D2C Diaries
Join Olly Hudson and Loukas Hambi in a laid-back yet insightful podcast, where we dive into the heart of D2C and e-commerce. With a combined experience of managing over £150 million in ad spend across Meta and TikTok and helping scale over 200 brands, we bring you a digestible blend of performance, operational, and creative wisdom.
D2C Diaries
Black Friday 2025: The Exact Strategy Behind £45M in Revenue
Black Friday isn’t just another sales weekend, for some DTC brands, it makes up 90% of yearly revenue.
In this episode of D2C Diaries, Olly and Loukas break down the exact playbook that drove £45M in sales from £11.5M in Meta ad spend during Black Friday 2024 and reveal how they’ve evolved the strategy for 2025.
You’ll learn:
- The proven goal-setting framework to anchor your BFCM strategy
- Offer strategies that actually convert without overcomplicating
- Why creative iteration beats “net new” assets every time
- Lead generation tactics to fill your funnel before Q4
- How gifting angles and TikTok Shop are reshaping 2025 BFCM
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This is your 2025 Black Friday playbook. Don’t leave 90% of your revenue to chance.
0:00 Sharing our learnings from £45M in BFCM revenue
03:30 Unit economics with our master sheet
9:30 Crafting a great Black Friday offer
14:20 Forecasting, pacing, and daily revenue tracking
16:00 Lead generation in Q4 success
19:30 How to execute top-of-funnel lead gen campaigns
21:30 Lead gen case studies
22:30 Urgency, exclusivity & scarcity as lead gen drivers
25:00 Gamification & referral mechanics that work
27:30 Looking at past data
30:30 Funnel splits for creative and reusing top performers
34:00 Static vs video performance in BFCM
36:30 Obscure hooks
37:50 Q4 consumer psychology
42:00 Middle and bottom of funnel
48:10 Hook frameworks
54:25 How to scale creative volume without burning out
57:20 TikTok Shop predictions for Q4 2025
59:30 Reactive CRM plays
1:00:30 Wrap-up + future deep dives
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