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How to build an Empire


From Zero to Hero: How Conversations with Customers Can Save Your Startup
An alarming 68% of startups fail due to no market need. Sobering, but often avoidable simply by talking to customers first. Early...
Nov 21, 20231 min read


5 Rookie Marketing Mistakes Startups Make and How to Avoid Them
After 15+ years doing this, I’ve seen founders make certain mistakes repeatedly when laying their marketing foundations. Here are the...
Nov 14, 20231 min read


𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮): 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗼' 𝗮𝗱𝘀
In part 1, we spoke about an ad for an insurance company's product, which uses cryptic copy and an ominous visual. Let’s take a look at...
Nov 8, 20231 min read


When Advertising Goes Terribly Wrong: A Case Study
Some ads are so bad that you just can't tear your eyes away from them. In fact, they can serve as valuable teaching opportunities. Just...
Oct 30, 20232 min read


How to Get Through a Crisis Without Losing Your Reputation
It’s a little difficult to just write my weekly marketing tip with everything that’s been going on. All I have is crisis on my mind. So...
Oct 17, 20232 min read


Cracking the Code: 5 Marketing Lessons from Top Dev Websites
I went over the best dev websites so you don't have to! Here are my 5 takeaways from Snyk, Datadog, GitHub, Twilio, and Stripe: Marketing...
Oct 3, 20232 min read


How to Lose a (Paying!) Customer in 3 Easy Steps
This post isn't about one of my client ventures but rather an experience with a startup that's been determined to test my loyalty 🤨 This...
Sep 25, 20232 min read


"I'm Here for You": How Kleenex is Making Money - and a Difference
Last week, as I was perusing the supermarket for groceries (my favorite London marketing activity), something made screech into a halt. A...
Sep 11, 20231 min read
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