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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

Smart marketers know they need to punch out before they burn out. Learn how marketing leaders pursue their hobbies to create balance in their lives.

An illustration from the Marketoonist hits home as I suffered through an interminable week of robo-calls!

Experiential marketing is becoming an essential tactic. This post explains why, with seven examples.

It’s common to use the word “former” in a social media profile. But is that designation helping or hurting you?

An entirely new market of cheating apps — tech that does the homework for you — threatens to wreck the educational system.

Brand engagement isn’t happening. At least not like consumers want. But it could and it should if companies looked up to see the real world.

[podcast_player] On the latest episode of The Marketing Companion Brooke Sellas and I talk about a group of CEOs who have banded together and pledge

The most powerful branding strategy might be found in your own experiences and stories.

Do you know what business you’re really in? Keith Jennings examines John’s Crazy Socks and shows us that we need to look beyond what our product strategy.

Influencer lists are most often based on a Twitter feed, which is not very representative of anything.

The success is in the details when it comes to developing a process to pitch your ideas.

How do you stay relevant? Here is a list of essential resources from Mark Schaefer.

Companies intentionally taking customers to their breaking point? Can this be real? Believe it. Marketing is whacked out.

Sometimes all the bad things happen at once creating a dumpster fire at work. Here are seven tips from Brooke Sellas to get through to the other side.

Establishing corporate culture has always been a management duty but that is changing as employees take to the streets to protest company policies and sales strategies.