Oh it’s gonna be the heavyweight fight of the century. And all of us have front row seats to watch it. And I’m not talking going to a bar to mooch off of the pay-per-view type of “seats” either. We’re right there. This will hit ALL of us and will be the defining question of […]
I started this post a while back calling it “I really hate what marketing has become…” And I planned to talk about a lot of terrible things marketers are doing without even really thinking about it. But then I attended a very uplifting StoryBrand Marketing Summit and I can now see two paths forward. First […]
As I sit here writing this, I gave serious thought to just stopping my newsletter altogether. Between the massive GLUT of AI-produced “content” and the proliferation of luke-warm blasé’ newsletters everywhere you look, you start to wonder if the tactic itself might be compromised. So let’s take a real look at that, shall we? According […]
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There is an alarming trend in marketing today that I’m starting to see everywhere I look. It’s a continuation of marketing’s journey to become “quick” and “easy” and right now, AI is leading the charge the bottom of the barrel, or more accurately, the bowl. I often have said “quick and easy is the DEFINITELY […]
Scott Robertson, president and founder of the marketing firm RobertsonComm, noted that one key factor in effective marketing, both offline and online, is often overlooked. “The most important aspect of marketing online or offline [is] the message,” Robertson emphasized. “You cannot assume the message is good. I’ve found that nine out of 10 times, it’s […]