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Apr 6, 2026

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4 min read

Authenticity in Marketing

Something we might be able to actually learn from social media influencers.

Mar 30, 2026

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3 min read

C'mon Marketing. Let's Get Our Taxonomies in Order.

We've invented nearly as many types of marketing as we have actual marketers.

Mar 23, 2026

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5 min read

You Need a Platform to Get Published

And getting published is how to build a platform. Awesome.

Mar 16, 2026

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4 min read

"Everyone's Doing It" is Not a Channel Strategy

Don't start with the channel and work backward. Start with the audience.

Mar 9, 2026

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4 min read

Marketing Doesn't Have a Metrics Problem

It has an alignment problem, one that we can fix.

Mar 2, 2026

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4 min read

The Company Without a Mission Statement

We could have written a beautiful corporate statement. Instead, we didn’t.

Feb 23, 2026

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4 min read

Marketing Isn’t Everything

Fuzzy definitions have turned marketing into a catch-all of whatever the company needs.

Feb 16, 2026

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4 min read

They Wanted Me to Read the Slides

My personal preference is not the same thing as audience insight.

Feb 9, 2026

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4 min read

Most Super Bowl Ads Are Bad for Marketing

They’re vanity projects that confuse everyone about what marketing actually is.

Feb 2, 2026

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4 min read

Innovation Shminnovation

Doing something new isn’t the same as doing something useful.

Jan 26, 2026

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4 min read

"Commodity" is not a four-letter word

I mean, obviously. Look at all those letters. But it's also not a bad word.

Jan 19, 2026

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5 min read

Everyone has stories worth telling.

Not everyone is a storyteller.

Marketing Isn't Special

Marketing Isn't Special

Giving marketers permission to abandon gimmicks and instead embrace the boring, reliable fundamentals of marketing.


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