Tolstoy - Helping Businesses Tell Better Stories
**This episode is brought to you by MuteSix, Repeat, and CartText** “Help businesses tell better stories,” this is the idea behind Tolstoy. Today we have Dov Kaufmann, Co-Founder, and CEO of Tolstoy, a customer video engagement platform. Dov always wanted to start a company. He studied English literature, so he tried to be an author and even a filmmaker, but he failed miserably in both. Eventually, he launched Tolstoy, which helps brands, retailers connect with their visitors and customers over video. According to Dov, you should keep moving, optimizing, and not let anything stop you. In the first half, he talks about: * Gratefulness * Overview of the company * What pushed him * Did writing and filmmaking skills help him * Suggestions for businesses Join Ramon Vela and Dov Kaufmann as they break down the inside story on The Story of a Brand. For more on Tolstoy, visit: https://www.gotolstoy.com/ Subscribe and Listen to the podcast on all major apps. Listeners can also search for The Story of a Brand. Click here to listen on Apple Podcast or Spotify. * OUR SHOW IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF MUTESIX. MuteSix is the leading agency in performance marketing. They have been in this space for nearly eight years, growing and scaling the world’s most recognizable e-commerce brands with breakthrough creative, targeted media buying, and data-driven results in every step of the funnel. They're currently offering listeners a FREE omnichannel marketing audit. Their team of auditors will perform a deep dive analysis into your current marketing efforts and identify which strategies might be budget wasters and which strategies will improve performance. The audit covers all digital marketing channels, including Facebook, Google, Email, Amazon, Snapchat, TikTok, Pinterest, Influencer, Programmatic, and Website CRO. For your free digital marketing consultation, visit: mutesix.com/storyofabrand * This episode is also brought to you by CartText. Are you interested in improving your Abandoned Cart Recovery rates? Cart Text is Powered by real people, not bots, not AI, real people. Cart Text will contact & engage with your customers in real-time to make the sales you missed. One by one, CartText will convert your abandoned carts, churned subscriptions, and billing-related issues using live agents + SMS. Real people, getting the job done. To learn more, visit https://carttext.com/ * This episode was brought to you by Repeat. Repeat is the easiest way for your customers to reorder products they love. Repeat will automate a frictionless reordering experience for the most significant part of a CPG brand’s customer base: The non-subscriber. Repeat uses machine learning to analyze one-time shopper behavior, automates reorder notifications, and delivers personalized replenishment carts that aid in up-sell and cross-sell efforts. The result? Higher LTV, better margins, and more insights on your best customers. To learn more, visit https://signup.getrepeat.io/