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Marketing Strategy

October 10, 2026

Influencer Marketing Math Now Favors Smaller Creators

Brands are shifting influencer budgets to mid-tier and micro creators. The cost math, a starter…

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Marketing Strategy

October 5, 2026

Why Easy Marketing Stopped Working

The ratio of content to attention has flipped. Why frictionless marketing now fails, and the…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

September 30, 2026

Why Good Content Still Wins at SEO in 2026

A 2026 survey of SEO experts ranks relevance, backlinks, and content quality on top. Why…

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Marketing Automation Marketing Strategy Working with an Agency

September 25, 2026

Buy, Don’t Build, Your AI Marketing Stack

Most in-house AI marketing builds create fragile software, not advantage. A simple test for what…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

September 20, 2026

Why Your Ad Dashboard Might Be Lying to You Politely

Ad platform dashboards are built by the companies selling the ads. How CMOs can separate…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

September 15, 2026

Beyond the Dial: A Strategic Guide to Website Call Attribution and Lead Intelligence

Most healthcare practices can't tell which ad put a patient in the chair. Here's how…

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Data and Research Jed Stories Marketing Strategy Working with an Agency

August 24, 2026

Boulders, Not Pebbles: Finding the Clients My Agency Was Built For

The founder of Ambient Array on why agency-client fit makes all the difference, and the…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

August 23, 2026

AI Overviews Are Changing the Search Bargain

Google's AI Overviews are cutting publisher referrals nearly in half. What that means for your…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

August 18, 2026

What Q2 2026 Brand Loyalty Data Tells CMOs

Q2 2026 card-spend data shows loyalty is structural, not emotional. What Amazon, McDonald's, and Costco…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

August 13, 2026

How Topical Authority Spreads in ChatGPT

Why brand mentions matter more than citations in AI search, and how to reshape your…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

August 8, 2026

When AI Thinks for You, Who Is Actually Making the Decisions?

Belief offloading is the quiet CMO risk in daily AI use. Keep judgment and final…

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Data and Research Marketing Strategy

July 28, 2026

The Measurement Trap: Why CMOs Keep Making the Same Budget Mistakes

Most CMO budget decisions rest on flawed measurement. Why attribution models mislead, and how to…

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Marketing Strategy

Why Good Content Still Wins at SEO in 2026

Buy, Don’t Build, Your AI Marketing Stack

Boulders, Not Pebbles: Finding the Clients My Agency Was Built For

AI Overviews Are Changing the Search Bargain

What Q2 2026 Brand Loyalty Data Tells CMOs

How Topical Authority Spreads in ChatGPT

When AI Thinks for You, Who Is Actually Making the Decisions?

The Measurement Trap: Why CMOs Keep Making the Same Budget Mistakes

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