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Why the Best Advertising Ideas Can Start With One Word
The best concepts make people laugh, think, or feel something while simultaneously making the product easier to remember.
Google Paid $10 Million for Spirit Airlines Data. Here’s Why That Matters
Why would one of the world's biggest technology companies want the digital remains of a bankrupt airline?
McDonald’s Has a Product Strategy. Taco Bell Built a Brand Asset.
For McDonald’s, the opportunity isn't necessarily to stop creating trendy beverages, it’s to make those trends unmistakably McDonald’s.
Polaroid Isn’t Selling a Camera. It’s Selling an Escape.
In a world dominated by smartphones, social media, algorithms, and AI-generated content, Polaroid is taking a surprisingly old-school approach to marketing.
7UP’s Brand Refresh: Why Legacy Brands Should Reinterpret, Not Reinvent
The strongest legacy-brand transformations often happen when companies identify the equity that still matters, eliminate what feels outdated, and amplify what has the potential to become relevant again.
The Best Product Ideas Are Sometimes Hiding in Plain Sight
Some of the smartest product ideas don’t come from inventing something completely new, they come from taking something people already understand and looking at it differently.
AI Content Detection Is Changing. Your Content Strategy Should Too.
Anthropic has announced that text generated by its Claude models will include an embedded watermark designed to remain with the content when it is copied and pasted.
Stop Marketing to the Buyer. Start Marketing to the Conversation.
Most marketers think about the customer journey as a series of individual steps. But what if you're missing one of the most important parts of the journey?
Not Every Complaint Deserves an Apology: How Smart Businesses Protect Their Reputation
Every business will receive negative feedback at some point. It's inevitable. The real test of your brand isn't whether complaints happen. It's how you respond when they do.
BMW's Spider-Man Dashboard Ads Reveal a Bigger Marketing Problem: Trust
The BMW Spider-Man promotion is a reminder that the future of marketing isn't about finding more places to advertise. It's about finding more ways to build trust.
How AI Can Help You Create Better Content Faster
Content marketing has never been more important, but it has also never been more demanding. That's where AI can make a real difference.
Measuring the ROI of AI in Marketing
The truth is that AI should never be measured by how impressive the technology is. It should be measured by the business outcomes it creates.
Creating an AI Roadmap for Your Business
An AI roadmap gives your organization a structured plan for identifying opportunities, prioritizing initiatives, implementing technology, and measuring results.
The Next AI Advantage: Moving From AI Dependency to AI Ownership
Microsoft just made an important argument about the future of artificial intelligence, and business leaders should pay attention.
AI Doesn't Replace Marketers. It Replaces Inefficient Marketing
The future of marketing isn’t humans versus AI, it’s marketers who know how to use AI competing against marketers who don’t.
Building an AI-Ready Marketing Team
Artificial intelligence is changing marketing faster than any technology we've seen in decades. From content creation and customer insights to campaign optimization and predictive analytics, AI is no longer a competitive advantage.
When Clever Marketing Actually Works
Every once in a while, you come across a piece of marketing that makes you stop, smile, and immediately understand why it works. That happened to me when I walked past a local vacuum store displaying a simple sidewalk sign.
Attention Is Easy. Trust Is Hard. The Fine Line Between Edgy Marketing and Brand Damage
There's nothing wrong with taking risks, in fact, safe marketing is often invisible marketing. But every creative decision should answer one question: Does this make people more likely to trust our brand?
The Biggest AI Mistakes Businesses Are Making Right Now
The businesses pulling ahead aren't necessarily the ones using the most AI. They're the ones using it intentionally. AI should amplify human expertise, strengthen decision-making, and eliminate repetitive work, not replace strategic thinking.
How AI Is Making Your Content Sound Like Everyone Else
AI is an extraordinary writing assistant. It can help you brainstorm faster, edit more efficiently, and overcome creative blocks. But it can’t replace the one thing your competitors can never duplicate.

