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July 22, 2025

The Search Revolution: How AI is Reshaping Digital Marketing Forever

Google’s AI Overviews are disrupting search, slashing CTRs and forcing a shift toward visibility, authority, and AI-optimized digital strategies.
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May 26, 2025

The Quiet Crisis in Industrial Marketing: Misalignment with Sales

Why even the smartest strategies fall flat when internal teams aren’t aligned—and how to fix it for growth that lasts.
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May 8, 2025

The Digital Transformation in Industrial marketing: 30 Years of Evolution

When I began my career in industrial marketing in the early 1990s, our toolkit consisted of printed catalogs, trade magazine ads, and the coveted Yellow Pages placement. Our measure of success? Phone calls and in-person meetings at trade shows.
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Thoughts on Marketing
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March 27, 2026

Beyond Rankings: The Technical Infrastructure Behind SEO, AEO, and GEO; What Industrial Leaders Need to Know in 2026

Traditional SEO still matters, but it no longer tells the whole story. As AI-powered search, answer engines, and generative platforms reshape how buyers discover suppliers, industrial leaders need to understand the infrastructure driving visibility behind the scenes. This article unpacks the rise of SEO, AEO, and GEO, and explains why structured data, entity clarity, and machine-readable content are becoming essential to staying discoverable in the emerging agentic web.
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March 16, 2026

Your Best Client Is Worth More Than You Think. Probably a Lot More.

Walk through the real math of client lifetime value in the industrial sector — baseline revenue, account growth, referral attribution, and the intangibles no spreadsheet captures. With a worked example that turns a “$60K client” into easily a $315K relationship.
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March 7, 2026

“A Marketing Agency Is Too Expensive” – And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves

You’re comparing a retainer to a salary. That’s the wrong comparison. Here’s what an in-house team actually costs when you add every line item — and five ways to tell if an agency is worth it.
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February 5, 2026

The Marketing Department of One: Why Your Best Hire Can’t Do It All

You hired a talented marketing person and loaded them with every discipline the company needs. The activity is there. The breadth of expertise is not. Here’s what that’s actually costing you.
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November 15, 2025

What Does a Marketing Team Actually Cost? (It’s Not What You Think)

Every business owner knows what they pay their marketing person. But the salary is the down payment. Here’s the full cost breakdown — employer burden, overhead, and the number that changes how you think about agency retainers.
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August 1, 2025

AI in Marketing (2025): Powerful Assistant, Not a Replacement

AI tools such as ChatGPT can slash hours off research and first‑draft work, but they still lack lived context, brand nuance, and real‑time judgment. Use them as accelerators that sit beside your experts, not instead of them.
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July 22, 2025

The Search Revolution: How AI is Reshaping Digital Marketing Forever

Google’s AI Overviews are disrupting search, slashing CTRs and forcing a shift toward visibility, authority, and AI-optimized digital strategies.
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July 11, 2025

The Digital Foundation Every Growing Business Needs (And Why Most Don’t Have It)

Many growing businesses lack the digital systems needed for sustainable success. Learn how to build a strong foundation with analytics, CRM, and automation while avoiding tech confusion.
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May 26, 2025

The Quiet Crisis in Industrial Marketing: Misalignment with Sales

Why even the smartest strategies fall flat when internal teams aren’t aligned—and how to fix it for growth that lasts.
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May 8, 2025

The Digital Transformation in Industrial marketing: 30 Years of Evolution

When I began my career in industrial marketing in the early 1990s, our toolkit consisted of printed catalogs, trade magazine ads, and the coveted Yellow Pages placement. Our measure of success? Phone calls and in-person meetings at trade shows.
Read More ➔