If they know, they should tell us

Asymmetrical information creates real problems. And fixing the flow of useful proxies benefits both sides. Cigarette companies knew a great deal about the addictions they were causing and the illnesses that resulted. If the public had known, they would have made different choices. Car companies are required to report malfunctions and injuries to the government…

Marketing Wrapped 2024 & Top Strategies for the New Year, According to Spotify’s Global Head of Business Marketing

By mid-December, my Instagram feed is overflowing with my friends’ Spotify Wrapped playlists. So I started my festive, timely conversation with Spotify’s Head of Global Business Marketing, Grace Kao, with an easy one: What’s on her Spotify Wrapped?  “I definitely channel my 12-year-old daughter right now,” she told me. “So female power singers: Chappell Roan,…

7 AI Automation Examples that Will Streamline Your Marketing Strategy

Just when it looks like I can‘t possibly write anything else about AI, I arrive with another blog post on the subject. Today, I’m sharing AI automation examples that you can incorporate into your marketing processes to streamline your strategy and outpace the competition. Let’s dive in! 7 Examples of AI Automation 1. AI Bots…

The Ins-and-Outs of Content Optimization, Straight From a Marketer

Over the past three years, I’ve written over 200 marketing content pieces from blog posts to guides to landing pages. Over that time, I’ve witnessed more and more brands investing not just in new content, but in content optimization. It makes sense why content marketing teams are optimizing their content. Brands that produce hundreds of…

Change your shoes

Like all good metaphors, it might be practical too. Your ‘shoes’ are the point of greatest leverage. The spot where you have traction and engage with the world most directly. For a freelancer, it might be the way you engage with customers, or your software tools. It might be the reputation (or lack of reputation)…