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How to build an Empire
Nov 21, 20231 min read
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...
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Nov 14, 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...
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Nov 8, 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...
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Oct 30, 20232 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...
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Oct 17, 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...
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Oct 3, 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...
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Sep 25, 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...
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Sep 11, 20231 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...
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