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Stalking is bad. ‘Marketing stalking’ is genius.

Stalking is bad. ‘Marketing stalking’ is genius.

Why is this OK? What is a marketing stalker? I am a marketing stalker and I’m proud to say it. I hereby give you permission to stalk people who are NOT your customers to get them to talk to you. In 2016, I went to work for a software company that had a very specific...
Marketers: Get your a$$ out of the office

Marketers: Get your a$$ out of the office

You’re too comfortable. You’ve got your coffee mug and your chair. You’ve got your routine. You’re reading occasional surveys and hearing second-hand info from the sales team. But you’re removed. Marketers, are you talking to ‘the big 4’ regularly?...
The plane ride that made me a better marketer

The plane ride that made me a better marketer

Long week of meetings. Delta flight: Columbus to Orlando. I’m sitting in 8A and 8B approaches. We make small talk. We’re both headed home. Days of meetings. He works in food sales. I work in tech marketing. We both fly Delta because we take the cookies home to the...