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Why CEOs Don’t Trust Marketing — And What to Do About It
Why CEOs Don’t Trust Marketing — And What to Do About It

There’s a number Mari-Liis Vaher leads with that’s hard to ignore: 70% of CEOs don’t trust marketing to deliver growth. She’s not citing it to blame anyone. She’s citing it because she’s lived on both sides of that table — as the agency presenting polished digital reports to a bank CEO who asked, bluntly, “How does any of this help me grow my business?” The room went silent. She cried in her car afterward. And then she spent the next decade figuring out the answer.

From Chef to Belt Guy: Referral Networking, B2B Branding & Howard Rudin | This Might Get Creative
From Chef to Belt Guy: Referral Networking, B2B Branding & Howard Rudin | This Might Get Creative

Howard Rudin will tell you he has a bad knife habit and an emergency meat freezer in his basement. He will also tell you that if he has to sell you on BNI, he doesn’t want you. Both of these things are true, and both of them tell you everything you need to know about how he operates.

She Rebuilt Her Whole Business Model — And Her Clients Loved It More
She Rebuilt Her Whole Business Model — And Her Clients Loved It More

Julia DeWolfe built a coaching business the way most coaches build one — weekly calls, structured check-ins, a model that looked right on paper. It worked. Until it didn’t. Not because the clients were unhappy. Because she wasn’t doing her best work.

Two Businesses, Two Countries, Two Kids Under Two: How Faith Morris Built Infrastructure That Works
Two Businesses, Two Countries, Two Kids Under Two: How Faith Morris Built Infrastructure That Works

Faith Morris moved back to the U.S. from Australia in 2023 with her husband, two toddlers, and no safety net. No community, no clients, no local contacts. Her husband started a stone masonry business. She handled everything that wasn’t physically touching stone: client communication, estimates, follow-up, Google reviews, bookkeeping. Within six months the business was profitable. A year later, after launching her own operations consultancy, she hit six figures. She did it all with what she calls a low-key marketing plan, and that is not a humble brag. It is a strategy.

What If You Could Practice the Hard Conversation Before You Had It?
What If You Could Practice the Hard Conversation Before You Had It?

Difficult conversations don’t get easier just because you know they need to happen. Most managers avoid them, delay them, or walk in underprepared, and the stress of it follows them home. Susanne Drews spent 15 years in middle management watching this play out, and she built Chemp.ai to change it.

Why Everything Sounds the Same Right Now — And What to Do About It
Why Everything Sounds the Same Right Now — And What to Do About It

Open your Instagram feed right now and scroll for 60 seconds. How many posts do you actually stop and read? And when you do stop, why? Chances are it wasn’t the perfectly polished caption with the em dashes and the “I GET IT. WHAT I KEEP SEEING.” opener. It was something that felt different. Something that felt like a real person.

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