Edgar Bitencourt

Associate Consultant

Brantive

We work with a unique type of clients: up-and-coming E-commerce brands that share our ambition, agility, and drive to scale their brand as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Here's how we help:

◼️ Define tailor-made KPIs for the campaigns that align with your brand's objectives.
◼️ Implement a structured testing strategy, emphasizing content analysis.
◼️ Examine the impact of paid social & search on your overall business ecosystem.
◼️ Concentrate on increasing your overall revenue, rather than solely on ROAS (Ultimately, we measure our success by how much money we are making for you)

Interested in learning more? DM me or book an intro call using the form below (no sales pitch, I promise)

Founder

Cloudflare

Customer Success Manager - Special Projects (Strategic Partners & Enterprise)

Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC

Product Marketing Manager - CPG

Intel Corporation

Product Marketing Manager MBA - IoT

Purdue University Krannert School of Management

Graduate Assistant

Instituto GABRIEL

Instituto Gabriel is an NGO in Brazil that promotes Organ and Blood donation. Helped to optimize their google analytics, SEO, and visibility of their website to create awareness and to incentivize angel investors in the program.

Digital Marketing Consultant

Georgia-Pacific LLC

Brand & Commercial Analytics Manager -  MBA

DuPont

DuPont Tate and Lyle Joint Venture – Market analysis of the Global Personal Care market into which they supply a branded ingredient

Product Marketing Manager MBA

Deckmaster Games

•	 Aggressively cut poor performing products, leading to a 35% positive gain 
•	Designed a new retail training program, within a team I created an e-commerce website and raised the average retail sale by 30%.
•	Directed product development from concept and testing through launch new card games adding $20K in new revenue/month.
•       Evaluated sales reports, identified KPIs, and developed new product metrics.
•	Implemented monthly, quarterly and annual budgets, sales forecasts.
Successfully exited in September 2018 by selling the company to investors

Brand & Category Manager - E-commerce (Acquired)

Vila Celta

•800% growth in direct sales in three years by planning and negotiating with suppliers along with international transportation of products and saved up to 25% of the delivery time and overall costs.
•Searched and negotiated new suppliers that comply with government requirements to create a diversity of products resulting in a larger range of market share, approx 33% more clients. 
•Service to customer orders, customer support operations, sales support operations, order fulfillment
•Increased customer satisfaction and fidelity in over 45%
•Line up with different areas of the supply chain to estimate the delivery date for the orders
•Identified excess inventory ($70K) and developed a sales plan to sell that inventory and thus reducing the total inventory costs by 35%.
•Supervised, trained, and implemented team objectives for operations personnel
•Successfully exited in November 2016 by selling the company to  investors

Founder - Brand and Operations Manager - Retail (Acquired)

I help Supplement, Health, and Beauty brands drive down their CAC on Meta, Google, and TikTok with profitable advertising

I’m the founder of a small-but-powerful digital marketing agency: Brantive.

We work with a unique type of client: up-and-coming E-commerce brands that share our ambition, agility, and drive to scale their brand as quickly and efficiently as possible.

To some e-commerce brands, this is as simple as creating killer Facebook and Instagram ads to increase their site conversions and reduce cart abandonment. For others, this involves multi-stage funnels, Google Ads (PPC) and a sprinkle of CRO.

At Brantive, we pride ourselves on our ability to create highly effective Facebook, Instagram, TikTok ads, and Google ads that deliver results. Whether it's increasing site conversions, or building multi-stage funnels and customer acquisition strategies, what we focus we do it exceptionally well.

Here's how we help:

◼️ Define tailor-made KPIs for the campaigns that align with your brand's objectives.
◼️ Implement a structured testing strategy, emphasizing content analysis.
◼️ Examine the impact of paid social & search on your overall business ecosystem.
◼️ Concentrate on increasing your overall revenue, rather than solely on ROAS (Ultimately, we measure our success by how much money we are making for you)

We believe that our success comes from our deep understanding of the digital marketing landscape, our commitment to staying on the cutting edge of emerging trends, and our unwavering dedication to our clients' success.

