{"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’s Manus AI Enters the Chat: Is Media Buying “Dead”?","slug":"meta-s-manus-ai-enters-the-chat-is-media-buying-dead","published_at":"2026-03-10T12:15:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-operators-6861665/meta-s-manus-ai-enters-the-chat-is-media-buying-dead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-operators-6861665","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marketing-operators/episodes/Metas-Manus-AI-Enters-the-Chat-Is-Media-Buying-Dead-e3g6q2h","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f23bffe0/podcast/play/116663825/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-10%2F419662501-44100-2-9536597e868c5.mp3","summary":"Is media buying dead or just evolving? Cody Plofker, Connor MacDonald, and Connor Rolain unpack Meta’s integration of Manus AI into Ads Manager and explore what it signals for the future of paid growth. The hosts discuss whether AI-driven automation is making traditional media buying obsolete and what this shift could mean for ecommerce teams navigating an increasingly agent-led landscape. The squad also covers how they’re already applying AI inside their brands, from campaign execution to CRO workflows + internal tooling — evolving growth roles, cross-channel decision-making, and how teams are rethinking structure in response to more capable AI systems. Powered By Motion Creative Strategy Bootcamp https://motionapp.com/2026-creative-strategy-bootcamp-paid?utm_source=marketing-operators-podcast&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=marketing-operators&utm_content=creative-strategy-bootcamp-2026 Richpanel https://9ops.co/richpanel Aftersell https://9ops.co/4i3bb5 Rivo https://www.rivo.io/operators Prescient AI https://www.prescientai.com/operators Operators Newsletter https://9operators.com/","meta_description":"Is media buying dead or just evolving? Cody Plofker, Connor MacDonald, and Connor Rolain unpack Meta’s integration of Manus AI into Ads Manager and explor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4262,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketing-operators-6861665/episodes/meta-s-manus-ai-enters-the-chat-is-media-buying-dead/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-s-manus-ai-enters-the-chat-is-media-buying-dead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}