Great Content Deserves Far More Reach than It Gets
The day https://t.co/M8688t4CuW clicked for me was when I heard a frustrated marketer staring at content that deserved ten times the reach it got...
Castrol India Posts 9% Revenue Rise, Expands Rural Market
Castrol India reported Q4 FY26 revenue of ₹1,545.24 crore, up 9% YoY from ₹1,422 crore. PAT increased 4% to ₹242.18 crore, while EBITDA rose 7% to ₹329 crore. EBITDA margin declined 30 basis points to 21.29%. The company achieved market...
Persistence Seals the Deal: Bus Sale Masterclass
Closing the Bus Deal: A Masterclass in Persistence by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/TK5CtadeRq @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Leadership #Marketing #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess #SalesEnablement https://t.co/dq3zZq75zF
Turn Software Budgets Into Strategic Labor Ratio Planning
The old sales motion asked : what’s your software budget for this category? The new motion asks customers three questions : 1. What’s your software budget? 2. What’s your total labor budget? 3. What do you want that ratio to be in three years? That...
US-Israeli Conflict Fuels Record Yuan Surge
Thanks to the US-Israeli war on Iran, China’s currency is gaining. Cross-border portfolio flows hit $712 BILLION in March (+40% vs last year), while the yuan’s share of China’s international transactions rose above 56%, the highest on record. CHINA = BIG WINNER....
Powell Resists Cuts, Successor Pushes Immediate Rate Reductions
Powell's last press conference will argue against rate cuts while his incoming replacement has been calling for them as soon as possible. 🔒 Members-Only https://t.co/7rXX9awR0b
SEO's Art, Not Just Science, Drives Lasting Impact
Random thought. SEO has always been part science and part art. The science can pretty much be automated, but the art or "taste" has staying power. Creativity matters. Authenticity matters. Knowing how to market matters. Connecting with people matters.
Vendor‑Finance Acquisitions Break Growth Plateaus for $1‑100M Businesses
if your business does $1M–$100M: the growth strategies that plateaued: – sales coaching: hit the ceiling – paid advertising: diminishing returns – organic content: slow compounding – hiring more people: more complexity the growth strategy that doesn't plateau: acquiring businesses using vendor finance
Clean Your Data Before Scaling Meta Ads
Most people think increasing budget will fix their Meta ads. Wrong. Your tracking is messy. Your data is misleading. Or you’re optimizing too early with no real signal. More spend just scales confusion. Fix your data, then scale with confidence.
Taiwan Tops Happiness Rankings with 9.2% Growth
In Hanke’s 2025 Annual Misery Index, Taiwan ranks as the HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. This is thanks to their incredibly strong real GDP growth per capita of 9.2%. TAIWAN = GROWTH DRIVEN PROSPERITY. https://t.co/HJcjzI6ur3
New SDR Success Bar Exposes Widespread Skills Crisis
Today, I'm excited to release the 2026 State of SDR Skills Report by https://t.co/bVJ7MO7FFx. One thing is clear in the report: There's a New Bar for SDR success that most teams are falling short of. See how you stack up here:...
Record Seller Surplus Signals Falling US Home Prices
US home prices increased 0.7% over the last year, the slowest growth rate since June 2023. There are currently a record 46% more sellers than buyers nationally. Absent manipulation from the Federal Government/Reserve, prices will come down and homes will...
AI Agents Prioritize Data-Driven Metrics over Brand Legacy
If an AI Agent doesn’t care about legacy brands or emotional storytelling, what specific parameters does it evaluate when shortlisting vendors https://t.co/2orrMXZyt9 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Marketing #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #Branding
Ben Thompson Launches New Subscription Platform, Ankler Migrates
feel like the bigger news here is that Ben Thompson is building a subscription platform? super sick
Fuel Price War Threatens Low‑cost Carriers, CEOs Clash
Michael O’Leary warns: high fuel prices from Middle East chaos could kill Wizz Air and airBaltic this winter. Ryanair overpaid $50M in April alone. Wizz Air fires back: “We’ve been ‘bankrupted’ by him 10 times already”... Classic CEO rivalry while fuel...
Leaders Must Embrace Intellectual Humility Amid Uncertainty
I cannot stress enough - if you want to meet the moment as a leader today you MUST build some intellectual humility. We are all guessing about the future - some more educated than others but no one knows....
