SharkNinja has rewritten the modern commerce playbook by embedding a &quot;threshold of virality&quot; directly into pre-product development and abandoning rigid, weekly campaign reviews for hourly optimization. Global Head of Media Dave Kersey shares how this social-first, digital-only approach skyrocketed the brand to the top of TikTok Shop ecosystems globally while establishing a hyper-transparent, API-driven model for agency partnerships. Key Highlights 🚀 Modern product development must integrate a Threshold of Virality (TOV) pre-production to ensure the product’s DNA naturally inspires organic creator advocacy and consumer content generation. 📈 TikTok Shop has officially evolved from a novel social feature into a powerhouse retail and commerce engine comparable to traditional retail media. ⚡ High-growth brands must transition from standard weekly media reviews to an agile, real-time optimization infrastructure that monitors and scales winning content on an hourly and daily cadence. 🤝 Authentic creator engagement requires shifting from rigid, forced brand messaging to an early product-sampling model where influencers provide honest feedback and co-create real human usage stories. 📊 Measuring content performance requires a unified view that evaluates message resonance and audience viewing time across a single, integrated paid and organic ecosystem. 🧩 Signal fragmentation across emerging platforms like CTV and digital out-of-home remains the largest operational bottleneck preventing fast-moving digital optimization from scaling across the full media ecosystem. Resources &amp; Next Steps 🔗 Dave Kersey on LinkedIn 🎧 Subscribe to Next in Media on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Chapter Timestamps 00:00 TikTok Shop Success and Consumer Shopping Evolution 1:47 Shark Ninja&#x27;s Unique Product Development and Media Integration 3:51 Creator-Centric Social Commerce Strategy 7:32 Measurement and Attribution Approach 11:22 Aggressive Media Investment and Real-Time Optimization 12:56 Television and CTV Strategy Limitations 16:29 Signal Fragmentation as Primary Challenge 18:05 Agency vs. Client Side Insights and Partnership Model 20:52 Product Spotlight: The Chill Pill

Inside SharkNinja's Ad Optimization Playbook

Next in Media

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**Podcast:** Next in Media

## Participants

- **Mike Shields** (None)
- **Dave Kersey** (Shark Ninja)

## Transcript

People are still wrapping their heads around how big TikTok Shop has become and it's comparable to retail media now as much as it is about social influencers. What's that been like? We launched TikTok Shop in the U.S. a bit ago and we've become one of the top brands within the environment and the platform. We've been launching TikTok Shop across some of our European markets and seeing immediate rise to number one and earning incredible share across that ecosystem.

So what it's telling us is not only is it the right environment for us to start thinking about as one of our key retail engines and commerce engines, it's really showing us how consumers have really refined their way of shopping. We all know TV has become fragmented and we all know the feeling of spending more time deciding what to watch than actually watching or worse, knowing exactly what you want to watch and still not being able to find it. Vizio OS was built to solve this problem.

Viewers spend 30 plus minutes a day on Vizio's home screen, searching, discovering and getting inspiration to guide their entertainment and shopping journey. For advertisers, whether you're promoting a new show, restaurant or car or product, this is the best and only place to capture attention before they dive into an ad-free environment. An analyst project Vizio will become the number one TV operating system by 2027, positioning it as the front door of TV. If you want to connect with consumers at the moment of discovery and let Vizio turn attention into action, reach out to VizioAds at Vizio.com.

This week on Next in Media, as part of the latest episode of my special Next in TV series with the folks at Vizio, I chatted with Dave Kersey, global head of media at Shark Ninja. You may not know Shark Ninja or you may be one of those people that have purchased tons of their products, everything from vacuums to cordless mops to blenders to indoor grills. Dave talked about how Shark Ninja's media strategy is heavily direct response oriented and uniquely creator centric. Dave and I also talked about whether the company's strategy can actually work in television and what's missing there from a measurement and attribution standpoint. This is a fascinating one, so let's get started.

All right, so global media. Yeah, so leading global media here is very different than any other organization because really the goal here is to connect our product innovation into our growth flywheel. So while it is media in nature, it's really around building a growth engine. And that means a lot of things. We'll talk more about it.

But ultimately, what we do is we build full funnel signal driven media ecosystems to connect our innovation like this chill pill, which will become very handy during can and or all summer. And the innovation we build to consumers. And we do this through a number of wa...

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