Transact Media Group

London, Dubai, Sydney & New York. 

Signals 
Outcomes
Brandformance 

The holding group of FairForecast.com & CreatorData.co.uk.

Founder & CEO

FinTech Alliance

Global Board Member

- Global Hub for Fintech
- Monetisation Strategies 
- Revenue Streams 
- Growth Tactics

Interim CEO

Creator Data

Successfully completed merger of Creator Data into Transact Media Group and now powering Transactional Signal Graph business unit of TMG.

ChaChing

Advisor

Leading all things commercial for the business EU + NA, opening up new markets in 2024.

Global Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

ChaChing is a game-changing platform that's reshaping purchasing dynamics. It offers merchants the opportunity to acquire customers based on a cost-per-acquisition model, with a twist: it gives money back to the consumer and serves as an alternative advertising channel for better ROAS. Instead of competing for clicks and views, ChaChing focuses on competing for conversions.

My primary role is to onboard agencies, merchants and support my cross-functional teams with the overall brand in the UK market.

Managing Director, Sales

Start Ups

Advisor/NED/Investor/Partner

TikTok

Launched the TikTok Venture Capital Business.

Venture Capital, Lead/Founder - Global Business Solutions

Agency Partnerships, Manager - Global Business Solutions

Performace Agency Partnerships, Manager - Global Business Solutions

Insider Media

Rising Star 2021 (25 under 40)

Zeotap

Group Sales Manager - Havas, Dentsu + Indies.

UK Sales, Manager

UK Account Management Lead, Data Sales

Havas Media Group

Account lead on AXA, Hyundai, Michelin, and National Express. 

Planning Programmatic media buying across Display, Native, Mobile, Video, and Rich Media formats, whilst overlaying a variety of data providers such as Oracle Bluekai, Grapeshot, Eyeota, Ad Square to reach target audiences. 

I worked on a daily basis with SSPs/DSPs and liaise with media owners and data providers to find the best programmatic solutions for my clients.

Programmatic Partnerships Executive

Junior Programmatic Partnerships Executive

Compass News

Brand Partnerships

Joel Williams

Media. Data. Commerce. Connected By Transactions.

Tonight, I must start packing my suitcase for Affiliate Summit West, in Las Vegas.

📅 11th–14th January 2026 – Networking, exploring affiliate opportunities, and catching up with partners in tech and e-commerce.

After the summit, we’re heading to New York 🗽 to meet clients, agencies, and brands — showing how Transact Media Group (TMG) helps turn marketing into real business outcomes:

✨ Transact Signals – audience targeting powered our exclusive transaction-level data algorithm
 📺 Programmatic & CTV Activation – measurable campaign performance
 🛒 Consumer Platforms – generating demand and driving commerce

I’ll be traveling with my Co-Founder and good friend, Adam Wilmshurst, and we’re amazed — 55+ meetings booked next week! 

Can’t wait to connect, collaborate, and spark some exciting partnerships. The US is a very important market for us this year, building on a strong foundation laid last year.

🏴‍☠️ 🚀 🇺🇸

It was great to feature in this episode.

Happy New Year all.

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Marketing looks very different when results, not dashboards, are the scoreboard. In this GPIS episode, Sachin Parekh sits down with Joel Williams, Founder of Transact Media Group (TMG) Group, to unpack what happens when marketing is tied directly to real transactions, real revenue, and real accountability. 

Joel shares how he scaled fast by rejecting vanity metrics, betting on outcome-driven execution, and building systems where performance can actually be proven. 

It’s a sharp, no-nonsense conversation about incrementality, guaranteed results, and why the future of marketing belongs to those who are willing to be measured where it truly counts.

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Building DTC brands to 8 and 9 figures | Founder of Soar With Us & For You Advertising | CMO of JAQ Group

The rules of DTC growth changed in 2025. In 2026, they're set to change again.

The playbook that got you to £10-30M - broad Meta campaigns, a handful of hero SKUs, one creative style across every touchpoint, is now actively working against you. 

