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evil-smelling birds and dogchairs
There is a LOT of content that happens every second. For example, here’s all that happens in a second: * 3.4 million emails get sent *...

John Brandt
Apr 12 min read
fire on the business
It’s been an absolute hectic week of seemingly every single one of me clients committed the #1 sin of business: Majoring in the minors. ...

John Brandt
Mar 312 min read
Suplexed straight to spam
I’ve seen a lot of good people and good brands falling for a trap as old as email marketing is: The use of images, unnecessary...

John Brandt
Mar 304 min read
If it’s nice, play it twice
This month’s issue of Ben Settle’s Email Players newsletter was jamma-slamma packed with new ways to approach emails. There was one...

John Brandt
Mar 292 min read
How to seem more trustworthy and honest as a marketer
I saw an ad from the website builder, Wix, today that might’ve been the most egregious hype-filled marketing I did ever done see. Here’s...

John Brandt
Mar 163 min read
Why swiping makes you look like a dim-witted dope
Many so-called copywriting gurus preach swiping. “Have a swipe file when you get stuck” “Copy what your competitors are doing—it’s...

John Brandt
Mar 152 min read
or has marketing saved the world?
Yesterday’s email was quite harsh on the marketing industry as a whole. And for good reason: The world of marketing is riddled with...

John Brandt
Mar 143 min read
Has marketing ruined the world?
It’s getting harder and harder to believe that marketing hasn’t ruined the world. And I say this as a professional marketer and...

John Brandt
Mar 135 min read
Obvious Adams abides
Humans have a tendency to make life and business more difficult than it has to be. Mayhap it’s because we feel like we have to “earn”...

John Brandt
Mar 124 min read
The silliness of relying on third-party media
Yesterday, after hopping off a call with a client, I received a group text from him and everyone else at the company: (Paraphrased) “I...

John Brandt
Mar 52 min read
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