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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

The Cracker Barrel marketing implosion became personal. When marketing becomes politicized, could this backlash happen to me? Could it happen to you?

Even successful authors stumble. This is the story of the “invisible book” that everyone loved but nobody bought.

The attention economy was already fractured but now it’s being warped by AI. How do we adjust our marketing strategies in this environment?

There’s too much navel-gazing in marketing as we deliberate on building emotional bonds, community, and trust. Sometimes, I want to buy a banana and be left alone.

A bot thinks like me and acts like me. Will my AI Clone enable my ideas to spread far and wide or take my job? Let’s look at all sides of a new era of intellectual theft and opportunity.

Digital marketing is a game and we have to weigh the benefits when we bow to the algorithms. When do we compromise with content and let the search engines win?

Brands no longer have control of the brand message but these five strategies can provide influence that keeps the core story intact.

While we see endless articles about how AI will change our jobs and our businesses, this might be the first exploring how Ai will change our customers. Nobody knows what’s next, but this consensus of 300 experts provides a view that humans will have a dramatically different relationship with technology — and other humans.

When competitors use AI to achieve Hollywood perfection, go the other direction. Strategic imperfection is a major trend right now and a key strategy to beat the bots.

Sure, AI is everywhere. But the biggest marketing challenges might have nothing to do with the bots!

New research shows that 27% of adults are using AI platforms for traditional search functions. I am getting about a dozen direct inquiries on my

Human empathy might be the most important “soft skill” in the marketing profession, but what happens to our careers when AI bots do it better?
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