Amanda’s Playbook is your front-row seat to a living laboratory alongside unfiltered conversations with the people influencing the future of business, culture, creators, and community. Hosted by Amanda, investor, professor, and marketing powerhouse, alongside insightful co-hosts, you’ll witness firsthand experiments that bridge the gap between marketing theory and what actually works right now.
This isn’t another show about yesterday’s successes—it’s about creating tomorrow’s playbook together. Join a community of forward-thinking business leaders, entrepreneurs, and marketing professionals as we challenge conventional wisdom, test new approaches, and document what truly builds influence in today’s rapidly changing landscape.
No theory. No history lessons. Just real experiments, real results, and real-time adaptations you can apply immediately.
Rolex isn’t selling time. Hermès isn’t selling handbags. And De Beers? They turned shiny rocks into a ritual of forever. This episode is about how the world’s most iconic brands create desire—on purpose. Not through ads. Through identity engineering. You’ll see how: – Rolex broke $10B not by selling accuracy—but achievement – Hermès made waiting…
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This isn’t a story about nightlife. It’s a story about emotion—and what people are really buying when they pay for exclusivity. Back in 2008, with no budget and no celebrity backing, Daniel Koch and his brother Derek launched a brunch party in New York City. They didn’t build hype. They built feeling. What started as…
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What do wine tastings, painkillers, and pricing psychology all have in common? More than you think. In this episode of Amanda’s Playbook, I break down two surprisingly simple studies that reveal how price shapes perception, how it influences expectation, and why this matters more than ever for anyone building a premium brand, product, or service….
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What if the most powerful thing you could offer… was a question? This week on Amanda’s Playbook, I’m sharing a story I’ll never forget — one that completely changed how I think about leadership, influence, and solving real-world problems. It’s about Gloria Steinem. A village in Zambia. And the unexpected solution that stopped sex trafficking:…
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Everyone’s selling cold plunges, $14 matcha, and 4AM alarms as the secret to success. I’m not buying it. And I’m definitely not waking up early for it. This week on Amanda’s Playbook, I’m breaking down the Cold Plunge Lies—the performative routines we’ve started worshipping as gospel. I share my own obsessive history with extreme discipline,…
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Most people think reputation is built in the big moments—killer decks, polished launches, loud wins. But in reality? It’s built (and lost) in silence. In this episode of Amanda’s Playbook, I share a story that’s more common than we want to admit: a warm intro, a missed moment, and a reputation quietly eroded by lack…
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Most people trying to connect with high-profile people make the same mistake: They lead with their goals, their pitch, their calendar. But what if the real strategy… was anchoring yourself in their world? In this short episode, I share the simple (but powerful) tactic that earned me a meeting with OG YouTube star @shaycarl —and…
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Let’s be real: The world doesn’t reward the best. It rewards the most visible. The most trusted. The most strategically influential. In this week’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on why your brilliance might still be overlooked — and how to stop playing a rigged game. If you’re tired of working hard with nothing…
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We used to define luxury by price tags, silence, and formality. But that version of luxury? It’s outdated. Today, the most magnetic brands understand one thing: real luxury is about experience. It’s not about white tablecloths and bow ties — it’s about how you make someone feel. In this episode of Amanda’s Playbook, we explore…
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Most people take the check. Mark Wahlberg didn’t — and walked away with $200 million instead. In this episode of Amanda’s Playbook, I’m breaking down one of the smartest plays in the game — and why it has nothing to do with acting and everything to do with how you use your influence. It’s not…
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