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Notes on brand, design, content and performance — written by the people doing the work.
Distinctiveness beats differentiation more often than marketers like to admit. Here's a simple squint test you can run on your own brand this afternoon.
Audiences are automated now. The ad itself is the last lever you fully control.
Constraints make systems stronger. Why we keep talking clients out of a sixth brand colour.
We cut a client's posting volume in half. Reach went up. Here's the plan we used.
A worked example of getting from a vague mission to a line your sales team can use.
Dashboards hide more than they show. These are the metrics that actually change decisions.
A 90-page PDF is not a brand system. What to hand your team instead.