Interested in learning more? DM me or book an intro call using the form below (no sales pitch, I promise)
https://calendly.com/edgarbtc/discovery-call

Brantive helps Ecommerce and Local businesses scale to 7 & 8-figures through paid search, paid social, and email marketing.

What's the single fatal flaw that makes 90% of brands fail at marketing?
 
Hint: It's not a lack of creativity or budget. It's boredom.

The audience doesn’t remember your 10th new idea.
They remember the one idea you repeated until it finally stuck.

Repetition builds recognition.
Consistency builds trust.
And trust drives sales.

So next time you feel like you’re repeating yourself -
you’re probably just starting to be remembered.

Via Marketer Tips

Passionate about classic Porsches. I scale brands with paid ads (google, meta, TT shop), and high-converting Ad creatives. $80m+ in sales driven.

Marketing has changed.

And most founders missed the memo.

The old school style of marketing has been dead for some time now. 

If you don't understand AI, Personal Brand, Ads, GEO...
And how visibility will actually works in 2026, you're already behind. 

This is what marketing looks like now: 

1. AI-Powered Marketing

The use of AI to automate smarter marketing decisions.

Best practice: 
Identify key moments of intent using tools like GA4 or Searchable

2. Audience Discovery

Understanding how your audience behaves across platforms and AI tools.

Best practice: 
Map digital behaviour by using analytics tools like SimilarWeb or Glasp.

3. Brand Positioning

How your business or personal brand is perceived. 

Best practice: 
Define your edge. Write down in one sentence what you do best.

4. Visibility Channels

The revenue-driving systems that determine who gets seen: Paid Ads, Retargeting, and Email Marketing Automation.

Best practice:

Start with Paid Ads to generate immediate traffic, layer in Retargeting to lift conversions, and expand into Email Marketing to nurture, upsell, and retain customers.

5. Content Engine

A repeatable system that turns ideas into content and growth.

Best practice:
Review performance weekly. Identify what converts and double down.

6. Growth Systems

Automated processes that track, test, and scale what’s working. 

Best practice: 
Identify compounding loops and build automation to replicate that sequence.

Today, marketing is more of a flywheel: 

It's fueled by AI, driven by content, and sustained by your brand. 

If you insist on operating with the same funnel from 2022, you'll be: 

- Invisible in AI search. 
- Guessing at what content works. 
- Building manually instead of scaling systematically.

Via Chris Donnelly

Marketing 2026

"We don't have budget for marketing."

But you have budget for:
→ Office rent 
→ Employee salaries
→ New equipment 
→ Software subscriptions

Here's the thing that might sting a little...

Marketing isn't a cost center.

It's a revenue generator.

When you say you don't have budget for marketing, what you're really saying is you don't have budget for growth.

And I get it. Marketing feels risky because the returns aren't always immediate or obvious.

But consider this...

Every successful business you admire? They invested in marketing when it felt uncomfortable.

It's an investment you can't afford NOT to make.

The businesses that "don't have a budget" for marketing usually:
→ Rely entirely on word-of-mouth and hope 
→ Wonder why their competitors are always busy 
→ Struggle to attract top talent because no one knows who they are 
→ Hit revenue plateaus they can't break through 
→ Miss out on entire markets they could serve

Meanwhile, their competitors are:
→ Building brand awareness while they're invisible
→ Capturing market share while they're waiting
→ Establishing thought leadership while they're silent
→ Creating systems that generate predictable revenue

The real question isn't whether you can afford to invest in marketing.

It's whether you can afford not to.

Because while you're saving money on marketing, your competitors are investing in taking your clients/customers.

Credit: Jamie Dimond

In-N-Out Burger has the smallest menu in fast food.

Six items. That's it.

Burger, cheeseburger, double double, fries, shakes, drinks.

Meanwhile McDonald's has 100+ items. Constantly adding new products.

In-N-Out hasn't changed their menu since 1948.

But here's what happens:

In-N-Out does $5 million revenue per location.

McDonald's does $2.7 million per location.

The small menu is a speed multiplier.

Every fast food place has the same problem: complexity kills speed.

More menu items means:

- More ingredients to stock
- More training for employees
- Longer customer decision time
- Slower kitchen operations

In-N-Out removed all of it.

