Musings, Things We've Learned, & Other Bits Of Knowledge We've Gleaned Along The Way.
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You’ve hit the ceiling. Doing marketing yourself — or splitting it among your sales and ops team — is costing you time, focus, and probably real revenue. The obvious next move feels clear: hire a Marketing Director. You look at a salary range of $85,000 to $130,000 and think it’s workable. But here’s what most people don’t account for: the true, fully-burdened cost of a full-time marketing hire in 2026 is typically $50,000 higher than the number on the offer letter. That $107

Summer has a way of sneaking up on businesses that were too busy to plan for it. One week you’re in the middle of a solid spring, and the next you’re looking at a calendar full of gaps and wondering where the momentum went. For many small businesses, particularly in service, home improvement, legal, financial, and B2B industries, summer brings a predictable softening in demand. Decision-makers are on vacation. Budgets are under review. The sense of urgency that drives Q1 and

The word “funnel” gets thrown around a lot in marketing conversations. Draw a triangle, label the top “awareness” and the bottom “conversion,” and suddenly it looks like a plan.

Back in February, this article from Retail Dive caught our eye, which now feels like it is defining the 2026 customer landscape: the Functional but Fragile consumer. We’re not talking about consumers who CAN’T afford to spend. These are real people who are tired of spending and waiting for the other shoe to drop. Two months since we first ran into this idea, the data from our clients in Home Improvement, Auto Repair, and SaaS is clear: if you want to win today’s consumer, yo