Optimizing for AI Overviews — Whiteboard Friday

The thing is, you need to be careful with mental models because they’re sneaky. We tend to develop them during our lives, inherit them from our colleagues and mentors, and rely on them almost instinctively while not fully aware of… Read more › Post Views: 189

“How do you get the word out?” I’ve heard this from presidential candidates, from small business leaders and nonprofits as well. It’s easy to believe that the goal of marketing is to shout, hype, hustle and otherwise promote. It’s tempting to focus on your story as the top of the pyramid, and decide that your…

FLAMING HOT TAKE ALERT: Marketing can drive business goals, but it can’t save a bad product. One financial company that understands this well is Wise, an international money transfer service I use. According to Nilan Peiris, Chief Product Officer at Wise, the company aimed to build a product that “blows user’s socks off.” That…

As a marketer, I often find myself sitting down at my desk with a calculator to do some basic math. And most of the time, I’m in a kerfuffle with three acronyms: TAM SAM SOM. Calculating your total addressable market (TAM), serviceable addressable market (SAM), and serviceable obtainable market (SOM) can be helpful beyond the…

The thing is, you need to be careful with mental models because they’re sneaky. We tend to develop them during our lives, inherit them from our colleagues and mentors, and rely on them almost instinctively while not fully aware of… Read more › Post Views: 189

“How do you get the word out?” I’ve heard this from presidential candidates, from small business leaders and nonprofits as well. It’s easy to believe that the goal of marketing is to shout, hype, hustle and otherwise promote. It’s tempting to focus on your story as the top of the pyramid, and decide that your…