Ideas on marketing, business, and growth
Thoughts, strategies, and stories from the frontlines — practical insights drawn from real experience in building brands, growing businesses, and navigating the ever-evolving world of marketing.
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How much should a company spend on marketing? The big surveys put the average between about 8% and 9% of revenue: 7.8% in Gartner’s 2026...
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Pick the three to five competitors your buyers actually put on the same shortlist as you. Copy the text of each one’s homepage, main service...
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“We don’t have a succinct way within 10 seconds of communicating what we do and the value we provide.” The CEO of Focus Solutions, a...
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When I get off a sales call, I drop the transcript into Claude and ask it a few plain questions: “Where did I go right?...
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How many leads do you need? Start with the revenue goal and work backward. Subtract what you can reasonably expect from existing customers and from...
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It usually starts the same way. Someone on your team asks ChatGPT who the best companies in your industry are, and your company isn’t in...
