Apr 19, 2022
Rick Cesari is the Chief Marketing Officer at Direct Branding, an omnichannel branding and marketing company that uses compelling videos to build brands and generate more sales. Before Direct Branding, he was the Founder, President, and CEO of Cesari Media and Cesari Response Television Inc.
Rick was the first person to use direct response television marketing to build a national brand (Juiceman® Juice Extractor). By applying similar direct response strategies and video marketing, he has been responsible for helping create and market many iconic brands like Sonicare®, Clarisonic, The George Foreman Grill, OxiClean, Rug Doctor, and GoPro.
In this episode…
Technology and advertising platforms have changed over the years, but the way we market to people hasn’t changed much. According to marketing expert Rick Cesari, it’s about understanding basic human psychology, marketing principles, and selling through education.
As someone who helped uplift brands like GoPro and Juiceman®, Rick knows the formula to scale through direct response TV marketing. Running TV ads is more of a shotgun blast approach, but it’s no less effective than it was years ago. Direct response TV marketing can amplify other channels by 20% to 50%. Because of TV marketing’s large-scale awareness and ability to hit all potential demographics, it can elevate your brand and help you build lifetime value.
In this episode of the eCommerce Profits Podcast, Joshua Chin sits down with Rick Cesari, Chief Marketing Officer of Direct Branding, to discuss everything you’d want to know about direct response TV marketing. Rick shares why TV marketing is still effective today, the cost of running TV ads, and why it’s important to leverage marketing strategies early on. Rick also talks about how he’s helped leading brands grow and scale!