Valuations Aren't Everything; Bubbles Can Crash without Euphoria
A lot of people have observed some ominous parallels between today's market and the dot com bubble. The biggest difference being valuation. But I'd point out that valuations were not especially high in 2007 in spite of having bubble-like conditions in the...
AI Agents to Drive $15T B2B Spend by 2028
By 2028, 90% of B2B buying will be AI agent intermediated, pushing over $15 trillion of B2B spend through AI agent exchanges. https://t.co/32BuwY1M2L
Stop Paying for Growth—Acquire Businesses With Zero Capital
you've spent money trying to grow your $1M–$100M business: the money went into: – strategies that required more of you – ads that stopped working when you stopped paying – coaches who taught you to sell harder Start acquiring instead, you can do it with...
ERP Rollout Triggers Sharp Sales and Profit Decline
ERP system launch in Q4 2025 led to severe financial setbacks: net sales down 11%, EBITDA down 46%, EPS nearly halved, and gross profit margin dropped from 41% to 34.6%. This resulted in decreased revenue and profit, the opposite of...
Industry Pushes NCAA Expansion, Ignoring Fan Preferences
Fuel for NCAA Tournament expansion was dispensed at the self-serving pump by an industry that doesn't care what the fans want whether it's 76 in March Madness or 24 in the CFP. -->
Half of U.S. Creators Earn Under $10k Annually
Nearly half of all U.S. creators are earning less than $10k/year. The barrier to entry is low, but the path to a sustainable, professional income is being hollowed out.
Charter CEO Invests $1M as Stock Plunges 28%
Charter CEO Chris Winfrey is buying the dip. With $CHTR down 28% in the past five days alone, Winfrey today spent $1 million acquiring Charter shares for himself and his spouse. https://t.co/2z5vjpLmxo
Anti‑Tanking Rules Threaten NBA Draft’s Core Purpose
At what point does the quest to stop tanking undermine NBA draft's core rationale: enable weaker teams to acquire better players? NBA turned to draft order based on inverse record to discourage team dynasties, so fans of bad teams had...
Explore USVC: Private Market Structure, Fees, Liquidity
It’s wild that we may have almost 2,000 people on a webinar for USVC tomorrow We’ll cover: - Private markets in America today - How USVC is structured and what makes it different from other funds - The trade offs: Fees, liquidity and who...
Only $161 B Left to Refund Illegal Tariffs
Only $161B* in illegal tariffs left to refund**! *plus interest **assuming the government doesn't appeal before June 6
Meta's Engaged‑click Removal Hurts High‑engagement Brands
My tinfoil hat is Meta underestimated what removing the "engaged click" from click attribution would do to the modeling and it's essentially broken. The brands that didn't have a ton of "engaged clicks" are not seeing the same impacts as...
Stem Buys Raicoon to Automate Solar Asset Monitoring
Stem acquires raicoon to automate solar asset monitoring #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/TsBT8TGDm2
Twitch Trials Weekly Badge that Boosts Watch Rewards
Twitch is testing a new Weekly Rewards Badge. The badge upgrades the more you watch each week, and rewards additional channel points.
Fed's Inflation Focus Risks Stock Market Amid Iran War
Will the Fed break the stock market as Chair Powell and the FOMC dial up their focus on inflation amid the US-Iran war? #Fed #FOMC #Powell #IranWar #StockMarket #Dollar #Oil #Gold #Macro #Trading https://t.co/ER2QbNR0qa
S&P Slides; Fed Meeting and Mega‑cap Earnings Dominate
MARKET RECAP 📉 S&P 500 fell lower today, but all eyes are on tomorrow 👀 We have the FOMC and potentially Jerome Powell’s last meeting as Fed chair, alongside 4 of the largest 10 companies in the world reporting earnings. Those...
Build New Markets to Maintain Your Edge
The only sure way to maintain edge in a market is to build the market yourself. Same when you grow out of a market.
