How Amazon built distinctive assets, compound creativity and a winning culture - Ed Smith

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06/01/2025 51 min Episodio 168
How Amazon built distinctive assets, compound creativity and a winning culture - Ed Smith

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Ed Smith leads the Amazon mass marketing team in Europe. In this episode we talk about how Amazon create such emotional advertising, how they make such huge decisions in their marketing and what Ed thinks about consistency within the Amazon brand.Timestamps00:00 - Intro00:48 - The top selling Amazon products at Christmas02:53 - Ed’s career journey to Amazon09:08 - Amazon’s sledging grannies campaign (age representation)14:49 - Why is Amazon’s advertising emotional21:10 - Being consistent with your brand24:39 - How Amazon make big decisions28:27 - Managing the demand side of Amazon29:30 - Amazon’s sustainability pledge35:12 - The role of influencers at Amazon38:56 - Culture at Amazon46:42 - Ed’s marketing predictions for 2025

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