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PR Pros Call Out the Brand Mistakes Everyone Fell For | Pia Arthur & Kelly Cheeseman

PR Pros Call Out the Brand Mistakes Everyone Fell For | Pia Arthur & Kelly Cheeseman6 oct30 min

<p>Most mornings, <strong>Pia</strong> and <strong>Kelly</strong> catch up over coffee and trade hot takes on whatever brand moment is blowing up online. This episode puts that conversation on camera. Each brought scenarios the other hadn&#39;t seen, and they react cold: Disney opening its IP to TikTok creators, the wave of nostalgia menus, a golf collab ad that went sideways, the &quot;sold out in 15 seconds&quot; drop, and Liquid Death asking fans to donate their pee to cool AI data centers.</p><p><br></p><p>Pia and Kelly are the co-founders of <strong>Cuore</strong> and spent years as communications executives at Amazon. Their verdicts keep landing on the same line: the moves that work trust the audience, and the ones that backfire try to manage it. Along the way they get into what they&#39;d actually say to a CEO in the room, and what a better apology would have sounded like.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>• Why Disney handing its IP to creators is a lesson in knowing who already loves you</p><p>• Nostalgia marketing, and when a throwback turns into a cheap trick</p><p>• What Kelly would do if she ran comms for a fast food comeback item</p><p>• Target, Delia&#39;s, and why a collaboration doubles your exposure and your risk</p><p>• The Callaway x Good Good ad, and why &quot;this doesn&#39;t reflect our values&quot; fell flat</p><p>• Manufactured scarcity, bots, and resellers, and why it erodes trust</p><p>• What to say when a CEO wants to make only 500 so they sell out fast</p><p>• Liquid Death&#39;s &quot;We Want Your Pee&quot; campaign: gross, or genius?</p><p>New episodes of Well Said every other Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>00:50 Disney opens its IP to TikTok creators</p><p>04:41 &quot;Hell hath no fury like a Disney adult&quot;</p><p>06:53 The lesson: know who already cares about you</p><p>09:43 Nostalgia marketing: genius or cheap trick?</p><p>13:28 Why Kelly would rather see something new</p><p>17:19 How to run comms on a throwback launch</p><p>19:17 Target, Delia&#39;s, and the power of a collab</p><p>20:49 When a brand collaboration goes sideways</p><p>24:29 Why &quot;this doesn&#39;t reflect our values&quot; fell flat</p><p>28:11 The &quot;sold out&quot; drop brands keep pulling</p><p>31:30 What to tell a CEO who wants to make only 500</p><p>35:32 Liquid Death&#39;s &quot;We Want Your Pee&quot;</p><p>40:0