Sequence Over Quantity: Fix Foundations Before Scaling
Most CMOs inherit a messy system. So they add more: • new campaigns • new channels • new ideas But pipeline doesn’t improve. What helps is sequence: • fix the foundation • capture high-intent demand • align messaging • clean up channels Order matters more than activity. https://t.co/DWAOnm26p8
US Services Slow, Prices Surge, Jobs Slip
The ISM's US service sector activity report for March was worse than expected. Headline reading dropped to 54.0 from 56.1 - still expanding, above 50.0. Price gauge surges to 70.7 - highest since Oct 2022. Jobs gauge drops to 45.2 - lowest...
Unemployment Hits Historic Low Since 1971‑1998
The current unemployment rate is lower than where it was every single month from 1971 to 1998. https://t.co/VAAexazBPH
AI Cuts Payroll, Nudges U.S. Unemployment Higher
Goldman tries to quantify the net effect of AI both substituting for and augmenting U.S. employment. Their conclusion: AI substitution in occupations like phone operations and insurance claims administration have reduced monthly payroll gains by around -25K and raised the...
Morphic's Workflows Turn One Image Into Animated Video
Holy sh*t. Dropping one image in and watching it automatically predict 9 scenes, upscale every frame, animate them, and stitch together a compiled video 🤯 @Morphic just dropped ‘Workflows’. You bring the image. It handles everything after. Following closely 👀
Free Scorecard Reveals Your Content’s AI Search Ranking
Most content marketers have no idea how their content scores in AI search engines. So I built a free scorecard to make it easy. It covers everything from content depth + entity optimization to technical structure and authority. Try it: https://t.co/hulXxcwVxg https://t.co/n8EbGfoBY1
Trump Metal Tariffs Remain, with Several New Exceptions Added
Trump metal tariffs stick around, with some new exceptions #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/yscNdORQWs
Economists: U.S. Firms, Consumers Shoulder 90% of Tariffs
Yet another set of reputable trade economists has found American companies and consumers paying for almost all of Trump's 2025 tariffs (here, 90%): https://t.co/181rja53he https://t.co/CXheguca42
Australian Thermal Storage Firm Raises $40M to Replace Boilers
Australian thermal storage company secures $40 million to help replace fossil fuel boilers #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/u0Z9iictxs https://t.co/hetKK3O4ew
Boards Win by Strategically Leveraging AI
RT @VisionEdgeMktg 🤖 Boards winning right now aren't ignoring AI, they're strategically leveraging it. Here's how private company boards unlock AI's power. https://t.co/RdWx8f8aIQ #Leadership #AI #Strategy
Gamma Imagine Creates Professional Visuals Instantly, No Designer Needed
🚨 Gamma just made hiring a designer for every presentation completely unnecessary. It's called Gamma Imagine and it turns any idea into a professional visual in seconds. No design skills. No tool switching. No templates. https://t.co/Oq0aigotqu
Female Founders Risk Buyer Betrayal in M&A Deals
I've talked to a number of female founders who've sold their co & had buyer refuse payments after taking control, strategic buyers backing out of m&a and then releasing a copy of the product and hiring a leader who works...
Design Systems Where Collaboration Happens Naturally
Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Issue #13: Intertwined Roots – Why Collaboration Is the Real Power System https://t.co/VpyGMe8rzB When the system is designed correctly, collaboration isn’t something you manage. It’s something that happens.
Measure Conversions, Not Likes: Move Audiences Forward
The most important analytics for creators: Not: • Likes • Followers • Comments But how many people you move to the next step. The: • Stanger to a follower • Follower to a lead • Lead to a client Focus on those numbers
USMCA Negotiations Quietly Shape Future Trade Landscape
While Everyone Watches Oil and Tariffs, USMCA Looms - https://t.co/D7EQGyKCLJ #USCMA #Mexico #Canada #globaltrade #supplychain #logistics
Innovation Thrives when You Cut, Not Add
If this idea resonates, I explore it more in Inside the Box (link in bio) Apple wasn’t saved by adding more. It was saved by cutting almost everything. When Steve Jobs reduced dozens of products to just four, it forced clarity. Innovation isn’t...
CEO Prioritizes Personal Bookkeeping Before Clients
CEO day ritual: I do my own bookkeeping first. Every week I review my books, categorize everything, and make sure my numbers actually reflect what's going on. Then I open YNAB and check the budget — business AND personal. Both have...
