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What to do when data-based marketing doesn’t increase sales: Best of the MarTechBot

See how the MarTechBot responds to a prompt and how the prompt can be improved. Today: What to look at when marketing doesn’t move the needle. MarTechBot on February 26, 2024 Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language … Continue reading What to do when data-based marketing doesn’t increase sales: Best of the MarTechBot →

Hustling harder doesn’t make your work more meaningful. Here’s what to do instead

Productivity Techniques

By Mary C. Murphy March 11, 2024 In my work around entrepreneurs’ fixed-versus growth-mindset triggers, I came across a common lore—a hoodie-clad frontiersman (usually male, usually young, usually white) hacking his way through the digital brush, grinding it out until he sells or takes his startup public. But wait, that’s a growth mindset in … Continue reading Hustling harder doesn’t make your work more meaningful. Here’s what to do instead →

Big Tech hearings may not lead to new laws, but that doesn’t mean they’re useless

Technology Legal Battles

By Issie Lapowsky February 01, 2024 Congressional hearings featuring Big Tech head honchos, including (March 04, 2024)’s affair between the Senate Judiciary and the execs from major social platforms, often get a bad rap. These bitter brawls have been panned at turns as “kabuki theater” and “hot mess[es]”—and for good reason. With a few … Continue reading Big Tech hearings may not lead to new laws, but that doesn’t mean they’re useless →

How to create a re-engagement strategy that doesn’t insult your subscribers

Marketing Strategy

Here’s what email marketers should and shouldn’t do to manage inactive subscribers and rebuild engagement. Kath Pay on December 19, 2023 I thought I could get through 2023 without having to address a perennial problem for email marketers: how to manage seemingly unengaged subscribers without cutting them off. I was wrong. On Dec. 1, Google … Continue reading How to create a re-engagement strategy that doesn’t insult your subscribers →

How to brag about yourself in a way that doesn’t make people hate you

Personal Skills

By Kim Rittberg November 10, 2023 You need to brag. No one knows about what you’ve done, how skilled you are, the recognition you’ve received—until you tell them. No one is going home to google you—the burden is on you. My mantra: Humility does not pay the bills. This is especially important for women. … Continue reading How to brag about yourself in a way that doesn’t make people hate you →

Eddie Bauer changed its logo because Gen Z doesn’t read cursive

Gen-Z

By Grace Snelling October 06, 2023 After 59 years, outdoor outfitter Eddie Bauer is trading its cursive logo for something a bit more tangible: a goose. But not just a goose. The bird is accompanied by a simplified version of the brand name, now written in all-caps block lettering. On the full stack logo, … Continue reading Eddie Bauer changed its logo because Gen Z doesn’t read cursive →

AI May Not Be Sentient, But It Doesn’t Matter

AI Development

AI May Not Be Sentient, But It Doesn’t Matter by Kaila Colbin , February 24, 2023 In the past few weeks, I’ve read approximately eleventy hundred essays and articles on ChatGPT, Bing, Large Language Models, and other AI-related topics. Like most people, my mind has been blown a fair few times — Kevin Roose’s … Continue reading AI May Not Be Sentient, But It Doesn’t Matter →

Surprise! It’s the best job market in 54 years, even if it doesn’t feel like it

Jobs Future

By Paul Wiseman—Associated Press February 03, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a stunning 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, the lowest level since 1969. Friday’s … Continue reading Surprise! It’s the best job market in 54 years, even if it doesn’t feel like it →

The 4-day workweek shows us that working more doesn’t mean more success

Career Evolution

By Brandi Olson November 20, 2022 During a recent coaching session, my client had a confession for me: Her marketing team was making a long-anticipated shift to the coveted four-day workweek. But instead of celebrating, her team was . . . lukewarm. Sure, they were a little excited at the thought of having … Continue reading The 4-day workweek shows us that working more doesn’t mean more success →

Tracking remote workers doesn’t make them more productive. Here’s what it does instead

Remote Work Culture

By Shalene Gupta November 09, 2022 Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, famously ripped into remote work earlier this year, claiming it adds to procrastination. Owl Labs, which creates 360 video conferencing, surveyed 2,300 employees on the state of remote work to find out what’s really up. Despite Dimon’s office-centric stance, the survey found … Continue reading Tracking remote workers doesn’t make them more productive. Here’s what it does instead →