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  "headline": "Beverage and automotive brands bypassed standard ads for custom Netflix show placements.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Bespoke streaming integration over media buys · Mike's Hard and Genesis (Netflix partnerships)\n\nBeverage and automotive brands bypassed standard ads for custom Netflix show placements.\n\nThis is the evolution beyond product placement. Netflix is now saying: pitch us a story moment that works for your brand, and we'll build it with you. Mike's Hard and Genesis both said yes. The upside is that engaged streamers don't skip it — it's part of the show. The downside is you have to think like a screenwriter, not a media buyer.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/mikes-hard-and-genesis-netflix-partnerships-2026-07-11t15-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/mikes-hard-and-genesis-netflix-partnerships-2026-07-11t15-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/mikes-hard-and-genesis-netflix-partnerships-2026-07-11t15-6",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Bespoke streaming integration over media buys · Mike's Hard and Genesis (Netflix partnerships)\n\nBeverage and automotive brands bypassed standard ads for custom Netflix show placements.\n\nThis is the evolution beyond product placement. Netflix is now saying: pitch us a story moment that works for your brand, and we'll build it with you. Mike's Hard and Genesis both said yes. The upside is that engaged streamers don't skip it — it's part of the show. The downside is you have to think like a screenwriter, not a media buyer.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/mikes-hard-and-genesis-netflix-partnerships-2026-07-11t15-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/mikes-hard-and-genesis-netflix-partnerships-2026-07-11t15-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/mikes-hard-and-genesis-netflix-partnerships-2026-07-11t15-6",
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      "title": "Beverage and automotive brands bypassed standard ads for custom Netflix show placements.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nMike's Hard and Genesis created custom Netflix campaign partnerships for the Will Ferrell film 'The Hawk,' taking creative swings with integrated placements, per Marketing Dive.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): streaming platforms now offer co-created content partnerships instead of ad slots. You pay to be part of the narrative, not to interrupt it. The creative team makes assets specifically for the brand-product moment, not a generic wrapper. This costs more than a media buy but reaches engaged viewers at the moment they're most receptive to a brand that belongs in the story.\nWhat that means for you: This is the evolution beyond product placement. Netflix is now saying: pitch us a story moment that works for your brand, and we'll build it with you. Mike's Hard and Genesis both said yes. The upside is that engaged streamers don't skip it — it's part of the show. The downside is you have to think like a screenwriter, not a media buyer.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Marketing Dive: https://www.marketingdive.com/news/mikes-hard-genesis-take-creative-swings-with-custom-netflix-campaigns/824804/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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