Archive of posts from July 2024

Daily Post #2426 • July 31 2024 • Craft

Might work… not

This might work…

Daily Post #2425 • July 30 2024 • Resilience

Card games at 13

How I made a popular trading card game at 13 years old.
And how we can apply those lessons today.

Daily Post #2424 • July 29 2024 • Narrative

Change your mind

Many institutions prefer that you open your mind, then close it again.

Daily Post #2423 • July 28 2024 • Craft

AI isn’t coming for your job… unless

AI isn’t coming for your job.

Daily Post #2422 • July 27 2024 • Craft

Where humans shine

AI is really good at producing things that have happened before.

Daily Post #2421 • July 26 2024 • Experience

A perfect website offer?

What makes a perfect website offer?

Daily Post #2420 • July 25 2024 • Craft

Stink away, champ

It’s OK to stink at finishing projects.

Daily Post #2419 • July 24 2024 • Craft

Optimising for the wrong thing

The problem with:

Daily Post #2418 • July 23 2024 • Craft

That’s not what we do

“Thanks for asking, that’s not what we do.”

Daily Post #2417 • July 22 2024 • Experience

Avoid bad marketing automation

Avoid marketing automation, unless it achieves these things.

Daily Post #2416 • July 21 2024 • Momentum

Not always true

In business, we’re told to

Daily Post #2415 • July 20 2024 • Craft

Glad hard things are hard

We think we want to make things easier.

Daily Post #2414 • July 19 2024 • Experience

Making marketing hard

Potential customers have a problem.

Daily Post #2413 • July 18 2024 • Craft

Cherries on top

Although marketing keeps evolving,

Daily Post #2412 • July 17 2024 • Experience

Fill the gap

This one came up in a handful of conversations today.

Daily Post #2411 • July 16 2024 • Experience

When marketers disagree

When two marketers disagree,

Daily Post #2410 • July 15 2024 • Narrative

Vanilla content is misunderstood

‘Vanilla content’ is misunderstood.

Daily Post #2409 • July 14 2024 • Experience

Everyone else

If you read what everyone else reads,
you’ll have everyone else’s ideas.

Daily Post #2408 • July 13 2024 • Experience

Advertisers have lost their nerve

Advertisers used to dare.

Daily Post #2407 • July 12 2024 • Narrative

Actually-good landing pages

I’m going to go out on a limb here.

Daily Post #2406 • July 11 2024 • Experience

Marketers ruin everything

“Marketers ruin everything”

Daily Post #2405 • July 10 2024 • Craft

Landing page shortage

When you plan a landing page…

Daily Post #2404 • July 09 2024 • Craft

Don't be a silly sausage

I’m about to save you a load of time, friends.

Daily Post #2403 • July 08 2024 • Craft

The universe is calling

What personal brands are getting wrong

Daily Post #2402 • July 07 2024 • Craft

Change not required

Technology moves quickly…
But it also moves slowly, if you want it to.

Daily Post #2401 • July 06 2024 • Craft

Done vs Ready

Sometimes ‘Done’ isn over-done.

Daily Post #2400 • July 05 2024 • Experience

Sitting in a box

Why are you sitting in a box?

Daily Post #2399 • July 04 2024 • Experience

Pause, celebrate

When there’s so much to do,
We forget to look and see how far we’ve come.

Daily Post #2398 • July 03 2024 • Craft

Fewer is better

I’m about to save you a load of time.

Daily Post #2397 • July 02 2024 • Craft

Better is better

Do you use landing pages?

Daily Post #2396 • July 01 2024 • Narrative

Best practices

Best practices aren’t best.

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