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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
Mark Schaefer was quietly eating a meal in an Austin restaurant when an event occurred that changed his life and career. and it just might change yours, too.

Gated content is a popular way to create leads for a marketing strategy. This post describes why this popular tactic is working against you.

2024 was insane and exhilarating. A group of global marketing experts help us understand what we learned about marketing in the era of AI and hyper-connected consumers.

Mara Singer shares new research showing that without authenticity, you cannot connect with any generation.

LinkedIn success can be elusive with constant changes to the platform. Advice from Richard Bliss will help you navigate this essential social media site.

If you look at the advertising in the news these days, it might seem like ad creatives have gone off the deep end. But these unhinged brands might be taking the safest path to disruptive marketing.

Free speech isn’t being threatened by “speech.” It’s being threatened by non-human agents amplifying falsehoods to drive business results.

Ted Gioia sounded the alarm about a parasite economy where creators do the work and media companies make the money. But there is a more positive side to the economics of the digital economy.

Nutter Butter has a new video campaign that’s an acid trip crossed with a horror movie. Is this any way to sell a cookie? Mark Schaefer says, “yes.”

In a field where most people just follow the crowd, making a personal decision to carve a unique path might make all the difference to a marketing strategy.

In 2019, Mark Schaefer predicted a fourth marketing rebellion. Evidence shows it might be here.

We’re all striving to be real, human, and authentic in our marketing. But will it matter? Not always. A discussion about radio and pizza made me question the economic value of human authenticity.
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