Algorithms reward creative diversity. Attention spans demand psychological precision. 
And TikTok Shop has emerged as a genuine high-volume demand creation channel, not just another place to run ads.

The brands winning today are producing high volumes of distinctly different assets across every awareness stage (problem, solution, product), each built on messaging frameworks that actually drive people to buy. 

Not more creative. Better creative, deployed smarter.

I've spent 7 years in this problem space. My agencies have generated £600M+ in revenue across 250+ DTC brands. 

More importantly, we've built systems that compound, so you're not starting from scratch every creative cycle. Data from 70+ brands and over 4,000+ ads per month. 

A few recent wins we've delivered for our clients:
→ Ekster: 40% increase in profit, 75% YoY growth
→ Spacegoods: New customer orders up 86%, NCPA down 33%
→ AKT London: Tripled new customers and cut CPA by 59% in 6 months
→ Nutrition Geeks: 2,200% growth in 12 months

What makes us different: we build context databases that capture your brand DNA, winning angles, and performance learnings across every campaign. 

When the algorithm shifts or a creative fatigues, we're already three steps ahead, not scrambling to figure out what worked.

If you're a CMO or founder at an 8-figure brand feeling the scaling friction, happy to talk through what's working right now. Connect here or email olly@soarwithus.co

Olly Hudson

We’ve packaged what’s working, what’s dead, and what’s next for 2026 into one resource:

🚨 THE 2026 D2C PLAYBOOK: The New Rules of Meta, TikTok, AI & Performance Creative

2026 is the reset year.

If your ads aren’t built for algorithmic feeds and personalised signals, you won’t scale.

Every platform is now fully personalised.
You’re not competing in interest groups anymore 
You’re competing inside each user’s unique feed.
And at the same time…
People crave connection more than ever.
They want emotion and authenticity, not just AI-fed precision.

So what wins in 2026?

Brands that blend machine logic with human insight.

That means:
- Creative systems built to match micro-behaviours
- Messaging that adapts in real time
- Ads that feel made for one, but scale to millions

This is your roadmap to profitable, personalised growth across Meta, TikTok, Google, and AI workflows.

- What’s working
- What’s out
- What’s next

Get the playbook here and build for what's coming: https://lnkd.in/ePapZ29e

If you're a DTC brand looking at 2026 resource/planning, get in contact with us here: https://lnkd.in/eVb3BKbs

The Creative-Led Paid Acquisition Partner Behind £600M+ in DTC Revenue | Meta & TikTok for 8-9 Figure Brands.

Back by popular demand, we're reopening the vault. Get access to our most requested resource: the top-performing brand funnel breakdowns of 2025.

Not just their ads. The full stack:

Paid strategy > Organic > Landing pages > Google ads > Email > Offers

Everything.

Easily the most ripped asset we’ve ever put out.

So we’ve packaged them properly. One folder.

Here’s who’s inside:

– Rhode
– Meshki
– LOOP Earplugs
– Alo Yoga
– IM8
– Refy
– BREZ
– Wonderskin

Use this to cut out weeks of guesswork or get your next winning concept straight from their playbook.

Grab the folder here: https://lnkd.in/exiK3_XK

This brand hit a $100M+ run rate in 11 months.

IM8 Health are scaling like no other DTC wellness brand we’ve seen.

- $100M+ run rate
- +74% QoQ growth (Q3)
- 80% subscription rate on new customers
- AOV jumped from $110 to $150 (driven by new product launch)
- Gross margin expanded from 52% to 60%
- EBITDA losses dropped from $40M → $8M

The strategy? Exceptional.

A few months ago, we broke down IM8’s entire growth machine. So with the new updated valuation, I thought I’d share it again for those who haven’t downloaded it yet:

- Paid ads (Meta + Google)
- Top 3 Lander pages
- Subscription funnel
- Email + retention strategy
- Ambassador programme
- Organic & community
- Bundle offer setup
- Scientific brand positioning

It’s one of the sharpest wellness brand builds we’ve seen.

