scaling up, Black Friday results, and more. The two discuss everything from scaling eCommerce businesses to mental models needed to reach $100M. Deividas and John share their results with Black Friday, what they're planning to do differently this time around, and how they're planning to 10x their growth.

In this episode of Black Friday Cyber Monday post-mortem, Deividas and Arnas discuss generating $10M on Black Friday, mental health, and balancing life with high-performance eCommerce marketing. Listen on for a personal take on self-development and practical eCommerce Black Friday Facebook ads strategies.

Welcome to the first episode of Black Friday Cyber Monday post-mortem. A podcast series where Deividas will be bringing on other marketers and entrepreneurs in the eCommerce space to talk about their BFCM results and marketing strategies. In this episode, Deividas is joined by 2 guests for the first time - Emanuele Maragno and Daniel Bidmon who discuss how they generated $5M in November using their 1-month eCommerce funnel and share other lessons and insights learned along their entrepreneurial journey.

In this solo podcast, Deividas recaps his past few months and Black Friday lessons, gives an insight into future podcast guests, and shares some lessons learned on growth. Everything from personal development to lessons learned from important business decisions, Deividas gives his thoughts and first-hand experience on navigating through it all. How much you grow is how much of yourself you’ve destroyed. Listen on to learn what all this means.

In this podcast, Alexis Bourgeois peels back the curtain on the industry-standard practices she learned doing influencer marketing for global mass companies and her insights shifting to Sugatan. She shares the biggest takeaways working at Condé Nast, things that are going to be helping her throughout her whole career, and what she's focusing on in influencer marketing for 2021.

In this episode of the Sugatan Effect, Deividas is joined by Brian Swichkow - a recovering growth-hacker, and now can be best described as somewhere in between an entrepreneur, storyteller, and artist. He discusses the art of multidimensional storytelling, marketing, and playing. Listen on for a whole new perspective on telling stories to grow your business as well as personal life in every dimension. This is nothing like you've ever listened to before...