The long walk

Before buying a house, it makes sense to spend a day on foot, walking around the neighborhood. You’ll notice things you might have missed in a car. Before starting a business, spend a few shifts working the cash register at a similar establishment. And before going into marketing, go make some sales. In the USA,…

Bodega’s Matt Zaremba on How to Avoid Empty Calorie Marketing

Art and marketing are made for each other, and this week’s master proves that. He’s done collabs with brands like Nike, Heineken, Crocs, and the NBA … But it’s not all about advertising. He‘s also a serious artist in his own right, a luminary at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and his work’s been spotlighted…

HubSpot’s Senior Director of Global Growth on Embracing AI, Diversifying Beyond Search, and Reviving ‘Dead’ Marketing Channels

“Just GPT it” is all the rage right now. (Okay, okay. It hasn’t caught on just yet. But my Uber driver said it, and I hope it sticks.)  But our marketing leader this week isn’t sweating it. She doesn’t think SEO is going anywhere. “I remember when people were saying up to 50% of queries…

Top 6 Social Media Marketing Challenges in 2024, According to 1,500+ Marketers [+ How to Face Them]

I’m not sure which social platform is winning the algorithmic gymnastics competition this year. Is it Instagram? Maybe TikTok? Either way, it seems like all of our favorite channels are actively competing for gold, which presents quite the range of social media marketing challenges for us. From algo updates to unpredictable trends, we’re always left…

Understanding pricing

The money we exchange for a service or item isn’t based on how much it cost to make, how hard it was to produce or how much the producer likes it. That’s hard to hear, because when we make something, we spend most of our time thinking about those very things. Price is based on…

Holiday Marketing: 27 Steps, Tips, & Examples to Get Your Brand in the Spirit

You know how I know I’m in the right field? While most people are excited about holiday decorations, foods, music, parties, and deals this time of year, I’m excited about — holiday marketing.   Holiday campaigns are arguably your brand’s biggest chance of the year to get creative and connect with your audience on a…