Turns Out People Buy From Brands They Actually Like
Summary
Join AG1’s CMO and its performance marketing agency, Tiger Tracks, as they discuss the interplay between brand and performance marketing. You’ve optimized the ads. You’ve split-tested the landing pages. You’ve chased the ROAS. So why does it keep getting harder? Because performance without brand is a treadmill – faster every quarter, going nowhere new. The brands winning right now aren’t the ones buying the most clicks. They are the ones people actually believe in. Come to find out how to become one of them.
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- Presented By: Tiger Tracks
Contributors
- Paulie Dery
- Hannah Price
- Clifford Simmons
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