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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

AI can make us smarter but can it push us to new levels of insight and personal achievement? Mark Schaefer shares a case study that shows how we can use AI to become a genius.

Most content creators hav a dream of monetizing their audience and building a community. Mark Schaefer and Joe Pulizzi discuss why this is not an overnight achievement.

There are a lot of marketing ideas sitting right in front of you. This post is a reflection on the ideas I’ve repeated often, and yet I think most people haven’t heard me yet.

The Uprising is an annual marketing retreat hosted by Mark Schaefer. Highlights this year included a deep dive on the place for humans in an uncertain agentic world.

Sure, AI is coming for our jobs. But I expect ther will be at least for areas of human dominance in the AI Era.

For more than 15 years, I’ve given away my content for free. Is it time for a pivot and make a steady income from Substack?

My friends are losing their marketing jobs as companies opt for the AI Easy Button. But as we cut costs, we might be missing out on the future of our companies.

Nostalgia marketing is everywhere on even startups capitalize on history to create a “heritage moat.” Why is nostalgia so powerful today and how can any business use these ideas?

Google is still the search gorilla but the use of AI is surging. This suggests a new day for marketing. What can we learn by comparing the strategies — SEO versus AI?

Building a durable business is not dependent on Facebook ads or a new logo. It’s tapping into the elements of humanity that never change.
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