---
title: "Media Buying for DTC Brands: Digital Slice Podcast"
description: "Samir Balwani on The Digital Slice: media buying for high-growth DTC brands, the iOS 14.5 fallout, and why strategic planning still wins."
author: "Samir Balwani"
published: 2022-11-11
canonical: https://www.weareqry.com/blog/e-commerce-media-buying-strategies-on-the-digital-slice-podcast
categories: ["Industry & Marketplace"]
---

# Media Buying for DTC Brands: Digital Slice Podcast

Samir had the opportunity to sit with Brad Friedman and discuss media buying strategies for growing e-commerce brands. We talk about:

- [media buying for high-growth, direct-to-consumer, and e-commerce brands](/blog/the-five-stages-of-dtc-ecommerce-advertising)

- the effects of [iOS14.5](/blog/cookie-less-and-advertisings-future) on our digital marketing efforts (ads and social media marketing)

- the benefits of thinking strategically about your marketing and [developing a plan](/blog/how-to-create-a-paid-media-forecast-and-plan).

## Listen to the episode

Check out the conversation on [The Digital Slice podcast](https://friedmansocialmedia.com/ep-073-be-strategic-and-think-about-where-your-business-is-going/)...