Six items means employees master them in a week. Every burger is muscle memory.

Kitchen has 12 ingredients total. Nothing complicated. Nothing specialized.

Average order time: 1.5 minutes (McDonald's: 4 minutes).

But here's the genius secret menu:

They have 20+ modifications that don't appear on the menu board.

- Animal Style (special sauce, grilled onions)
- Protein Style (lettuce wrap)
- 4x4 (four patties, four cheese slices)
- Grilled cheese (no meat)

You have to know to ask for them.

This creates two experiences:

1. Newbies: "The menu is simple, I know what to order"
2. Regulars: "I'm in on the secret, I'm part of the club"

The small visible menu serves speed.

The secret menu serves loyalty and word-of-mouth.

People love telling friends: "Order it Animal Style."

The pattern:

1. Keep your public offering extremely simple (remove paradox of choice)
2. Create hidden depth that rewards exploration (for people who want more)
3. Make the hidden stuff discoverable through community, not marketing (people tell each other)
4. Never promote the hidden stuff publicly (maintains the "insider" feeling)

In-N-Out could expand their menu to 50 items and attract more customers.

But then speed drops, quality suffers, and they become just another burger place.

The 6 item menu funds the $300k revenue advantage per location.

What's your version of the smallest menu that makes operations perfect and loyalty strong?

Via Jimmy kim

Meta and Google ads is the only arena where scrappy founders and billion-dollar giants go head-to-head for the same attention

And I’ve been on both sides

At the startup level, it’s chaos in the best way

No permission needed

No 17-slide decks

You test something in the morning, scale it by night

Just hit the CPA and keep spending

No one cares *how*—only that it works

But as brands grow

That freedom fades

The same energy that fueled growth gets replaced by process

Speed dies

Decisions drag

Meetings multiply

And risk becomes the enemy

That’s when companies stop scaling

Not because the opportunity’s gone

But because the people inside stop moving like builders

The biggest brands I’ve seen stall out had one thing in common:

They stopped letting their best operators move fast

That’s why I love working with founders and fast-moving teams

No politics

No committees

Just: what’s working, what’s next, let’s go

Startups scale because they act fast and stay flexible

Corporate machines stall because they optimize for control

And I’ll take the messy freedom of building over the polished decay of maintaining any day of the week

While everyone else is learning ChatGPT prompts...

The real winners are mastering this:

Doing the old fashioned things well.

Stand up straight. Look people in the eye. Do what you say you'll do. Be on time. Have a confident handshake. Be kind.

Surprisingly few live up to this standard.

The old fashioned things never go out of style.


Via Sahil Bloom

Marketing 2025 wrapped

via Marketing Millennials

We lost $420,000 in annual pipeline and our SEO team had no idea why.

Rankings were solid.
Traffic looked stable.
But leads just disappeared.

Turns out, **our buyers stopped using blue links on Google**

They started asking ChatGPT. Claude. Perplexity.
And our brand? Nowhere to be found.

We were still creating content. Still getting indexed.
But LLMs were citing our competitors, and we were bleeding revenue without a clue.

**Here is the harsh truth most SEO teams miss:**
You can’t optimize for what you can’t see.

❌ Google Analytics won't tell you where you rank in ChatGPT.
❌ Your content team is flying blind.

The brands winning right now treat **AI visibility** exactly like keyword rankings.

I started using an tool because it’s the first platform to actually track this "Dark Search":
→ Where your brand appears (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity).
→ Your sentiment in AI answers.
→ Which sources LLMs trust (so you know where to get backlinks).

We ran one audit. The numbers were brutal.
We were invisible.

So we restructured our content logic. We fixed entity signals.
**2 months later:**

✅ +16,400 monthly visits from AI search
✅ Visibility in 60+ high-intent prompts
✅ **$180K in recovered pipeline**

Most marketing teams are still optimizing for 2019 search.
AI is eating their lunch while they track the wrong metrics.

Don't let your pipeline bleed out.

📩 Drop 'SEO' in the comments and **I'll send you** a free access link to check your visibility.

Brand partnership • Passionate about classic Porsches. I scale brands with paid ads (google, meta, TT shop), and high-converting Ad creatives. $80m+ in sales driven.