Sustained Balance Routines Prevent Small Disruptions From Spiraling
One of the more subtle risks in daily life is not the disruption itself but how long we remain out of balance afterward. Most people have ways to settle themselves in the moment. Fewer have routines that help them return...
Loyalty and Competence Rarely Coexist in Zimbabwe's Leadership
EVERY LEADER needs a competent and loyal team around him… The challenge is that some are loyal, but incompetent… & some are competent by not loyal… Money-driven people & power-driven people are NEVER LOYAL… In Zimbabwe, we are witnessing power-driven folks destroying...
Companies Blame Employees, Not Bad Managers
I just watched an Amazon VP explain why it's easier to label YOU as "high maintenance" than to address your bad manager ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ A thread.
Today's Stubborn Inflation Driven by New Factors, Not 1970s
This chart is fine as a simple comparison of historical inflation experiences, but the current tenaciousness of inflation is due to different factors, and is happening in a different policy context, from the inflation of the late 1970s. 1/2
Creating Unseen Futures in a Jungle Retreat
Five days in the jungle with three agency owners, building futures that don’t exist yet.
Paramount‑Skydance Raises $24B From Gulf Investors for Warner Bros. Deal
Paramount Skydance Secures $24 Billion From Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Funds for Warner Bros. Deal: Report https://t.co/pBowLfuPXc via @variety
Turn HR & Payroll Into Performance Engines
#TimTalk – Transforming HR and Payroll from a cost centre to a performance engine with Simon Noble https://t.co/VaBE1Zp55e via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Payroll #HR #HumanResources #Leadership #Strategy #HRTech #FutureofWork #EmployeeEngagement #WorkPlace #Culture
Key WNBA Dates: Offer Period to Draft in April
Upcoming #WNBA Dates April 6-7: Offer/Core Designation Period April 8-10: Negotiation Period April 11th: Free Agency Commences April 13th: Draft
AP Trims Staff as Big‑tech Revenue Soars, Newspaper Sales Plunge
NEW: AP plans staff cuts, restructuring amid broader business shift - Revenue from newspaper groups has fallen 25% in last 4 years, while revenue from Big Tech has increased 200% - Cuts will impact fewer 5% global staff https://t.co/D60ndpxjPX
AI Boosts All Support Agents, Not Just Top Performers
Everyone says AI will replace the worst workers. MIT studied 5,000 employees and found the opposite: Stanford and MIT researchers tracked 5,179 customer support agents for a year. Half got access to an AI assistant. Half didn't. The results were shocking.
Hiring Associate to Scale Advisor Relationships After $1B Growth
We're hiring. 3 years: $0 → $1bn+ AUM. 7 ETFs. A category we're taking mainstream. Now we need someone to help scale the advisor relationships that got us here. Associate, Advisor Solutions — internal sales, clear path to external. Remote. If you've got distribution...
Avoid These Fatal Tech Sales Interview Mistakes
I broke into tech sales 12 years ago. 9 interviews and 6 weeks later, landed an SDR job. Earned $36,000 that year. 12 years later, $1.63 million in a year. I've interviewed 1,000+ tech sales candidates since then as a hiring manager. 5 mistakes to...
Reddit Beats Paid Ads on $50+ SaaS Keywords
Here’s the brutal part. On high-CPC SaaS keywords ($50+), Reddit’s win rate hits 67%. You’re paying a premium for ads. A Reddit thread is taking the organic click. The money keywords are where Reddit is strongest. https://t.co/PlWF0NT1Gq
ChatGPT 5.3 Upgrade Cuts URLs by 20%, Drops L
Added a note about March 4, 2026 to my algo update list. Not a Google update, but it looks like ChatGPT's upgrade to GPT 5.3 instant resulted in it showing 20% fewer urls in answers. If your LLM visits are down...
Dollar's Global Grip Shows Cracks, Not Collapse
Is the dollar’s global dominance foundation starting to crack or just facing a few termites? 🐜💵 I sat down with former Fed & Treasury insiders @steven_kamin & @sobel_mark to unpack threats to dollar dominance, fiscal policy, Fed independence,...
