Celebration cake design matters more than taste. People who buy cakes for special occasions want the day to be remembered. Whether it’s their child’s first birthday, their fifth wedding anniversary, or their parents’ 70th birthday. Remember, they…
Marketing is just dabbling with crazy ideas in reality. Even if you don’t hit a home run, you still need to bring curiosity and vulnerability into the real world again and again. Even if you fail, don’t be discouraged.…
Luxury brands should never try to scale because being abundant is the only way to reach more people. But when everyone starts buying your products, do you think the people who buy them to show off will still see…
Pet food is for humans because even if your pet eats it, you are the one buying it. That’s why it comes in different flavors, powerful packaging, and great copywriting (like “healthy gut”). Pets don’t know anything about…
Dagobert is an indie hacker who created Logology.co with his wife to automate logo creation for users. During the first few years, they struggled a lot to gain traction, so he turned to X.com to attract users. To do…
Here’s what Dharmesh Shah Co-Founder, CTO of Hubspot.com says An incidental impact of vibe coding and agentic coding: Website domains are becoming more valuable. The reason is that it is now easier (and cheaper) to build something of…
Every post, every piece of content, every video they share connects deeply with their audience because it’s genuine and relatable. They openly share: What they’re working on right now How clueless they were when they first started The prejudices…
AI really helps people who already know what they are doing. But for others, it has created the illusion that you can prompt your way to expertise. Real expertise comes from understanding the deep underlying mechanisms, which we learn…
Email Marketing = Permission Marketing. The term, coined by Seth Godin, means this: “Permission marketing is the privilege (not the right) of delivering anticipated, personal, and relevant messages to people who actually want to get them.” Yet, many…
CEO must think like a marketer. CTO must think like a marketer. CMO must think like a marketer. Product Manager must think like a marketer. Software Engineer must think like a marketer. Software Designer must think like a marketer. Sales…
“Giving Yourself Permission Is Easier Than Getting It From Others” There’s no point in history when giving yourself permission to start what you want in life on your own terms has been more possible than now. “Giving yourself…
Healthy food has a marketing problem, and most companies are ignoring it. Food brands keep obsessing over how to sell the most products, but that’s a downstream way of thinking. The right question is: How do we get…
Word of Mouth Marketing is the single most powerful marketing tool, after all. Although you don’t have complete control over it, you can still run various small, low-cost experiments to help your customers spread the word about your company…
Learn to create pricing page like @basecamp Plans are super clear—easy to spot differences Honest, no-BS descriptions help you pick fast Features in bullets = quick and painless reading Pricing upfront, no sneaky fees—Pro Unlimited is a flat…
Truth: People can smell snake-oil tactics from miles away. @IKEA always does what they stand for. Even their ads speak truth without exaggeration. Value first: Offer something genuinely useful before expecting anything in return. @dagorenouf offers value like crazy before expecting anything…
Don’t stress about competitors or worry that your customers already have plenty of options. In fact, competition can be an opportunity—it forces you to focus on what you can add and how to make it meaningful for a specific audience.…
“No money on advertising is not equivalent to no money on marketing.” Product creation plays a huge role in marketing. Please don’t forget this fact. The product is the leading side of marketing, not the doing side of…
Heroism is revered worldwide, a phenomenon deeply rooted in mythology through to the present day. The need for a “Save The Day” hero, however, is a sign of something gone wrong, a sign of failure not success. It’s high time…
This is a perfect example of fanocracy. Peter Askew (@searchbound), affectionately known as “Onion Guy” by his customers, received this response from an 88-year-old customer. “The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing it feels like magic to your fans. Fans…
Marketing is not something you do at the end. A great product is great marketing in itself. The product always plays a huge role—no one will buy an average-quality product just because it’s been advertised well. In B2B, it’s…
As companies grow wealthier, they increase their marketing budgets. The most experienced marketers often resist trial and error because they feel obliged to spend the funds on running ads that show instant results to management. That’s how they stay relevant…
A salesperson selling hospital beds spent a day observing patients. They quickly realized that simply understanding the hospital’s needs wasn’t enough. They saw how nurses had to constantly help patients whenever something fell or a task was difficult.…
Nobody needs to love your ads as long as they increase sales. No strings attached. “If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative. Awards are nice, but they do not pay the bills. I do not regard awards as an…
Profit is sanity. Revenue is vanity. Revenue alone doesn’t show the full picture. Profit is what keeps your business sane and sustainable. Thanks for sharing, Olly (Senja CEO)
Marketing is nonlinear. You don’t have to follow a strict sequence. You already know why you started. May be your personal frustration Complaints you heard from others Idea from nowhere to make it better Stay curious. Experiment…
