JDubb 🔶

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Love the honesty here. Most DTC brands talk about customer connection but never actually build the infrastructure for it. A Customer Advisory Panel turns feedback from random surveys into real relationships with people who care about your success. The creator obsession makes sense too. Having creators as employees instead of just contractors means they actually understand your brand and create authentic content rather than transactional posts.

I've had a few moments where I've had to call us out on own bullshit this year. Examples: 1. We're a DTC brand that doesn't talk to our customers enough. Most DTC brands say that one of the big advantages of DTC is the dirrect access to your customers, but they do a poor job of actually talking to them. We were the same. One of our big rocks for 2026 is to become customer-obsessed. We're creating a Customer Advisory Panel. I think every brand should have one. We will have a group, either FB or discord, where we will use it to get product feedback during and before development, user feedback on digital products, marketing feedback, etc. We'll ask ad hoc questions in the group, run surveys and interviews, monthly zooms, and an annual in person event. I think it will be one of the highest-impact things we will do. My thinking is that if we make most of our decisions around our customer, we can't veer too far off track. 2. We need to be creator-obsessed. I realized it was stupid to have 50 employees and no full-time creators on staff. Obviously we do work with tons of creators (it should be way more) but I think we also need full time creators in residence. We might even try to hire a Chief Creator Officer. I truly think that creative is the supply chain of marketing today, and creators are the most valuable part of a DTC business today. It's time we put our money where our mouth is. The Ridge boys saw this early and partered with MBKHD. I'm less certain exactly how this looks for us, but we will have a "Chief Creator Officer" or "Creator Director" We're building an in house content studio that our creators in house will shoot at all day, both for paid and organic. We'll build a discord of thousands of creators and cut out UGC agencies. Excited for both of these.

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@GrandPOOBear It's a mix of genre fit and reducing friction. A variety streamer with 20k viewers who looks bored because it's and ad won't convert. A niche creator with 500 viewers who loves the genre will. Combine that right fit with active incentives to trigger the purchase.

@JDubbTV How do you convert those viewers to sales?

I spent 9+ years at Twitch. I saw more indie games than I can count launch to zero viewers. The games were usually great. The distribution was broken. Spamming keys isn't a strategy. It's a lottery ticket. I can help studios build actual access to creators who convert. Let's fix your launch plan! #IndieDev #GameDev #GameMarketing #Twitch

"So what are you doing this week since you got laid off?" Me: Sitting with my wife who is sitting with this little guy... Pretty high energy stuff 😂 🐣

@TheOnlyRyann I've always got your back homie.

I’ve gotten to know JDubb over the years and he’s an incredible dude. I’m truly sad to see him get let go like this, but I know whatever he lands next, he’s going to kick the complete ass out of it He’s someone who advocated for me, looked out for me, can’t thank you enough 🙏

@SanchoWest I'm always rooting for you homie

JDubb is that dude. Always greeted me at Twitch. Always made a point to visit me while I worked Twitch Rivals and got me rolling with so many hosting jobs. Thank you JDubb.

@summit1g @Twitch We shall see. I'll stay tuned as always

@JDubbTV @Twitch I’m sorry brother, you’re a good dude and it’s not deserved. Hoping you stay within the gaming space.

After 9 incredible years, my time at @Twitch has come to an end as part of today’s Amazon layoffs. It’s been the best job I’ve ever had. I’ve grown so much, met amazing creators and coworkers, and lived for TwitchCon every year. My resume is updated and I’m open to new roles. 💜

@moblordTV For sure

@JDubbTV There's a lot of negative sentiments swirling around. And people looking for targets to unleash their venom on. It's pretty unsettling and demoralizing. But yes. I've never questioned your motivations and I hope you find a new spot where you can channel that feeling again.

This is a wild take. 🤔 My role was actually to advocate for creators, helping them get paid activations on and off Twitch. I was one of the internal people who made it a goal to include small creators in some of biggest campaigns I was part of. I was proud to support streamers making a living doing what they love.

@EloraBliss @Twitch 💜

@JDubbTV @Twitch This is so gut-wrenching. @JDubbTV, you were a real one. Whatever support we can give you, let us know <3

@moblordTV It's not just don't want to be seen as part of whatever problems they want to lump every employee into. I have always been and will always be for the creators.

@JDubbTV You're getting some bad takes but I hope you don't let it get to you. We knew you were one of the ones who cared and tried as best as you could. And your presence will be missed.

@Mfoxers @RodrigoDrte @Twitch @grok

@RodrigoDrte @JDubbTV @Twitch @grok sounds like he did Jack sht for 9 years from what i just read in Grok's reply omfg twitch is a mess. and they jus closed Twitch Music Discord recently for no reason.

@DataDaveTV @Twitch Thanks, you were awesome to work with

@JDubbTV @Twitch Man I am sorry J. You've been a pleasure to collaborate with over the years with every opportunity. Thank you for all you have done for creators. Stay strong and keep your head up. Bigger and better is headed your way.

@alex_frostwolf 💜Everything happens for a reason

@JDubbTV I’m so sorry 🫂💛

@UmiNoKaiju1 @Twitch Brutal

@JDubbTV @Twitch Omg I’m so sorry 😞

@fokust_official @Twitch 100000%

@JDubbTV @Twitch I KNOW the Lord will lead you to the perfect position and you will absolutely crush it!!! The best is yet to come brother!!!

@BigCheese I am on the hunt for what's next

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