Tax Dollars Prop Up Minor League Stadiums
My article examining public subsidies going to minor league baseball stadiums is now published in Economic Inquiry. See next post for ungated link https://t.co/5HpMbUDxVX
China IPOs Surge 56% After Regulatory Easing
China IPOs jump 56% as regulator eases restrictions to drive tech innovation Funds raised on the mainland’s three exchanges in the first quarter topped 25.7 billion yuan, compared with 16.5 billion yuan a year earlier https://t.co/yJkQKKH5LK
Allies Hedge Bets, Distrust U.S. Amid Growing Skepticism
More evidence that even U.S. friends and allies don’t trust Uncle Sam and are hedging, pivoting away from the USA. https://t.co/Sn8dFUs5GJ
Launch a Revenue‑generating SaaS with 0.001% Effort
A few months ago, a SaaS idea got into my head and it simply wouldn't leave me alone. So I made a "dangerous" decision. I decided to allocate just 0.001% of my time to see if I could take that idea...
Call Founders Directly to Master Niche Industries Quickly
I still think one of the best ways to understand traditional niche businesses and industries is by picking up the phone book and calling founders. With every founder you meet and every company you visit, you can soak in so much...
A Better Twitter: Curated Stories, Trends, Voices, No Ragebait
Business idea: A Twitter where interesting stories, global trends, new discoveries, and famous voices get promoted -- and political ragebaiters get thrown into the void.
NFL's Billion‑Dollar Media Demands Spark Backlash, FIFA Diversifies Revenue
🆙 Episode #44 of The Bundle is now available. The monthly walk-through with @UnffclPrtnr and @MurrayBarnett, trading facts, insights, and opinions at the intersection of #sports, #streaming, and #media — this time including but not limited to: • 🏈 NFL's media...
Demand Will Collapse Once Inventories Exhausted, Prices Surge
Distinguished economist & commodity market guru Jeff Currie on oil supply and demand: "Once we exhaust our ability to draw down inventories [in] mid to late April... demand has to come crashing down in line with supply. The key question is...
Jobs Flip Between Growth and Contraction 11 Months Straight
It really is incredible that jobs have alternated between growth and contraction for a record 11 months in a row. The previous record? 6 back in the last 1960s. https://t.co/ktPBF1R0Ku
Avoid Ghost Citations: Embed Your Brand in AI Answers
What is your "Ghost Citation" percentage by AI model? A ghost citation is when your content gets a link in an AI answer, but your brand doesn't get mentioned in the text of the answer. We saw a client's post had...
Ceasefire Stalled: US Wants Open Strait, Iran Opposes
Okay, so here’s how how the ceasefire cookie crumbles: - A ceasefire without the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will likely be unacceptable to the US. - A ceasefire with a reopening will likely be unacceptable to Iran. Iran appears serious...
Recurring Revenue Drives SaaS’s Future, Says Industry Veteran
Nick (@nrmehta) is the Godfather of Customer Success, which largely exists because of recurring revenue. So I asked him if he would be willing to give his thoughts on recurring revenue and the future of SaaS. I may be biased, but it's...
Coca-Cola Taps Iconic Jingle Archive to Stand Out
Coca-Cola uses something only a handful of corporations can -- a massive archive of promotions that won over large audiences -- in bid to stand out in the ad pack. Beverage giant revives its famous 'I'd like to buy...
Nike CEO Shows How to Motivate Exhausted Teams
Interesting take on CEO communication style at NKE What the Nike CEO’s remarks reveal about rallying employees through turnaround fatigue - FORTUNE
Japan's Future Bright, Europe's Past Fades with US Alliance
Japan’s greatest days are ahead of it, as it recommits to its partnership with America Europe’s best days are behind it, as it moves away from its alliance with the US
China Shifts Upstream in Global Production Networks
China moves upstream in production networks. More on this in the Chartbook Top Links today. https://t.co/z8YSI2hXDR
Musk’s Pre‑purchase Comment Could Settle Twitter Debate
This is what @elonmusk said before he bought twitter. Actually doing this would help clarify this debate. https://t.co/GECYZZ8JEw
Frame Meetings Around Buyer Value, Not Just Calendar Slots
Having a next meeting on the calendar is not enough. You'll still get no showed and rescheduled on. It all comes down to one concept. Value... for the buyer. And framing the 'reason' for the meeting, accordingly. Else they'll wonder "can't this just be an...