This is episode 11 of The Revenue Diaries, where I talk marketing, motorsports, sobriety, anthropology, the American dream and much more. Enjoy!Read More

I recently participated in a podcast with Marketing Trends and wanted to share it with all of you. Excerpt and embed below. Daniel Incandela always knew he wanted to be a storyteller. Early in his career, that passion took him on the path to becoming a visual storyteller, telling tales through the lens of anthropology. But...Read More

Don’t forget your umbrella. If you’re a marketer, you might think that becoming a CMO is the ultimate accomplishment, the thing that we are all striving for. It’s like playing soccer at your local club and dreaming of going to the World Cup. But these days, being a CMO isn’t all that it’s cracked up...Read More

Can I take your order? We all need to feel like we’re doing work with a purpose. No one wants to be told what to do all the time, or just go through the motions day after day, doing the same thing over and over again. We need to set strategies, make the big decisions,...Read More

These days, the term “AI” is used as a buzzword more than anything else. In fact, a new phrase making the rounds is the “Whitewashing of AI” — meaning that the term is being overused. As AI and machine learning topics permeate nearly every sales conversation in the technology world, marketers must compete with one...Read More

I have an ego. You do, too. We all have one. Ego is, simply put, the way we view ourselves—especially our own importance, ability, and worth. Ego is the source of our self-esteem and, at times, can provide a much-needed boost of confidence. Other times, the ego can be the source of friction, conflict, and...Read More

When you work in and talk about marketing long enough, you begin fine-tuning a personal philosophy about your craft. In recent months, I have pondered the overall role of marketing within a company and how I want to shape it in my own personal style. This has lead me to what I think of as...Read More

At the beginning of each new year, thoughts inevitably turn to plans for the year to come: new projects to undertake, goals to attain, books to read, skills to develop or strengthen. For many marketers, as 2018 gets underway, this will include ideas around creating new and innovative marketing campaigns, finding new sources of data,...Read More

I often say that my responsibility as a leader is to drive a vision, defer credit to the right people, get approvals, remove obstacles, find budget, and be nice. My personal leadership style didn’t have a specific ideology attached to it, but I recently learned about Servant Leadership. The concept piqued my interest, and after...Read More