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You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer

A music critic explained why music today is awful but it sounded a lot like a marketing lesson. This may be why marketing content is getting worse.

AI is surging into every field and skillset. And yet, it is suffering from a massive PR problems when it comes to ethics, finance, politics, and even user adoption. Does AI have a marketing problem?

I’m a good writer because I’ve been working on it for 50 years. Now, with no training, a person who has never studied writing can

Is it a personal brand on TikTok, or is it something else? A few short observations from Mark Schaefer.

Curiosity might be the most important soft skill in marketing. It fuels innovation, creativity, and insight. But can you get better at this? Is this is a skill you can nurture? Mark Schaefer and Jay Acunzo discuss on The Marketing Companion.

I’m working on a new book and studying inspiring examples of creative excellence. This topic is timely because we certainly have an epidemic of dullness

Comparing the effectiveness versus advertising is not even close. A crop of new influencers are building trust for brands.

Can we still use social listening platforms to reach increasingly disconnected customers? Mark Schaefer and Sara Wilson discuss the challenges with current methods on The Marketing Companion podcast.

When it comes to content projects, should you be a model of consistency or change with the times? How do you when to start or stop your projects?

On the fifteenth anniversary of his blog, Mark Schaefer describes five reasons that “blogging changed my life.” It may have even saved his life.

How do you market a radical new idea that could disrupt the global sports industry? A new Marketing Companion podcast episode dissects this riveting problem.

OpenAI Founder Sam Altman made a cataclysmic prediction about the future of marketing. Author Mark Schaefer claims that AI does not mean the doom of marketing.
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