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Shift Happens:
A DAC Podcast

The art (and chaos) of modern marketing.

Each episode unpacks the forces reshaping
marketing and asks experts how they transform disruption into an advantage. Because when Shift Happens, the best marketers find clarity amid the chaos.

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The Marketing Graveyard: Campaigns, Tools and Tactics That Should Stay Dead

What’s scarier than two marketing executives dressed as bananas? A glowing campaign report followed by, “So… did we actually sell anything?” In this Halloween episode of Shift Happens, host Nasser Sahlool and Bhavin Prashad, VP of Media at DAC, venture into the marketing graveyard to inspect the habits that refuse to stay buried. Think fictional audience personas, the same creative shoehorned into every channel, and last-click attribution claiming credit like it did all the work. They explore why knowing “Sarah, 34, loves oat milk” isn’t much of a media strategy, how AI can bring bad assumptions back to life at scale, and why your annual budget shouldn’t be carved in stone. Bhavin also shares what deserves a second life: real customer insights, creative built for each channel, and incrementality testing that helps separate actual impact from a good-looking report. The takeaway? Some marketing habits deserve a proper burial. Bring your curiosity, question your metrics, and keep a spade handy.

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Meet the host

Nasser Sahlool doesn’t just navigate marketing shifts, he steers through them. As Senior VP of Strategy at DAC, he leads a global team of award-winning strategists obsessed with what’s next in digital marketing, data, and performance. A globally recognised strategist and speaker, Nasser has shared the stage at Cannes Lions, Ad Age Brand Summit, and Google Engage, always bringing a sharp perspective on how data, creativity, and human insight collide. On Shift Happens, he brings his trademark wit and curiosity to the table, breaking down the art (and chaos) of modern marketing, one shift at a time.

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