You’d think humor would be the last thing on CMO minds right now. After all, being a CMO in 2023 is no joke. I know because I Googled it. A quick search turned up more than 7 million results dedicated to the plight of modern marketers. I didn’t read all 7 million, but I read a lot of them. It turns out that today’s C-suite marketers are up against pretty much everything. Global economic uncertainty. … [Continue reading]
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Friday Finds: Quick takes on hardworking messages found in the wild
Friday Find #29: Do something shady We came across this message on a sunny day in Phoenix and thought it was a really bright idea … This sign could’ve just said, “Plant a tree.” But language like that rarely stands out in the forest of other messaging you see every day. So this local nursery decided to highlight a key product benefit and make their call-to-action more provocative. The takeaway? If a message makes you do a … [Continue reading]
Are you writing like a robot?
Too much of the sales and marketing messaging in the B2B world is just plain robotic. It’s stiff, predictable, and packed with “corporate speak”. You feel like you’ve heard it all before … and you have. Which is why so much of it gets ignored. So, I decided to try an experiment: I would see if an actual robot could come up with something better (looking at you, ChatGPT). Getting emotional about B2B messaging I … [Continue reading]
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