Jobs' Relentless Calls Secured Siri for Apple
When Steve Jobs saw the first Siri demo in 2010, he was immediately hooked. The founder didn’t want to sell, though. So, Jobs called him 24 straight days until he agreed let Apple acquire the company. https://t.co/3J0ZZkDqTQ
Raise More VC Funding to Solve the Dilemma
Good point. One solution when faced with this dilemma: raise more VC dollars into these companies :-)
London’s Eurodollar Rise Stemmed From Belgian, French Rejection
🏴☠️1/ If what I think is happening is really happening, then I can make some predictions. Especially about incoming European problems. But first an important side story, which also relates to the “special relationship”. What a lot of people don’t know is...
Quality Impressions Cost More, Even for Buyers
Jeff Green @TheTradeDesk $TTD at Possible Conf @PossibleEvent: “We are representing the buyer. We are trying to find the very best impressions at the lowest price on behalf of this buyer. But we recognize that quality often takes more money....
China Bans Meta-Manus Deal, Highlighting US‑China Business Strain
China’s Ban on Meta-Manus Deal Shows Strains in U.S.-China Business Ties—National-security concerns are increasingly weighing on commercial ties @hannahmiao_ https://t.co/8u5gYXWhtZ https://t.co/8u5gYXWhtZ
Measure Sales by Revenue per Hour, Not Activities
I measure my selling day in revenue per hour. My blended target is $3,000 per hour, and on prospecting specifically I push for $10,400. Most salespeople track activities: calls made, emails sent, meetings booked. Those are inputs, and inputs don't pay your mortgage. Revenue...
HustleFundVC Secures First San Francisco Office Space
Just picked up the keys to our first @HustleFundVC office in San Francisco. Coming online very soon... 💛 https://t.co/VnzVlGJqXS
AI Bots Now Autonomously Create and Decide Content
The day my bots decided what to write - and wrote it Last week, I had a moment that made me realize we've crossed a threshold in AI automation that will become mainstream in 6-18 months. I had my bots...
China's Export‑driven Model Collapses Under Security Costs
China built its entire economic model based on the principle that exports were universal. That model is crumbling as countries realized they hollowed out their manufacturing base and eroded their own national security in the process. China was the biggest...
Build Experiences, Not Just Content, to Drive Sales
Everyone's chasing content. The smart ones are building experiences. Because experiences move people. And moved people buy, share, remember, and return. That's not a feeling - that's the business model now. via Gridnet
Assessing $25
If this passes, what impact (if any) do you think @RoKhanna’s $25 minimum wage will have on unemployment rate in California? Show your work. https://t.co/kMug9xSbSQ
Creators Favor Comment Replies Over Livestreams and Meetups
Comments are one of creators’ favorite ways to engage with their audience, according to new data from EMARKETER / Influencer Marketing Factory. 29% of creators say replying to comments, 19.6% say livestreams, and 4.9% say in-person meetups and events. I’m surprised that...
Show, Don’t Just List: Prove Design Skills with Examples
I’ve been reviewing a lot of product design resumes lately and I keep seeing the same thing. Designers list skills like: • User research • Wireframing • Prototyping • Usability testing …but don’t show where they actually used them.
Emotional Bonds Turn Buyers Into Loyal Advocates
7 Ways to Foster Emotional Connections with Customers https://t.co/IRLIewLU2X There’s a big difference between a customer who buys from you again (a repeat customer) and one who actively chooses your brand over all others because of an emotional connection (a...
AI Wearable Turns Daily Life Into Continuous Vlog
An AI wearable device that regularly captures footage throughout the day and compiles it into a full-day vlog.
Nexstar CEO Declares No DEI Programs Amid FCC Approval
A fair and balanced report would have noted that on March 19, 2026, the date of the @FCC Media Bureau's approval of Nexstar-TEGNA, @NXSTMediaGroup CEO Perry Sook wrote @BrendanCarrFCC to say, “Nexstar does not have DEI programs in place today...
Fans Prefer TV; ESPN Must Justify Streaming Cost
…because nobody wants overpriced sports rights deals. The real challenge now is how to convince fans that the ESPN streaming service is something they need, with backdrop of proposed Nielsen data suggesting they still prefer TV to streaming. Messy stuff.
US Bans Chip Tool Shipments to Huahong's Facilities
The U.S. ordered numerous chip equipment companies to halt tool shipments to two facilities of Huahong, China’s second-largest chipmaker, according to sources. https://t.co/9lzUXgpLQr