Author: Ian Truscott

Yes, yes, yes, another blog post riding in the wake of the hot topic of 2023, artificial intelligence, and the rise of the robots writing our content.

A love letter to LinkedIn (sorta), originally posted on LinkedIn on Valentine’s Day, of course.

This week, some shenanigans that I assume are intended to game the LinkedIn algorithm and the balance we have to strike when marketing through the machines.

I am not entirely sure where this Tuesday’s 2 cents will go, as this is a genuine question – what do we marketers do when we have done all the “doing more” that we can do?

This Tuesday 2¢ is inspired by two people that inspired my marketing career; is it time to kick back a little and do less when all around us are telling us to do more?   

OK, maybe not that tax, but this Tuesday, I share a little bit on that oh so elusive to attribute contributor to sales: Brand.

If your house is anything like mine, the new year is time for champagne, and maybe we can find marketing inspiration from those bottles.

‘Tis the season for rubbish holiday analogues, and as this is the last Tuesday 2¢ before the holidays, I have a warning about marketing baubles.

Back on the topic of gating this week and the people that are interested in the content you have not created yet.

I’m seeing a lot of talk about Spotify over the interwebs, as they share our 2022 Wrapped playlists and people share the nights they uncover about themselves. My problem is Spotify doesn’t know what bloody day of the week it is.

Despite the Word Cup, the title is not a reference to football, but a monologue from Rosie Perez in White Man Can’t Jump, when she says: “Sometimes when you lose, you really win”, as I received a good outreach email.