Selling Naked, Jesse Horwitz
Selling Naked, Jesse Horwitz
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Selling Naked
A Revolutionary Approach to Launching Your Brand Online

Author: Jesse Horwitz

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2020


Synopsis

“A candid, behind-the-scenes look at how successful direct-to-consumer brands such as Hubble are launching their businesses on platforms like Facebook and Google.”—Lisa Sherman, president and CEO, the Ad Council
 
LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • “A must-read for anyone interested in starting a new business.”—Moiz Ali, CEO, Native
 
E-commerce startups have exploded in the marketplace, selling merchandise and services directly to consumers, often through mobile phones. They skip the middlemen, avoid the lower margins of retail channels of distribution, strike deals directly with manufacturers and suppliers, and, in doing so, save consumers money. Among the companies that are part of this e-commerce revolution are Dollar Shave Club, Casper, Quip, Peloton, and Hubble Contacts.
 
In Selling Naked, Hubble Contacts co-founder and co-CEO Jesse Horwitz shows entrepreneurs and enterprise companies alike precisely how to conceive, launch, and grow an e-commerce brand by using paid marketing social media channels. Horwitz shows entrepreneurs how to test consumer interest before spending a dime by placing mock ads on Facebook and other social media. Using this method, Hubble Contacts got an astonishing two thousand signups in four days, and as a result, raised $3.5 million in seed money. Hubble ran a second experiment to see if consumers would actually sign up for the service, which led to a second multimillion-dollar investment. Horwitz shows how startups can cut through the metrics bullshit to focus on the one metric that really matters; how to use third-party tools rather than build everything from scratch; and how to tell a great story to investors and frame your digital offering. In addition to running Hubble, Jesse Horwitz now works with established Fortune 500 enterprises to help build their e-commerce brands within the landscape of a larger retail environment.
 
Selling Naked is the definitive playbook on how to start up a successful direct-to-consumer business.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on February 24, 2020

So you want to start a new business. Now what? If you want to sell directly to consumers with Facebook and Instagram ads driving customers to your website, read Selling Naked. It will prevent you from making mistakes made by failed businesses. It will also motivate you by including short bios of suc......more

Goodreads review by Nate on July 21, 2020

This is an interesting book for a select few. Personally, I would recommend E-Myth as a guide to starting a business over this book. While reading I continually asked myself who is this book for? Parts were too basic for those in the industry and others were much too difficult to understand if this......more

Goodreads review by Chris on May 27, 2020

This is an excellent book of you have started or are considering launching a direct-to-consumer brand, or “selling naked.” You can tell it was written by a founder for other founders - it is an honest approach that takes you step-by-step through what is necessary, both from a business perspective as......more

Goodreads review by Junaid on June 19, 2020

This book has been an awesome read, especially with it allowing me to consider DTC companies and breaking down how they develop in a manner I didn't understand before. I'm a University student trying to launch my own DTC company. With Jesse having been through the process himself, and knowing many o......more

Goodreads review by Bilal on July 02, 2020

One of the best e-commerce start up books in the market. I actually discovered Jesse from another startup book about DTC, and I thought it was great. The book is very straight forward and step by step, Jesse explains the entire process of launching a DTC brand from scratch. The book does get a bit t......more


Quotes

“Jesse Horwitz is a pioneer of the Direct Brand Economy, and Selling Naked is a vivid guide to how he, thousands of other entrepreneurs, and perhaps you can create powerful global brands out of great ideas.”—Randall Rothenberg, CEO of IAB