Never Sugarcoat Marketing Marketing is challenging and governed by complex underlying factors. Successful companies and influencers make it look easy, but it’s not. Every campaign, industry, and business is different. You won’t get the same results twice. Find the truth…
Customer: I want to buy a mattress. Competitor 1: I sell mattresses.Competitor 2: I sell mattresses.Competitor 3: I sell mattresses.Competitor 4: I sell mattresses.Competitor 5: I sell mattresses.Competitor 6: How have you been sleeping this past week? Now you…
There are two types of product scarcity commonly used to boost sales: Scarcity based on quantity – for example, “Only two seats remaining at this price!” Scarcity based on time – for example, “Final day to purchase!” Be careful:…
The European Union has a marketing problem. It continues to act as if nothing has changed, ignoring realities such as declining birthrates, poor customer service, entrepreneurs leaving the EU, Online entrepreneurs registering companies elsewhere, weak immigration policies, and interference…
Even in the age of AI, the core principles of marketing don’t change. Why? Because it’s still humans making the decisions. Even if AI agents start buying things for us, they’ll be acting on what we tell them because we…
Marketing is always out of syllabus. Charlie Munger once told this story: In a rural Texas school, a teacher asked, “If there are nine sheep in a pen and one jumps out, how many are left?” “Eight!”…
Great insights from @Pauline_Cx on how to find a SaaS idea? → Read 1-star reviews of existing tools → List what sucks → Fix one Congratulations, you now have a good business base. Most valuable innovations come from…
Removing friction often matters more than adding features. Users get frustrated by anything that slows them down or makes a process complicated. Your authentication page doesn’t need: Email login Sign-up form OTP Something as simple as “Login with…
When Peter Askew tried building a business around VidaliaOnions.com, it wasn’t just luck that helped him. After a lot of effort, he teamed up with Aries Haygood, the owner of A&M Farms. Gradually, he started selling onions online, and…
Are you even a marketer if you haven’t been punched by the market at least 50 times? “Even if you think you can crack it, the truth will still land a few blows.” That’s okay and that’s natural. …
The internet hasn’t made marketing easier just noisier. It’s like having more walls to throw spaghetti at to see what sticks. Before the internet, figuring out what worked took a ton of time and money. Now, with AI, the…
Pieter Levels @levelsio One of the most important things I’ve ever read was this by @shl “The market you’re in will determine most of your growth” It sounds basic but it’s not. You think how much you work on your…
Socks are a commodity, but @LittleMissMatch knew how to market standing out. Mattresses are a commodity, but @Casper knew how to market better sleep. @BYDCompany is a commodity, but they knew how to market affordability. Water is…
From time to time, seek opinions from outsiders to gain a fresh perspective on how things really work. Being too deeply involved in your business can create a veil you can’t remove. Their objective view can reveal things…
Fragile Marketer: Who relies on social media followers, SEO, and getting Google sales rep advice to run Google Ads; ignoring customer service team advice, not bothering with inputs from product developers. Robust Marketer: Mostly focusing on paid advertising (social…
When Antoine was a prisoner of war, he discovered the nutritional value of potatoes. But at the time, they were considered animal feed, and people avoided them, believing they could cause disease. To overcome this prejudice, he served potato…
Despite 93 percent of French people believing that switching to electric cars requires more infrastructure, better autonomy, or living in a big city, Renault proved them wrong in a big way. In partnership with Publicis Conseil, Renault transformed Appy,…
Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge. — @nntaleb You can’t be sure how it’s going to work out,…
Once you become a commodity, even a price increase of 50 cents will be perceived as expensive by customers. Example: Supermarkets Many staple goods, like basic groceries, are commoditized, so price sensitivity is very high. Customers quickly notice…
Status is basically your perceived position in a social hierarchy – how much respect, admiration, or influence people believe you have compared to others. It can come from many sources: Material: wealth, possessions, job title, home, cars. Social: who you know,…
Don’t underestimate or overestimate marketing. Always give it the respect it deserves. If you underestimate it, you’re going nowhere. Many entrepreneurs still believe a great product alone will bring customers. But no matter how great you think…
SEO Expert: This is how you can rank your website.Google: Everyone has a plan until they get hit by my algorithm.SEO Expert: Yep, I’m an ex-SEO now. Google’s the real boss when it comes to SEO. They keep changing…
Are you even a marketer if your campaign has never made any sales?Are you an investor if you’ve never lost money?Are you even an entrepreneur if you’ve never felt completely clueless?Are you even a salesperson if 100 messages have gone…
Anyone can do marketing, if they have Brain — to think strategically and creatively. Common sense — to keep things practical and focused on real problems. Action — because ideas alone don’t move the needle. Patience — since results…
Customer Service = Reactive Customer Experience = Proactive Your primary job is to anticipate customer needs and address them before they come to you with a problem. If you are always thinking in terms of downstream instead of…