What loop is your marketing stuck in?
What groove should you be locked in?


The world is broader (and weirder (but not W.E.I.R.D.er)) than the mirror you use as a lens.

Your audience is not a monoculture or a monolith.

People share demographics by chance. They share tastes by choice.


What is it your brand actually offers?

Not the product category or service line or buzzword. Or, god forbid, the “lifestyle”.

Why do people choose you?

What is your house speciality?


When seeking to change or improve performance, the common default is addition.

Mention more selling points. Launch more products. Add more colors. Create more ads.

More. More. More.

But the more might be the problem.

In plants, pruning leads to growth.

Focus. Simplify. Double down. Subtract


Sometimes you don’t need to change your message…

You just

need

tochangethe

cadence
&

s p a c e


Brands invest time thinking about their message and how to reach people.

But what happens if they find you through a channel you didn’t plan for?

Or join halfway through your carefully crafted funnel?

Or start at the end and work back to the beginning?

Is your brand consistent from all angles?


But what do you want your audience to do?


The IMF’s global economic growth target dropped to 3% next year. So prepare for more grumblings about prices and inflation.

The takeaway: disgruntled shoppers will be hunting for deals and trading down for longer.

Why the forecast drop?

The outlook is uneven: The war shock is weighing on energy importers and vulnerable economies, while AI-driven demand is lifting countries integrated into the global technology value chain.

Global disinflation has stalled. Risks are more balanced than in April, but downside risks from renewed conflict and financial market repricing persist.


Not talking about something doesn’t mean a story isn’t told about it.


You can’t day trade your way to a strong brand