Want the full teardown?

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Meta just published the clearest breakdown we’ve seen on how to scale with creative in 2026.

If you're stuck on how to get out of the ‘creative fatigue’ loop, this article is gold.

Meta’s AI no longer rewards variation. It rewards diversity.

And if your ads still look like the same idea in different fonts, you're feeding the algorithm the wrong signal.

TL;DR: Meta’s 2026 creative formula

→ High format diversity
Reels, UGC, statics, testimonials, expert-led VSLs
Treat format like a lever, not an afterthought

→ Persona-first thinking
Gen Z doesn’t convert off the same assets as new mums or men over 45
One hero product, multiple use cases, multiple buyers

→ Angle-messaging-format alignment
Offer-led statics hit differently than founder-led story ads or expert breakdowns
Map each to a funnel stage and motivation

→ Real-time iteration from AI feedback
Meta now surfaces fatigue, flags creative similarity, and recommends diversification themes
Use it to build a smarter roadmap, not just react to decline

→ Creative treated like performance infrastructure
This is the signal that fuels your ad delivery, reach, and relevance

The brands seeing breakout Meta performance right now aren’t making more content, they’re building more variety.

It’s what’s unlocking real scale, sustainable CAC, and new customer volume without constant offer changes.

📖 Read the article if you haven’t already, it’s one of the strongest signals yet on where Meta’s heading. https://lnkd.in/eskny3sG

2026 will belong to brands that understand: creative diversity isn’t optional. It’s infrastructure.

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DTC Growth Expert For 8 & 9 Figure Brands | Founder of Soar With Us & For You Advertising

We’ve scaled to 80+ people, 250+ brands, and £500M+ in tracked revenue.

And everyone in our leadership team is under 30.

Talent and energy got us here.

Structure is what’ll get us further.

We’ve made every classic mistake you’d expect from a young team building fast:

– Hired too late
– Invested in the wrong things
– Moved without the right operational muscle

At some point, you hit a ceiling. You can only build what you know.

We’ve always been good at doing - making ads, shipping strategy, driving performance.

But building a business that lasts is a different game.

That’s why this quarter we brought in Rachel McDonald (ex-Dentsu) to help sharpen our strategy, how we operate, scale and continue to lead the market into 2026.

She’s led global teams. She’s been in the rooms we’re aiming for.

Now she’s in ours.

Because if you want to build a long-term agency with real staying power, you need to balance hunger with experience.

Young teams are underrated.

But young teams with the right support? That’s where things get dangerous (in the best way).

Next month marks 7 years since we started Soar With Us from a spare bedroom at uni.

Today, we’re a 60+ team, managing 8–9 figure brands, and became Meta’s #1 DTC agency in the UK.

But here are 7 things we did to build in 7 years.

(I probably shouldn’t be posting this. Most agencies would gate-keep it)

1️⃣ Invest in marketing
You don’t have a sales problem, you have a marketing problem.
80% of our pipeline is inbound.
We built a weekly content engine designed to give away the strategy and sell the implementation.

What that looked like in practice:
- 1x podcast/week (D2C Diaries) – brands came in pre-sold, they’d already listened to 10+ hours of us.
- 1x lead magnet/week – frameworks, audits, templates
- Newsletter – built on HubSpot, personalised follow-ups based on downloads
- Founders post 5x/week – LinkedIn + X 
- Events & masterclasses – offline to online flywheel


2️⃣ Proprietary process + unique IP = scale leverage
- Agencies commoditise when they only sell hours. We scaled by building our core IP: Growth Compass, 360 Feedback System, creative frameworks.
- Our audit decks don’t just point out problems, they score, rank, and prioritise fixes using our frameworks
- Every new client runs through our Growth Compass scoring to benchmark performance gaps and build roadmaps


3️⃣ Founder-led organic content
We closed a £35M brand in 30 minutes as they’d already listened to 50 hours of us.
We turned our founders into a content-led growth engine and it changed everything.


