😇𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭: Yotpo 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐀. 😇
Asaf (our COO) and I just finished an amazing week in LA, meeting some of our top current and future customers and agency partners. I cannot emphasize enough the amount of learning we had and the pages of notes we took on product roadmap, marketing ideas, how to make sure our agency program is the best there is, market understanding, and eventually meeting amazing entrepreneurs in their journey building in eCommerce.
We started the week meeting the amazing team from Barefoot Dreams, Inc., who are just launching such an exciting loyalty program (kudos to Kristen and Jamie)! The fabric of their robes is unbelievable; buy it for someone you love. Robbie, you had a huge impact on their ability to launch on time, kudos man.
Then we had such an inspiring meeting with Sammy (thank you Sara, the rooftop was amazing as well). I think your insights are going to define a big portion of our email and agency roadmap for the next 12 months. I still cannot believe I was so impressed by someone who named his agency after his cat, I hate cats. 🐈 ❌
Tuesday morning, we met with the one-man show of Saie, John Perasco, one of the most amazing human beings, and we geeked out on the amazing options we are building together when you combine loyalty and subscription solutions on the same data platform. We are going to make a massive impact with this combo, and I'm so excited about it. It made us so happy to hear how he speaks about Anna Lesser—you are having a huge impact.
Right after, meeting with Thomas and the rest of the PACSUN team was all about our AI innovation in reviews and how our insights product can level up their merchandising.
Then, unfortunately, the LA traffic hit, and we got just on time to meet the amazing Murad UK team. Seeing what Soo, Lisa, and the rest of the team are doing is awesome. Besides being the nicest person I probably met, Soo gave us some great feedback and product ideas we are going to implement. We came out so excited about the future of this partnership. Justin, you should have heard the compliments Soo gave you.
Tuesday continued with meeting the lean and mean team of Milani Cosmetics. It's amazing to see how a small team, with the command of Jeremy, can make so much happen in retail, Amazon, and DTC. We are going to bring in an agency to unlock some DTC growth for the 2nd half of the year. Oh, and the dogs were amazing—next time, I am bringing Charlie! 🐶 Diego really looking forward to start workin together.