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What problems do marketing audits always find?

Marketing audits almost always find the same four face-plants: you don’t actually know how customers think or behave, your segmentation is junk, your advertising is stuck in the short term, and you’re starving the future—especially talent.

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Aicila Aicila

Cover Brand: A Tagline That Travels

Ethan Decker sits down with Jenny Desmond of Vive Mas Tours to dig into taglines, travel branding, and how to get 55+ adventurers off the couch and into unforgettable Latin American experiences.

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Ethan Decker Ethan Decker

How does one update the purchase funnel?

The funnel isn’t awareness→consideration→purchase anymore; it’s live→look→buy, and our job is to build memories, nudge in-market shoppers, and make buying super-easy.

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Ethan Decker Ethan Decker

Do new categories follow brand laws?

Even in fast-moving, newborn categories, the laws of brand physics still show up early—big brands get bigger, small brands stay smaller, wiggle stays wiggle—so judge yourself against the laws, not the vibes.

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