4️⃣ Creative + paid = one system
- Merged creative + growth into one unified team by acquiring Hambi Media in 2024.
- Used frameworks to break down customer journeys and optimise every stage.
- Focused creative testing on incrementality, not just ROAS.


5️⃣ Internal culture = growth leverage
You don’t scale by adding clients. You scale by retaining great people and giving them progression and clarity.
I’d rather lose a client than a top team member.
- Every employee has career framework + KPIs tied to business impact.
- Internal culture pillar reviews, “kind candour” feedback loops.


6️⃣ Operational Excellence → margin + moat
We waited too long to bring in experience. A good ops head is a 6-figure unlock.
👉 Build ops early. Don’t wait until you’re 50 heads in.


7️⃣ Aggressive brand positioning + acquisition strategy
We positioned ourselves as the #1 performance creative agency early and backed it with proof.
- Aggressively pursued press, awards, and partnerships (Triple Whale agency of the year).
- Merged multiple agencies under one group to cover TikTok, Meta, and Creative.


It’s also worth saying, we’ve made every mistake you can make.

But we stayed obsessed with one thing: becoming the best growth partner in DTC.

If you’d like to work with us in 2026 as your Creative-Led Paid Acquisition Partner, get in touch here: https://lnkd.in/ew-b7dhN

Most DTC brands are still handcuffed to Meta and are ignoring the biggest arbitrage opportunity in DTC right now.

CPMs are up. Creative fatigue is real. And new customer revenue is getting harder to unlock.

But there’s a platform right now that’s wide open.

Underpriced. Underused. And driving millions in GMV.

TikTok Shop offers a completely different growth lever:

→ Net-new reach
→ New customer revenue
→ And a route to market that isn’t already saturated

Last week I hosted a webinar with Peter Nettesheim - a tactical session for brand operators scaling TikTok Shop.

I ran though what’s actually working right now. Across setup, creative, paid ads, and affiliate. 

This was the playbook we’re using to grow multi 7 and 8-figure shops.

Here’s a glimpse of what we covered (and what you’ll learn from the recording):

- TikTok Shop setup that drives revenue, not just visibility.
- What TikTok’s algo really looks for: AOV, margin, TAM, and more
- Creator affiliate strategies that scale beyond your DMs.
- The outreach process we use to find affiliates – with AI-enhanced workflows
- Funnel structure for profitable scaling, beyond just ‘boosting’ what works
- What defines a winning TikTok hook in 2026 (and how to build one weekly)

The full recording is now available, alongside our TikTok ecosystem resource.

If you’re operating or scaling a DTC brand and TikTok Shop is even on your radar, you’ll want this.

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Co-Founder @ Influencer Hero the #1 Influencer Marketing Platform. Helping Brands & Agencies with Performance Driven Influencer Marketing.

If 2025 taught us anything, it’s this: content isn’t enough.

Systems scale. Signals win.

We started the year supplying brands with more content.

But what they really needed was differentiation.

This wasn’t just about how ads looked.

It was a shift in how eCom brands operate and grow.

AI moved from tool to infrastructure - powering strategy, creative, and media.

Creative became insight-led.

Research went real-time.

Media buying became algorithmic, adapting on the fly.

2025 was the year eCommerce became a high-speed, high-stakes arena.

And the brands that won? They didn’t fight the algorithm, they built systems that fed it better signals.

We’re proud to say we were right at the centre of that shift.

📈 2025 highlights

- 50,000+ ads launched across client accounts
- 15,000+ downloads across our playbooks and strategy guides
- 3.5K subscribers to the D2C Diaries podcast
- 36K+ readers of the D2C Delivered newsletter
- Nominated for the Meta Creative Diversity Award
- Expanded strategic partnerships with Meta and TikTok
- Launched a new website and released 8 outstanding case studies
- Two full agency off-sites to strengthen team culture
- Introduced the Growth Strategist role to sharpen client strategy
- Hired 38 team members across creative, strategy, media, and operations
- Raised money for Motor Neurone Disease at a charity football match
- Spoke at industry leading events including Ecom Live
- Partnered with 25+ new brands and continued scaling with some of the most ambitious names in eCom including Trip, Heights, Puresport, Nutrition Geeks, AKT, 47Skin, Mindful Chef, and Spacegoods.

