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Guru gets arrested for lying through his teeth
The least favorite aspect of what I do is constantly having to smash down my clients’ bright object syndrome, thanks in large part to...

John Brandt
Oct 213 min read
Why biz owners who lean right shouldn’t use MailChimp
Jimmy Kimmel was fired the day before I wrote this. Good riddance and about time. Nobody was whinier, more of a left-wing shill, and...

John Brandt
Oct 203 min read
You can lead a deer to water, but you can’t make that mf drink
If you’re a freelancer - then best you heed my words. And if you’re a business owner, heed mewords even more. I just got an email from a...

John Brandt
Oct 193 min read
Not even a business can save you from a fate this dark
Having your own business is one of the best advantages you can have: You don’t have to answer to anyone. You can design the life of your...

John Brandt
Oct 182 min read
Marketing doesn’t just mean discounts smh
One of the jobs I had as a young’n was working the grave shift at Old Navy. I’ve never been a fashionista. Especially not a low-budget...

John Brandt
Oct 172 min read
How I got a 6% response rate from my 2nd direct mail campaign
I’m over cold email. I’m over so-called cold email copywriters and agencies. And, most important, I’m over the terrible positioning...

John Brandt
Oct 153 min read
email or ads: who wins in a fight?
After a stretch of several months (mayhap even years), one of my clients decided to turn advertising back on. The timing was perfect: ...

John Brandt
Oct 142 min read
If I had a tin foil fat, I’d slap it on my noggin and say this…
Yesterday, I was telling a client how I found it interesting how AI use trends crashed over the summer because students and teachers...

John Brandt
Oct 132 min read
The great customer service debacle
Most copywriting and marketing tactics fall short. Gurus who promote such tactics, say Gary Vee’s jab jab jab right hook method,...

John Brandt
Oct 122 min read
18,000 reasons to avoid AI like the plague
Despite AI not being profitable for any company besides the one selling GPUs to AI companies like Open AI… Despite the latest AI...

John Brandt
Oct 112 min read
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