Most people are using AI wrong, and it isn’t because they picked the wrong model. They open a chat window, type a sentence and a half, get something mediocre back, and conclude the tool is overhyped. What they’ve actually done is hire the smartest employee they’ve ever had access to and then give that person no job description, no SOP, …
Why We’re Building a Two-Sided Network to Replace Agencies
The traditional agency model is dead. Most agency owners don’t realize it yet, but the ones who do have already sold out. AI has automated away the middlemen, and the networks themselves, Google, Facebook, and the rest, are cutting out the people in the middle so they can capture the ad dollars directly. So what replaces it? A two-sided network. …
How to Do MAA (Metrics, Analysis, Action) Like a Pro
Metrics: what happened → Analysis: what it means → Action: what comes nextFollow the source labels in order. The path runs from top to bottom.1Metrics: whathappened2Analysis:what it means3Action: whatcomes nextEach next report checks what the last action changed. Turn your business numbers into a clear next step. This guide shows how to record what happened, explain what it means, and …
Surgeons don’t leave the emergency room to go out to knock on doors
You spend all this time talking to potential clients– they appear to have money, interest, and clear need for your services. But somehow they don’t buy– they went with someone else, balked at the price, were just milking you for free consulting, or turned out to be jerks. How do you avoid all this? (See also: 3 Nightmare Clients to …
How to keep projects rolling by using the 9 triangles framework.
What kills most projects? Easy – It’s failure to simply move. People get caught up in the details of planning that they fail to execute- Deer in headlights while a truck of tasks barrels down on them. We have multiple frameworks, or “triangles” that could alleviate most problems like this. These help us write, plan, and keep project execution from …