2026 is about going even deeper.

Sharper systems. Smarter signals.

And a bigger bet on eCommerce than ever before.

We’re ready.

If you're stuck on how to diversify creative… start here.

We built a creative hierarchy to maximise Entity ID diversity and in doing so, we unlocked:
- Scalable reach
- Lower CPMs
- Net-new audiences

All without increasing budget.

Think of the testing hierarchy as a pyramid.

At the base are the big creative swings, at the top, the small refinements.

When you’re launching:
→ Launch brand new concepts from scratch.
→ Test messaging within those fresh ads, don’t just swap copy into old visuals.
The goal: identify the message, persona, format combo that resonates most.
It keeps learnings clean and avoids grouping penalties.
(Even if variations get grouped under the same Entity ID, a winner will emerge).

When you’re optimising:
Got a winner? Remix it.
→ Change the format or the vehicle
→ Update the hook so it looks instantly different
→ Translate the story to a new style (e.g. founder VSL → third-person VO)

Here’s the hierarchy we use inside every high-growth account:

1. Format
Static / UGC / High-Production
→ Use when you're plateauing or need fresh signals.

2. Vehicle
Founder story / Green-screen / Testimonial / Listicle / Product demo
→ Use to scale a proven message across new personas.

3. Persona
Gen Z female → 40+ mum / Creator → Founder
→ Use to expand TAM or unlock overlooked pockets.

4. Hook
Zoomed-in face / Problem-statement / Unboxing / B-roll
→ Use to ensure Meta sees your ad as net-new.

5. Messaging
Script tweaks / CTA variants
→ Use once a concept is already converting.

If your creative system isn’t built around this hierarchy, you won’t scale in 2026.

Here’s my round-up of everything we’re building, testing, and betting on for 2026.

What’s coming will punish the unprepared and compound for those who move early.

1️⃣ Customer acquisition gets a new playbook.
TikTok Shop and YouTube will become predictable acquisition channels, especially for brands looking to de-risk Meta reliance.

TikTok Shop, in particular, will unlock halo effect growth across your entire funnel if your affiliate engine is built right.

Done properly, it rivals Meta as a performance driver, while opening up younger, high-intent audiences and cultural relevance you can’t fake.


2️⃣ Meta still dominates (but only for the signal-rich).

Andromeda changed the game. The old playbook doesn’t work anymore.

The brands winning on Meta in 2026 will have solved two things:
- Creative diversification at scale
- Full-funnel persona mapping

If your ads still look the same in different fonts, you're not scaling.
Creative requirements will 3x again.
Those with the infrastructure to meet it will compound, fast.


3️⃣ AI content saturation will fuel a trust shift.
Consumers are already burnt out from AI-generated sludge.
They’ll crave human-first content more than ever:
→ Experts, authority figures, real founder narratives, and content with an actual POV.
That’s what will cut through in 2026.


4️⃣ The biggest operational challenge next year? Creative output.
Your offer won’t save you. Your media buyer won’t save you.
The brands that win will be able to answer this:
- Can you produce 500+ creative tests a month?
- Can you diversify across multiple personas and formats?
- Can you structure performance data into creative action fast enough?
That’s the game now.


5️⃣ The affiliate gold rush hits TikTok Shop.
Affiliate marketing won’t be a nice-to-have, it’ll be a growth engine.
Brands that build systems to onboard, reward, and reactivate creators will win.
Done right, it becomes your new performance flywheel.


6️⃣ AI as a revenue channel is still coming.
We’ve seen AI impact copy, workflows, and operations.
But we haven’t seen it drive sales yet.
That’s coming - likely via agent-led commerce, smart integrations, and custom GPTs.
It won’t replace creative yet, but it’ll reshape how we sell.


