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Unorthodoxy

My latest book is due out on September 20th. Unorthodoxy: A Contrarian Marketer’s Philosophy For Surviving The Dying Internet is a philosophical take on how the internet as we know it is dying, how most people are actually on the bottom of the bell curve, and how we really aren’t that unique or creative after all. Misanthropic, perhaps, but true nonetheless. The internet has changed from decentralized & diverse to centralized & platform-focused. This changes what we need to focus on as marketers, as sales guys, as brands, as humans in general. Look for more information closer to release. This book is a departure from our earlier tactical books. My entire goal is to show how we have to shift… 

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Why the SMMA model is fundamentally broken

This year, I have gotten more messages about one specific subject than anything else by far. On Reddit (where I engage regularly in PPC & agency related topics) I’ve gotten 41 messages this month alone…and of those, 37 of them were asking about SMMA. To be honest, even though we published Building A Successful Micro-Agency earlier this year, I hadn’t heard this specific term. So I did some in-depth research. SMMA (social media marketing agency, also called “agency in a box”) is a term invented by a few gurus. The term isn’t used in normal marketing circles. It was recently invented to sell courses, which purportedly teach you how to make millions without having any specific skills or domain expertise.… 

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control is bred by desperation

Have you ever noticed that whenever a profession is slipping out of first place, tactics get a little more desperate? Whenever something is falling out of favor, and the former experts are getting a little grey around the temples, suddenly there’s a last-ditch grab for control.

I’ve seen it in countless situations. It happened with old-school barbers. It happened with film vs digital photographers. I’m even seeing it start to happen with online marketers.

Here’s how it plays out in real life.

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