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Content Marketers Need to Learn to Pitch Again
Strategy

Content Marketers Need to Learn to Pitch Again

As marketers, we dream of pitching like Don Draper. We’re in a room: We’re...
Ty Magnin 10 min read
02/26/26
Your Blog Is Not a Publication (But It's Not Just a Library Either)
Strategy

Your Blog Is Not a Publication (But It's Not Just a Library...

A few years back, I mentioned to John Collins, then content director at...
Jimmy Daly 6 min read
01/28/26
Persuasive Writing In Three Steps: Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis
Writing

Persuasive Writing In Three Steps: Thesis, Antithesis,...

Originally written by Ryan Law in 2021. Revised in 2026.Thought leadership...
Ryan Law , Nathan Wahl 7 min read
01/21/26
BLUF: The Military Standard That Can Make Your Writing More Powerful
Writing

BLUF: The Military Standard That Can Make Your Writing More...

Originally written by Jan-Erik Asplund in 2019. Revised in 2026.BLUF is a...
Jan-Erik Asplund , Nathan Wahl 9 min read
01/13/26
MECE: The Principle That Helps You Think and Write Like a McKinsey Consultant
Writing

MECE: The Principle That Helps You Think and Write Like a...

Originally written by Ryan Law in 2020. Revised by Nathan Wahl in 2025.MECE...
Ryan Law , Nathan Wahl 7 min read
12/18/25
How to Write Blog Posts That Readers Care About in the Age of AI
Writing

How to Write Blog Posts That Readers Care About in the Age...

Writing well is a superpower. Great writers are great thinkers, capable of...
Nathan Wahl 13 min read
12/01/25
The AI Onion: Why 95% of AI Projects Die and What to Do About It
Strategy

The AI Onion: Why 95% of AI Projects Die and What to Do...

A stat from MIT’s Media Lab came out recently that has circled the web...
Tim Metz 9 min read
11/20/25
Information Gain: The SEO Theory that AI Made Mandatory
Strategy

Information Gain: The SEO Theory that AI Made Mandatory

In 2022, we wrote about a Google patent application on "information...
Nathan Wahl 8 min read
11/13/25
From Zero to One: LinkedIn Playbook for B2B Startups
Strategy

From Zero to One: LinkedIn Playbook for B2B Startups

I keep having the same conversation with startup founders: "Where should...
Ty Magnin 12 min read
11/04/25