🚨What to do now to win in 2026:

- Build your persona engine
  → Use Reddit, Grok, surveys and social scraping to unlock real pain points.
   
- Systemise creative diversification
  → You’re not launching ads — you’re feeding signals to algorithms.
   
- Solve for creative ops
  → You need a team (internal or external) that can scale volume + structure.
   
2026 will be unforgiving for brands stuck on old models.

But for those with the systems, story and speed, it’s a compounding year.

We’re entering a new era of ecom.

Google, Shopify, Walmart, Etsy, Wayfair, and over 20 others have just dropped UCP: a universal standard that lets any AI agent buy from any retailer in real-time.

It’s now live in Gemini + Google's AI Mode.

Here’s why it matters for DTC 👇

The “Universal Commerce Protocol” (UCP) revolutionises the shopping experience.

Think of it as an open-source checkout layer for the AI era, one that any brand can integrate with, and any AI agent can transact through.

Why it matters:
→ It removes friction from discovery to checkout
→ You stay the merchant of record
→ Customers can buy directly inside AI interfaces (Gemini, Search, ChatGPT, Copilot)
→ Built-in support for Shop Pay, Google Pay, more coming
→ It’s composable: plug in your product catalogue, offers, checkout flow + discounts
→ It’s open-source and backed by Google

The goal? To create one shared language for agentic commerce so agents, brands and wallets can speak to each other instantly.

Just like HTTP did for websites.

Most DTC brands won’t clock this yet. But AI discovery is going to be a commerce channel, not just a research tool.

This changes how products are surfaced, selected, and sold.

It’s the end of the linear funnel. And the start of contextual, agent-led buying.

If you’re a scaling DTC brand:
→ Get your products into the Merchant Centre
→ Integrate the UCP spec (works with any backend)
→ Enable agentic checkout across Google + others

AI agents aren’t a threat. They’re the next growth opportunity.

We break down the creative strategy and funnel plays that drove $40M in Meta spend and 6,000+ ads during BFCM 2025.

If you’re serious about scaling in 2026, this is the episode to start your year with.

Here’s what we cover 👇

Q5 strategy: The most important “quarter” that isn’t a quarter.

Most brands waste this window with hype-led messaging or default evergreen creative.

The sharpest brands? They layer seasonal context into a funnel-led framework and it scales:
✅ 50% to TOF problem-aware “reset” creative
✅ 20–30% to MOF trust-builders + objection handling
✅ Hook variation built to extend shelf-life past Q5
✅ BOF = urgency + relevance, not just discounts
This is how you capitalise on low CPMs, high intent, and minimal competition from the big enterprise players.

Black Friday learnings
We spent $40M on Meta in November (+185% YoY) and shipped 6,000+ ads.

Our top takeaways:
- Start earlier than you think
- Don’t change your offer mid-flight
- Demand gen > discount panic
- Simple > clever (especially for older demos)

Creative strategy in 2026
You’ll either win with:
- Ultra-authentic, native content
- Highly stylised, scripted storytelling
Middle of the road = forgettable.

We also break down:
- Our approach to creative iteration vs net-new
- How to stretch performance from your best hooks
- The key human desires your content needs to hit
- Why volume still matters… but where it comes from matters more

Biggest risks for brands right now
- Poor offer architecture
- Weak mid-funnel
- Not adapting messaging to intent
- Lack of urgency across the team
- Process changes without buy-in

What’s coming in 2026
- M&A activity will ramp up
- Meta spend will keep growing, but TikTok Shop, YouTube, and AppLovin will become serious plays
- Brands will need a deeper bench of channel-ready creative
- “Creative similarity” will punish lazy iterations
- Great products with true retention will win. Everything else gets exposed.

This episode will give you the blueprint to hit the ground running in January and compound into your biggest year yet.

Catch up now: https://lnkd.in/eCja7Gu7

You'll lose over $90K this year to avoidable fundraising admin, here's how to stop it.

