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The Board Doesn't Want Your Dashboard
Amazon banned the deck. What that says about the marketing review you are walking into next quarter.
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Nobody Gets Fired for Cutting Brand
Everyone in that room already agrees brand works. They cut it anyway, because the structure pays them to.
JUL 30, 2026 | 9 MIN READ
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The Cost-Center Trap
When value goes up and budget goes down at the same time, you're not underperforming. You've been reclassified.
JUL 23, 2026 | 9 MIN READ
deep dives
The Trust Premium
As AI makes production free, the scarce asset stops being reach or quality. It becomes trust. Here's where to spend it.
JUL 16, 2026 | 9 MIN READ
deep dives
What's Your First-Party Data Worth Now?
The cookie that was supposed to die is still alive. The thing you built to replace it is the part now at risk.
JUL 9, 2026 | 8 MIN READ
deep dives
Make Your Brand Machine-Readable
Last week the agent did the buying. This week, how you get it to pick you, ranked by what's actually proven.
JUL 2, 2026 | 9 MIN READ
deep dives
Marketing to Machines
Agentic commerce isn't a new channel. It's the end of the relationship you're paid to build.
JUN 25, 2026 | 8 MIN READ
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Every fired CMO I've met did exactly what the book said.
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