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No Flying Car, But I Wasn’t All Wrong: Grading My 2014 Future of Work Predictions
I like a little tip-toe through the tulips of my archives now and then. Sometimes I think "what was I thinking?!?!?" Other times, like today, make me…
Apr 16
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The Goldilocks Content Problem — What the Hell Is “Just Right”?
Length, frequency, volume, and quality are four dimensions of content everyone agonizes over. But while no one has a precise answer there are guardrails…
Apr 10
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Bryant Duhon
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The Fates Are Fickle. Your Marketing Shouldn’t Be.
A dead alternator, a no way pile, and why I believe in chance but not in leaving my business to it. Luck is real, but a plan is better (and lets you…
Apr 4
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Bryant Duhon
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March 2026
The AI Revolution Has a Foundation Problem
AI is powerful in focused, well-scoped applications. The broad enterprise transformation narrative? That requires a foundation most organizations never…
Mar 31
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Bryant Duhon
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Marketing and the Movies: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
I watched a 62-year-old movie about a Greek myth, with stop-motion skeletons, harpies, and more. Here are the marketing lessons that hit me.
Mar 28
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Bryant Duhon
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What the Hell Is a Newsletter?
It’s not an email. It’s not a platform. And it’s definitely not a sales pitch with a subscribe button. Here’s what a newsletter actually is — and why…
Mar 27
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Bryant Duhon
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Nobody Cares About You – And That’s Liberating for Your Marketing
The moment you stop making your company the hero, your marketing gets a hell of a lot more useful — because people are looking for answers, not another…
Mar 19
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Bryant Duhon
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Funnels Matter - Even If Hustlebros Are Attempting to Ruin Them for Everyone
Strip away the hype, pressure, and manufactured urgency, and a funnel is just how a stranger becomes a customer.
Mar 13
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What Online Dating Taught Me About Sales Outreach
I went looking for love in online spaces.* Instead, I inadvertently found a sales philosophy.
Mar 7
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Marketing Is a Necessary Evil
The companies treating marketing as a checkbox are spending more than the ones doing it right — they just can't see where the money's going.
Mar 6
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February 2026
I Swear They Can’t All Be Zingers
But you know what will NEVER be a zinger? That thing you've been noodling with for a year and are too scared to publish. It probably won't be a zinger…
Feb 27
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Bryant Duhon
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Debunking the “Let’s Go Viral!” Myth That Will Poison Your Marketing
Efforts to "go viral" have always set my teeth on edge. You can fiddle around the edges and increase your chances, but you can never reliably make a…
Feb 5
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