Most founders are still tracking investors in spreadsheets and scrambling to build data rooms the night before calls.

If you're a 100-person company, you're bleeding up to 1,848 hours per year ($92,400 annually) on admin overhead that could be automated.

I switched to an AI-powered fundraising workspace that changed everything: pitch deck, investor CRM, outreach sequences, and data room, all in one place using Notion.

The results:
→ Admin time dropped 80%
→ Pitch iterations 3× faster
→ My calendar freed up for actual investor conversations

The AI Founder's Kit I'm using includes everything you need to go from idea to funded:

- $300 Supabase credit for backend
- $60 in Vercel credits to ship your frontend
- 1 Year Framer launch
- Up to 6 months of Notion Business with AI
- 2,000+ vetted early-stage VCs, incubators, accelerators
- 50 pitch decks from YC, a16z, Sequoia-backed startups
- Tactical fundraising guides from operators

This isn't about working faster, it's about pitching sharper and closing smarter.

👉 Comment NOTION and I'll send you the free toolkit

Here’s 5 scaling challenges we see in every £30K–£1M/month agency:

- Margin collapse
- Sales team friction
- Delivery bottlenecks
- Founder burnout
- No true peer group

I’m co-hosting an in-person mastermind this March with Jordan Platten that solves all of these in 3 days.

Agency Accession is for agency owners making £30K–£1M+ per month who want to scale profitably without breaking the business in the process.

It’s 3 days of honest conversations, deep dives, and decision-making, with operators who’ve actually scaled past £100K/mo and had to rebuild the systems they broke along the way.

The focus is simple:
→ Profit
→ Client results
→ Happiness

Think founder dinners + fire strategy + clarity you don’t get from group chats.

When: 23–25 March
Where: London, UK (outskirts)
Who: Agency owners doing £30K–£1M+ p/m
Format: Evening kick-off, seminar-style talks, and implementation workshops

Common challenges we’ll break down:
- Hiring sales teams without losing margin
- Systemising delivery without bottlenecking
- Creating predictable acquisition
- Delegating ops while scaling volume
- Embedding AI (the right way)
- Finding a real peer group that’s on your level

This is built for founders who want to scale with leverage, not stress.

Operators who want to simplify, not stack more onto their plate.

If you want to be in the room (or have questions) head here for more details: https://lnkd.in/exKbmhnB

Most brands are already planning 2026. Very few are planning Q5 properly.

In the latest episode of D2C Diaries, Loukas Hambi & I break down why the period between Christmas and the first full week of January is the most misunderstood (and most valuable) window in e-commerce, and why how you use it will shape your entire year.

We cover:
 – What we saw spending nearly $40M on Meta in November 
 – Why simple offers still outperform complexity at scale
 – The demand and mindset shift that happens almost immediately after Christmas
 – The short “flash in the pan” motivation window brands either capitalise on… or miss
 – And the biggest changes we expect in e-commerce in 2026
- Plus our 2025 awards & predictions for 2026 👀

If you execute Q5 properly, you don’t just win January - you set momentum for the rest of the year.

Full episode live now 🎧 https://lnkd.in/epNwpMV8

Dan Murray🧠 scaled Heights to £25M off the back of burnout, insomnia, and a failed startup.

We’ve been working with Heights on the creative side and hearing how he built the brand from personal struggle to scale made for a killer episode.

One of my favourite episodes we’ve recorded.

Live now 🎧 https://lnkd.in/eBEhDBYG

IM8 Health went from $0 to a $120M run rate in 11 months. Now they're targeting $300M by the end of 2026.

We’ve been pointing to IM8 as best in class for months.

One of the cleanest funnel builds I’ve seen: long-form site, deep education, premium price justified at every stage. 

All engineered by Danny Yeung.

