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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

This interview reveals a clever process Keith Jennings used to learn how to learn and create encyclopedic knowledge.

Tuning into emotional cues and other pandemic survival thoughts in a final post from Mars Dorian.

Short musings on progrss anxiety, mental health and marketing, and the usefulness of baby animals.

CottageCore will be the next big lifestyle trend and Mark Schaefer and Brooke Sellas are out to prove it.

When we include our emotions in data, the data is dangerous. Sure, we all want to tell a stellar story. But good data does that all on its own.

There is no sales funnel or customer journey, and other unexpected answers to common marketing questions.

The pandemic hit. My business tanked. But work on my personal brand paid off in the crisis.

Does thought leadership come from a brand, a person, or a little of both?

LinkedIn spam is proliferating. Facebook is imploding (again). We look at the state of digital marketing on The Marketing Companion.

If your mood is “pandemic dark,” check out these five benevolent and fascinating bright spots of the internet!

Marketing leaders are falling behind the times. They see the changes happening but why won’t they shift?

Pandemic survival is at the top of our minds. One unexpected solution came from a flower.

This marketing mistake is probably happening in every company. A practical guide for improvement!

There is a big difference between information and insight. Creating insights may win the day for content marketing!

There are many disruptions comoing out of the pandemic crisis, including a new role for children in family purchasing power.