Before there were influencers, before comment sections, before anyone thought to scroll through customer letters for content, there was Wendy Kaufman, doing it all from a desk at a small drinks company in New York.
The woman who became the face of one of the most beloved ad campaigns of the 90s as The Snapple Lady shares what it really took to get there, and what nobody knew about her at the time.
Show Highlights:
- The near-decade she spent in the dark before the Snapple commercials ever happened is a story most people have never heard
- There’s a moment in this conversation where she describes what finally pushed her toward asking for help, and it’s impossible to forget
- The reason she started responding to fan mail at Snapple had nothing to do with marketing, and everything to do with a grudge she’d been holding since childhood
- What the ad executives actually said when they found out who was going to be in the commercials will make your jaw drop
- She floated an idea to the higher-ups that would have made the greatest commercial in history, and they passed on it
You’re going to love my conversation with Wendy Kaufman
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I'm a tech entrepreneur, podcaster, and professional stand-up comedian. I started my journey in the tech industry back in 1997 when I founded my own website development company, which was one of the pioneering companies in the country at the time. While working in technology, my comedic talents couldn't be contained, and I eventually took to the stage as a stand-up comedian.
My passion for comedy led me to create Hashtag Roundup (@hashtagroundup on Twitter), a platform that has contributed to over 8000 top 10 USA trends on Twitter. With the growth of social media, particularly Instagram, I founded Stampede Social, a company aimed at helping creators drive traffic to their content without relying solely on a link in their bio.
