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Marketing Wants a Seat at the Table

Apr 13, 2026

But apparently doesn't know how to show its return on investment.

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Authenticity in Marketing

Apr 6, 2026

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

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

Mar 30, 2026

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

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You Need a Platform to Get Published

Mar 23, 2026

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

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

Mar 16, 2026

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

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Marketing Doesn't Have a Metrics Problem

Mar 9, 2026

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

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The Company Without a Mission Statement

Mar 2, 2026

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

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Marketing Isn’t Everything

Feb 23, 2026

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

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They Wanted Me to Read the Slides

Feb 16, 2026

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

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Most Super Bowl Ads Are Bad for Marketing

Feb 9, 2026

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

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Innovation Shminnovation

Feb 2, 2026

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

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"Commodity" is not a four-letter word

Jan 26, 2026

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

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Everyone has stories worth telling.

Jan 19, 2026

Not everyone is a storyteller.

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Do-Re-Mi

Jan 12, 2026

Business fundamentals precede marketing fundamentals.

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Marketing needs to be reliable, not remarkable

Jan 5, 2026

Creativity has earned us attention. Better discipline will earn us trust.

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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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