{"podcast":{"title":"Marketing Operators","slug":"marketing-operators-6861665","podcast_index_feed_id":6861665,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f23bffe0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marketing-operators","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40540184/40540184-1781006264217-c57060f709315.jpg","author":"Cody Plofker, Connor MacDonald, and Connor Rolain","episode_count":134,"summary":"Some call it the greatest ecommerce podcast in existence. Behind three behemoth brands stand three juggernauts of the marketing world: Cody Plofker (CEO, Jones Road Beauty), Connor MacDonald (CMO, Ridge) & Connor Rolain (Head of Growth, HexClad). Finally, they’re pulling back the curtain to give you a never-before-seen look at what works and what doesn’t work to drive growth.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:20:23.918211+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-operators-6861665"},"episode":{"title":"Meta Ads Catalog, TikTok Shops + GMV Max, and the Future of Creative","slug":"meta-ads-catalog-tiktok-shops-gmv-max-and-the-future-of-creative","published_at":"2026-06-02T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-operators-6861665/meta-ads-catalog-tiktok-shops-gmv-max-and-the-future-of-creative","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-operators-6861665","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marketing-operators/episodes/Meta-Ads-Catalog--TikTok-Shops--GMV-Max--and-the-Future-of-Creative-e3k72ba","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f23bffe0/podcast/play/120866602/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-1%2F425322463-44100-2-202b789208417.mp3","summary":"Can Meta and TikTok Shop be combined into a single playbook? Connor MacDonald (CMO, Ridge) and Cody Plofker (CEO, Jones Road Beauty) are fresh off the Meta Performance Marketing Summit and cover what the event signaled, where paid social is heading, and what most brands are still sleeping on. They explain Meta betting big on product feed enrichment as the foundation for better AI-generated creative, and how GMV Max is quietly powering TikTok Shop’s top brands. The duo also reveals creators driving 60% of shop revenue, the Meta ads catalog, and TikTok Shop affiliate flywheels. Powered By Motion Creative Benchmarks 2026 https://motionapp.com/thumbstop-pulse/creative-benchmarks-2026?utm_campaign=marketing-operators&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_content=creative-benchmarks-2026&utm_source=marketing-operators-podcast Richpanel https://9ops.co/richpanel Aftersell https://9ops.co/4i3bb5 Haus https://www.haus.io/operators Operators Newsletter https://9operators.com/","meta_description":"Can Meta and TikTok Shop be combined into a single playbook? Connor MacDonald (CMO, Ridge) and Cody Plofker (CEO, Jones Road Beauty) are fresh off the Met…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3589,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketing-operators-6861665/episodes/meta-ads-catalog-tiktok-shops-gmv-max-and-the-future-of-creative/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-operators-6861665/meta-ads-catalog-tiktok-shops-gmv-max-and-the-future-of-creative.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}