Why Most Marketing Fails Before the First Dollar Is Spent
After years of watching teams waste time, money, and momentum, a former strategist built Strategy Studio — a tool designed to fix the real problem: focus.
Most marketing doesn’t fail because people aren’t working hard enough.
It fails...
Netflix House Isn’t Just Experiential Marketing. It’s a Controlled Distribution System.
Netflix House sits attached to one of the most polished malls in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex: the Galleria. Valet parking. Luxury retailers. Holiday lighting designed to slow people down and keep them...
The real shift: from AI users to AI orchestrators
Look past the headlines and you’ll see one pattern: everyone is talking about AI tools, but the operators winning right now are doing something different.
They’re not asking, “Which AI tool should I use?”
They’re asking,...
The shift nobody is naming: you’re not marketing to people first anymore
Look at those headlines and a pattern jumps out: ChatGPT Shopping, AI misinformation experiments, “Are they all SEO?”, AI agents, LLMs to humanize content, custom GPTs, “algorithmic education.”
The...
The real shift: you’re no longer just marketing to humans
Look at those headlines again and strip out the hype. Underneath all the “ChatGPT SEO tools,” “AI misinformation experiments,” “custom GPT workflows,” and “AI agents are coming for you” is one blunt reality:
You’re not...
The real shift: you’re not just marketing to humans anymore
Across those headlines, there’s one pattern that actually matters to performance marketers and media buyers:
You’re no longer just marketing to people. You’re marketing to AI intermediaries that decide what people see, read, and buy....
GPT-5.2 Just Dropped. Here’s What Actually Matters for Performance Marketers
GPT-5.2 is now in the API. You’ll see the usual language: “frontier model,” “state of the art,” “best ever.” That’s nice, but not helpful if you own a CAC target and a media budget.
This release does matter,...
Why Marketers Overestimate Attribution Tools
Why Marketers Overestimate Attribution Tools
Attribution tools are often hailed as the holy grail of marketing measurement. They promise clarity on which channels drive conversions and how to allocate budgets effectively. However, a closer...
New Tools Marketers Are Adopting
New Tools Marketers Are Adopting
Martech is moving faster than most teams can evaluate RFPs. The stack you locked in two years ago already feels dated, and your stakeholders still expect cleaner reporting, faster content, and smarter targeting.
The good news: a...
The real shift: search isn’t dying, it’s being intermediated
Look past the AI hype cycle and the headlines all point to one structural shift:
your marketing is no longer just competing inside Google and social feeds.
It’s competing inside AI aggregators.
ChatGPT Shopping, AI “best” lists,...