Built with:
- David Beckham as co-founder
- A product that replaces 16 supplements with one drink
- A scientific board from NASA, UFC & Mayo Clinic
- NSF certification + clinical trials from day one

Catch the full episode here, it’s stacked with insights: https://lnkd.in/e85t_ASx

Sign up here for "How to grow on TikTok Shop in 2026": https://shorturl.at/3aFBm

⏰14th Jan @ 3pm GMT
Harry Forsyth | Fospha

Sophie Holgate, Ana Filipa Silva and 63 other attendees

View event: How to grow on TikTok Shop in 2026

This is the most ignored performance window in ecom and it just opened.

Boxing Day isn’t the end of the season. It’s the start of the arbitrage.

This is the time to ramp up spend and lean into one of the highest-margin periods for new customer acquisition, with fresh messaging, goal-driven offers, and a creative system that actually reflects how people behave after Christmas.

41% of shoppers are still buying, right through January.

But, they’re not buying gifts anymore. They’re buying for themselves.

Welcome to Q5: the hidden quarter where low CPMs meet high intent, but most of your competitors are asleep.

Here's the shift we're seeing in Q5:

- Focus flips from gifting to self-gifting
- Decision-making becomes more goal-driven
- Offers need to align with “new year, better me” energy
- CPMs drop, meaning TOF gets much cheaper

But creative is the difference between CPM arbitrage and wasted spend.

What’s working today is content built specifically for the Q5 mindset, tied to common resolutions, seasonally relevant pain points, and new offers designed to drive urgency without relying on deep discounts.

Here’s our Boxing Day Q5 Creative Launch Checklist, built from what we’re running live today:

✅ 1. “New Year, New Me” hooks
Consumers are reflecting. 96% are setting new goals.
Your hook should match that mindset. Try:
→ “Start 2026 stronger”
→ “Ready to reset?”
→ “Small wins > big goals this January”

✅ 2. Self-gifting over gifting
Shift messaging from “buy for them” to “upgrade for you.”
→ 57% of TikTok’s devoted shoppers self-gift in Q5
→ Use language like: “Finally get what you wanted” or “The gift they didn’t get you”

✅ 3. Resolution-driven creative
Map your ad concepts to real resolutions:
→ Health (66%)
→ Personal growth (40%)
→ Financial reset (34%)
Build ads that show your product as a tool for change.

✅ 4. Urgency without gimmicks
Create soft urgency that feels fresh, not salesy.
→ “January reset pricing”
→ “Fresh start special”
→ “Just launched: 2026 edition”
People are more deal-sensitive now, but they’re also more mindful.

✅ 5. Product-led UGC & problem-solution frames
Ditch vague testimonials. Focus on routines, transformation, and benefit stacking.
→ “This is how I’m resetting for 2026”
→ “3 swaps I’m making this year”
→ “What I’m cutting out in January (and replacing with this)”

✅ 6. More TOF, less BOF
Most brands keep hammering their remarketing pools.
We’re pushing harder into TOF now - while it’s still cheap.
→ Use TOF creative to tap into new personas
→ Problem-aware + solution-aware formats work best
→ Drive volume now, and retarget in Jan with more urgency
Boxing Day is the turning point.

You can either coast on holiday leftovers or compound into Q1 with a fresh content system built for what people actually want.

Move fast. The intent is there. The competition isn’t.
Let’s go.

I’ll be sharing the exact blueprint we’re using to turn TikTok into a profitable sales channel in 2026.

TikTok Shop is the biggest unlocked growth lever in DTC.

I’m teaming up with Harry Forsyth to break down how 8-figure brands are actually scaling TikTok Shop in 2026.

It’s step-by-step execution:

→ What high-performing TikTok Shop creative actually looks like
→ What’s working in our highest GMV TikTok Shop campaigns
→ Why Last Click breaks down in a marketplace-led world
→ And how to track TikTok’s real impact across your site, Amazon, and more

If you're trying to turn scrolls into sales, this one's worth an hour of your time.

🗓️ Wednesday, January 14th
⏰ 3:00 PM GMT
🎥 Free Webinar

👉 Register here: https://shorturl.at/fdbg6

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