Make customers feel like they won the lottery 💸
May 11, 2026

Make customers feel like they won the lottery 💸

Today’s ✨ free idea ✨ is sponsored by TLDR.Reaching developers and tech people isn’t easy. They ignore LinkedIn, skip past Google ads, and tune out most marketing.TLDR works because 7 million tech professionals actually WANT to read it (including me). You can sponsor any of their 12 specialized news

How to launch like a top 1% company 📋
May 7, 2026

How to launch like a top 1% company 📋

The Google Doc cheat sheet I'm using myself.A startup called Clicky launched their product last month -- and it’s one of my favorite launches of all time.Here’s how they did it ↓A few days before launch, they posted a sick teaser video on social. The video pointed everyone to a Luma event page where

How an unknown startup closed $60K+ deals (without cold emails) 🪙
May 4, 2026

How an unknown startup closed $60K+ deals (without cold emails) 🪙

5 wild marketing wins to know about today.Welcome to your Monday briefing!Here’s your dose of inspiration - 5 viral hits to know about today:#1Steal this gifting playbook (closed $60k+ deals)Delve sells SOC 2 compliance software (SOC 2 = the security audit every enterprise customer makes startups pa

Announcing: Get Base44 Premium free for 1 year 🎉
April 30, 2026

Announcing: Get Base44 Premium free for 1 year 🎉

An exciting new perk for paid subscribersI’m excited to announce a partnership with Base44: Starting today, all annual subscribers will get a free year of Base44 🎉For just $199/year, a paid subscription to my newsletter now includes Base44 for free (usually $240/year), not to mention an invite to th

$50,000 for the world's worst photographer 💰
April 27, 2026

$50,000 for the world's worst photographer 💰

5 hot marketing tactics to steal this week.Monday inspiration time!Here are 5 new marketing moves I can’t stop thinking about:#1Hiring a “really bad photographer”Iceland’s main airline just posted a real job opening looking for the WORST photographer alive.They want to prove that bad photos of Icela

How to build *unfair* marketing taste 💋
April 23, 2026

How to build *unfair* marketing taste 💋

The #1 most important skill (by far) + how I've built mine over 10 yearsForbes named me to 30 Under 30 a few years back.Part of the tradition is being invited to a gala dinner with all the other honorees.The room was crazy: every founder, scientist, artist, and investor you’ve read about. Dozens of

How to get leads from your 404 page ⛓️‍💥
April 20, 2026

How to get leads from your 404 page ⛓️‍💥

The best marketing ideas of the past 7 days.Today’s ✨ free article ✨ is sponsored by TLDR.Reaching developers and tech people isn’t easy. They ignore LinkedIn, skip past Google ads, and tune out most marketing.TLDR works because 6 million tech professionals actually WANT to read it (I’m one of them)

13 sentences that make ANYONE think you're talking about them 🔮
April 16, 2026

13 sentences that make ANYONE think you're talking about them 🔮

The #1 psychology trick for marketing (that's rarely used)I’m going to do a little magic trick. I don’t know your name. I don’t know your job title. I’ve never met you.But I’m going to tell you exactly who you are in 13 sentences. And I’m willing to bet you’ll think I nailed it.Ready? 🪄You have a gr

This startup sent a cowboy to Wall Street (it actually worked) 🤠
April 13, 2026

This startup sent a cowboy to Wall Street (it actually worked) 🤠

Happy Monday! If your budget is small but your ideas are big - this one's for you. Here are 5 marketing ideas worth stealing this week. Let’s go ↓#1A $3,500 stunt filled a startup’s pipeline for 3 monthsLunos is an AI startup that automates accounting. Their pitch to CFOs: We tame the “wild west” of

Every company is now a media company 📡
April 9, 2026

Every company is now a media company 📡

OpenAI just paid $100M+ for a podcast. Here's the $0 version.Every company should have a podcast and a newsletter. I know that sounds like a hot take from a newsletter writer, but the trend speaks for itself. In 2-3 years this will be as obvious as “your company should have a website”.Last week, Ope

The KitKat heist playbook 🍫
April 6, 2026

The KitKat heist playbook 🍫

How to make your next "official announcement" blow up in 2026Last week, a truck carrying 413,793 KitKat bars disappeared somewhere between Italy and Poland. Twelve tons of chocolate - gone.(I was home all week)By the way I got a new truck 🚚KitKat posted an “Official Statement” confirming the theft.

Ask me anything (AMA) 🎤
April 2, 2026

Ask me anything (AMA) 🎤

20 real questions from real marketers.✨ Today’s free article is sponsored by TLDR ✨If you need to reach tech people, here’s the thing: they don’t see your ads. Ad blockers, LinkedIn fatigue, banner blindness - they’ve tuned it all out.But they read TLDR. 6 million tech professionals subscribe to the

How to make people stop scrolling (in 1 second) 🔴
March 30, 2026

How to make people stop scrolling (in 1 second) 🔴

One word = 33M viewsLast week, United Airlines broke the internet with something called the ‘Relax Row’ - three economy seats that can turn into a bed. Pretty cool.But that’s not why it went extremely viral.Look at the first line:“The entire row is alllllll yours.”Not “all yours.” Alllllll. One stre

The $8,000,000 job description 📋
March 26, 2026

The $8,000,000 job description 📋

How to hire unconventional marketers, where to find them, and how to make them say "yes".I sat through 100+ marketing interviews in the last 6 years.The ones who turned out to be superstars all had something in common: they made stuff on the internet. Side projects. Newsletters. Viral experiments. W

The "URL Hunt" is my new favorite marketing game 🏹
March 23, 2026

The "URL Hunt" is my new favorite marketing game 🏹

5 marketing ideas worth stealing.This ✨ free article ✨ is sponsored by TLDR.If you need to reach tech people, here’s the thing: they don’t see your ads. Ad blockers, LinkedIn fatigue, banner blindness - they’ve tuned it all out.But they read TLDR. 6 million tech professionals subscribe to these dail

40 harsh truths every marketer needs to hear 💊
March 19, 2026

40 harsh truths every marketer needs to hear 💊

Hard won lessons from 10+ years in marketingEvery marketer should be familiar with Wikipedia’s “List of Internet phenomena”. You can’t influence the internet if you don’t understand internet culture.Trust is the new moat. Vibe coding lets anyone ship an app in 3 hours. The only real separator betwee

The marketing playbook behind a $32 billion exit 🦄
March 11, 2026

The marketing playbook behind a $32 billion exit 🦄

Watch now | FREE masterclass insideWhat a week!! 🎉IT’S OFFICIAL: Google acquired Wiz for $32 billion. I’ve been the Director of Growth Marketing at Wiz for 3.5 years now. When I joined, CISOs would ask “What’s Wiz..?” on sales calls. Today we’re a household name in cybersecurity and also the biggest

How to ruin a product launch in 60 seconds 🧨
March 9, 2026

How to ruin a product launch in 60 seconds 🧨

5 marketing ideas you should steal this week.Happy Monday!Every week I send you the 5 most interesting marketing moves I spotted in the wild. Quick real examples, the stuff you can steal tomorrow.Let’s go ↓#1Your CEO is not an influencer (please stop trying)McDonald’s CEO posted a video trying their

Get yourself a "hype monkey" 🐒
March 5, 2026

Get yourself a "hype monkey" 🐒

Best money you'll ever spend.This month’s ✨ free marketing idea ✨ is sponsored by StripoBuilding marketing emails takes forever: you’re either stuck with basic templates or waiting on a developer for custom designs or mechanics. Stripo is an email template builder that lets you design better emails