Jacob Ross

Former PebblePost CEO (7x in 7 years). Exploring. Husband, twin dad, Vermont & NYC. TM, leg day, Chinese tea, Russian lit-pilled.

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@signulll So everything evolves into crabs…or slop bowls.

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

NYC mornings, specifically the feeling of my exposed legs being gently grazed with the bodega guy’s spray as he cleans the sidewalk

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

15 mins after begging for snuggles, 10 yo daughter says, “daddy it’s ok if you want to say good night now” as a sweet way of telling me she wants some alone time

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@THR Gen Alpha will just tell you if you ask

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

Standing in line at cvs. Woman in her 80s is complaining about their ai customer service.

“I just want to talk to a real person.” She is very frustrated.

Perfect example of how ai-first screws with the only thing that matters: the customer. Be customer-first.

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@oliviaakory Huge, congrats Olivia!

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@petergyang @Teknium @Alphaschool 1. Compare Hermes to other AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini. codex/cc…) and explain difference, many people are still confused

2. 2-3 practical use cases to demo/build to make concrete (eg email triage, calendar management, workout coach)

3. Cron

4. Memory

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@Camp4 I'm curious - what's the first concrete step you took to start that reboot? Was it a big change or a little change?

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@drgurner 100%. And tough-acting people try to tear down anything they think is weakness, because that is what they are afraid of in themselves.

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@Seanfrank https://t.co/hAJMNWJqwq

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@businessbarista Claude

[Eric Tilbury - Programmatic @EricTilbury_RTB]

It's crazy to me that brands spending millions of dollars per month solely optimize budgets based on user-based attribution, the most flawed and gameable metric possible. I've seen countless setups where clients will put 5 or 6 different adtech vendors on a plan and optimize solely based on who's driving the lowest trackable CPA. That is the most broken way to optimize. It favors whoever just sits at the bottom of the funnel waiting for a layup. Unfortunately, this isn't basketball, and layups don't add value. The ones holding budgets, measuring success in this way need to have a come-to-Jesus moment, talk to their vendors, really understand how their tech works, analyze their trackable CPAs directionally, run additional tests like incrementality, MMM, or some other form of validation other than last touch wins all the budget.

This setup is so common it's led to the internet we have today, massive ID fraud and congested web pages to serve that very competition.

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@DrDominicNg Causation or correlation?

[Jacob Ross @jacobaross]

@clairevo Incredibly well said!

[PebblePost @PebblePostPDM]

Counting down to eTail Connect West! ⏳

Want to learn how Programmatic Direct Mail and Performance CTV are driving incremental outcomes at scale for leading brands?

📩 DM us to lock in a time to connect.

See you in Coronado!

#etail #retailmarketing #adtech @eTailNews

[PebblePost @PebblePostPDM]

This week, we hosted our third-annual #Hackathon in downtown NYC—and the energy was off the charts. 🚀

Over 2.5 days, team members from Engineering, Data Science, Product, Campaign Operations, and Analytics & Insights came together to collaborate, experiment, and build.

Every project was rooted in driving real business impact and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible at PebblePost.

We’re so proud of the creativity, #innovation, and teamwork on display.

Can't wait to see what we cook up next! 🔥

[Infinite Books @infinitebooks]

F. Scott Fitzgerald, can you feel it

[Sean Frank @Seanfrank]

Some common themes from the worlds most intimate Ecom conference, beanstalk:

1- profits are down this year.
Everyone spent 6 months reworking supply chains.

Maybe that means getting out of China. Maybe that means moving warehouses into the USA.

But that work did cost time and profit potential.

Going from duties free, cross border shipments to fully loaded NEW HIGHER tariffs and shipping from inside the USA is breaking the economics for a lot of businesses.

2- growth isn’t bad.
2022-2024 growth was a 4 letter word.

Profit ruled everything around me.

And, strangely, even if these brands can’t be profitable this year- there is more growth to be had than the past few years.

3- debates about the USA consumer. Is it strong? Are we in a recession?

No one knows. For everyone shouting that we are falling off a cliff, someone else is putting up 60% growth.

4- channel expansion.
Ai is coming. Agentic commerce will be the biggest disruption since mobile

How can you best hedge it?
Probably just be available everywhere.

You don’t know who will win the chat race, and you don’t know what data they will prioritize.

If Amazon and meta win, have to be on Amazon.

If it is target buying from (who knows what could happen) you need to be there.

The only hedge is to be everywhere, for everyone.

5- tik tok wasn’t the hot topic it was last year.

Actually, advertising in general took a back seat.

Ops and ai were where the energy was.

Typically these turn into a tip swapping conference, with ads manager up and loaded.

Naw- people just wanted to talk about how tired they are from all the warehouse moves.

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This is the generalized summary of talking to 400 brands, doing somewhere north of 20 billion all together.

Wild times ahead.
Wild times in the past.
Wild times now.
Wild times forever <3

[PebblePost @PebblePostPDM]

🚨 Exciting news at PebblePost! 🚨

Our team just got even stronger—please join us in welcoming our new Chief Revenue Officer, Will Harrington!

Here’s what Will had to say about stepping into the role:

“PebblePost has the technology, the data, and the vision to lead the next era of performance marketing. What excites me most is the company’s ability to combine the precision and measurability of digital with the immersive power of TV—and deliver outcomes that marketers can trust.”

Learn more about Will’s extensive track record in #adtech, including senior leadership positions at Criteo, Vayner3, and MiQ Digital, and why he's a great fit for our next growth phase:

https://t.co/4R3bo1HzQZ

#Leadership #PerformanceMarketing #CTV

[Jack Rubin (the soap guy) @JackRubin1]

Everyone talks about brand building, but does it actually drive measurable, incremental sales? We spent £740k on a brand campaign to find out and the results are in. It's not what you think 👇