Ep 28: AI’s marketing blind spot (case study)

Ep 28: AI’s marketing blind spot (case study)

AI might be able to scale your content, but it can't tell you what your customers really need to hear. We just proved it (again) with a recent skincare client of ours… Their setup: great product (with TONS of 5 ⭐ reviews), strong organic following, high-volume paid traffic… but they had a conversion problem that wouldn't move no matter what they tested. Our deep Emotional Targeting Audit surfaced a whole hierarchy of customer insights for them. And the first one they tested became their best-performing ad in under a week… and from there, the team applied more insights to their product page and organic content. This is what Optimize Everywhere with Emotional Targeting looks like in practice. In the video I share how we turned around their skincare sales results: 1. How we surfaced what a key segment of their buyers was actually thinking when they saw "transform in 7 days" ads 2. How we picked paid ads as their fastest validation channel (and how you can find YOURS) 3. How we moved one section of the product page that pulled the whole customer journey together (and why most teams skip this step entirely) Want this kind of insight working for your own brand? Book a call to talk about our Emotional Targeting Audit → https://getuplift.co/conversion-optimization-audits/ [https://getuplift.co/conversion-optimization-audits/]

Ep 27: How I launched my first book (part 2)

3 weeks before launch, we threw out my book cover and started over. This is Part 2 of the story behind my book, Emotional Targeting. Last week I talked about how I wrote the book.  This week, Jessica Noel (my COO) interviews me about the marketing side of it... how we launched it, how we're still selling it a year later and the strategy behind it. Some of it worked really well. Some of it completely flopped. I'm getting into all of it. We cover: → Why we scrapped the original cover at the last minute (and the big risk we took instead) → The pre-launch bonuses, and why they matter more than you'd think → The best piece of advice I got, which took all the pressure off launch day → Launching on the road across 16 speaking engagements → How the book ended up becoming one of my best salespeople If you're thinking about publishing your own book, this is the behind-the-scenes of my experience. Get the book "Emotional Targeting: Win Hearts, Boost Sales, Own the Market" plus the resource bundle → taliawolf.com/book [http://taliawolf.com/book]  Watch Part 1 first: How I Wrote My First Book (1 Year Later) → https://youtu.be/XoLyZi0M5EM?si=lXqdushEsUADlGaC [https://youtu.be/XoLyZi0M5EM?si=lXqdushEsUADlGaC]  Heart Before Cart is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Ep 26: How I A/B tested my way to a published book

A year ago this week, I published my book, Emotional Targeting. The book was based on 10 years of work, hundreds of clients and thousands of A/B tests. What most people don't realize... I A/B tested the book itself before it was even a book. In Part 1 of our 2-part book publishing series, my COO Jessica Noel interviews me on the messy process of writing Emotional Targeting. We get into: → Why I waited until I had a TON of proof to write it → How I tested every chapter on LinkedIn before the book existed → The verbal-thinker hack that finally got the book out of my head → The "is this just a long blog post?" moment of doubt → How I knew it was time to stop revising and hit publish If you've been thinking about writing a non-fiction book, this is the honest behind-the-scenes version. Part 2 drops next week. We're sharing the launch strategy, what worked and what we'd do differently. 📘 Emotional Targeting: Win Hearts, Boost Sales, Own the Market is available here → https://taliawolf.com/book Connect With Me LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taliagw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaliaGw Website: https://getuplift.co/

Ep 25: The Simone Biles strategy for modern marketing

Marketing teams are splitting into two groups. One group is using AI to produce more: More content. More tests. More channels. More dashboards. More noise. The other group is doing something much harder: They’re slowing down long enough to rebuild the foundation. In this episode, I break down: * Why “doing more” feels productive (but usually isn’t) * The hidden cost of AI-driven marketing * Why most teams are trapped in tactical loops * The marketing pyramid nobody talks about * And what Simone Biles and Hetty Green can teach us about strategy Because the teams that win over the next 18 months won’t be the ones producing the most, they’ll be the ones who understand their customers the best. RESOURCES → Check out my FREE workshop: https://taliawolf.com/workshop → Get my NEW book (Emotional Targeting): https://taliawolf.com/book CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taliagw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaliaGw Website: https://getuplift.co/

Ep 24: Inside Bitly’s growth team: What’s actually working in marketing right now

Everyone keeps saying marketing has changed forever. Traffic is disappearing. AI Overviews are replacing clicks. Attribution is getting messier. And marketers everywhere are trying to figure out what actually matters now. In this episode of Heart Before Cart, I sat down with Sam Oh, VP of Acquisition at Bitly, to talk about what growth, CRO, AI, and customer journeys actually look like inside one of the internet’s most recognizable brands. Honestly, this is one of the most grounded conversations I’ve had about AI and marketing so far. Because Sam isn’t theorizing, he’s actively rebuilding workflows, rethinking attribution, adapting CRO strategy, experimenting with AI tools, and trying to understand how buyer behavior is changing in real-time across millions of users. But throughout the entire conversation, one thing kept coming up:  “Our job as marketers hasn’t changed. The environment has.” In this episode we cover: * Why CRO matters MORE in the AI era * How Bitly is adapting to AI search and changing buyer journeys * Why every page on your website is now a conversion page * How AI is changing attribution and traffic reporting * The role of experimentation in modern marketing * How Sam actually uses AI internally without outsourcing strategic thinking * Why the best marketers are still focused on people first If you’re trying to figure out how to adapt your marketing without losing the human side of it, this episode is for you. RESOURCES → Check out my FREE workshop: https://taliawolf.com/workshop → Get my NEW book (Emotional Targeting): https://taliawolf.com/book CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taliagw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaliaGw Website: https://getuplift.co/