Most ops teams lose 10+ hours a week waiting on engineering to build basic internal tools.

That’s 520 hours a year per person for things like a dashboard, a notification, a lead router.

Stuff that should take 2 hours, not 2 months.

The pattern never changes:

Ops knows what they need → they submit a ticket → they wait → the moment is gone.

So teams are shifting to a new model:

Let ops build small, production-ready tools themselves.

No engineering. No backlog. No bottleneck.

Describe the workflow → generate the tool.

Connect to Notion, HubSpot, Slack.

Add a DB, auth, deploy.

No code.

Just vibing code.

And the results are clear:

- Tools built in 2 hours save 96+ hours
- 6× productivity gains
- 10+ hours/week reclaimed

This isn’t a Zapier chain. It’s real tooling:

security, governance, scalability even turning Figma designs or API docs into working apps.

Ideas weren’t the bottleneck.

Execution was.

When ops can ship in hours, everything accelerates.

If this resonates, drop a ‘VIBING.’ in the comments and I’ll send you the link to try it for FREE.**

Up to 40% of client churn comes from unclear reporting.

Read that again.

Most agencies don’t lose clients because of bad creative.

Or poor strategy.

They lose them because their reporting is a mess.

I see it constantly:

• 10 platforms, 10 definitions of “cost”
• Days wasted reconciling currencies across regions
• Reports delivered so late they’re irrelevant
• Insights landing only after the budget is already burned

Here’s the part nobody wants to admit:

Clients aren’t leaving because results are bad.

They’re leaving because they can't trust the numbers you show them.

Meanwhile, the agencies actually growing right now?

They’ve figured out how to:

→ Connect every channel (including offline) in one place
→ Standardize everything so comparisons are apples-to-apples
→ Deliver insights while there’s still time to act

This isn’t about saving hours in spreadsheets.

It’s about becoming the agency clients never want to leave.

A few months ago, I started using a platform that finally made this click for me : Supermetrics

It connects every source, standardizes the chaos, and gives me analytics-ready data I can actually make decisions from.

No more “let me check.”

No more reconciling anything.

Just clarity. Fast.

Want to know the tool?

EDIT: you can get it here : https://lnkd.in/gZxHvvFM

Chase Dimond

Top Ecommerce Email Marketer & Agency Owner | We’ve sent over 1 billion emails for our clients resulting in $200+ million in email attributable revenue.

Currently building Structured — a top ecommerce email marketing agency.

We’re a top Omnisend and Klaviyo email marketing agency partner.

And I was recently voted as the #1 ecommerce influencer to follow by Shopify and Shopify Plus.

I was also given the Top Voice Award for Email Marketing by LinkedIn and was ranked as the top email marketer on LinkedIn by Favikon.

Since launching our email agency in June of 2018, we’ve helped our clients send over a billion emails resulting in over $200 million in email attributable revenue. 

A few of our current and past clients include:
- Poo~Pourri
- Eight Sleep
- Health-Ade
- Mixtiles
- The Chive
- Vessi
- CrossNet
- Orgain

If you’re looking to hire a great email marketing agency, send me an email with more here: chase@chasedimond.com

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Outside my agency, I run a number of other fast growing businesses. And I’m fortunate to have over 750,000+ amazing followers/subscribers across my social channels and email newsletter.

If you’re looking to advertise to my audience, please send me an email with more info: chase@chasedimond.com 

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Here are a few other things I've accomplished:

-Scaled a product I built, marketed, and managed to 500,000 visitors in 6 months without spending a single traditional advertising dollar.

-Generated 1.5 million visitors for a dating site within the first two months of launch without spending a single traditional advertising dollar.

-Acquired 500,000 subscribers in 10 months for a travel email newsletter I helped launch while spending very little traditional advertising dollars.

-Acquired over 1.5 million total followers on Instagram for the clients/companies I have worked with/for.

-Sold a business (social media tool that helps musicians automate growth and promotions) to the largest player in the space.

You can reach me via email: chase@chasedimond.com

My newsletter is your no BS guide into what's working in email marketing - I'll give you the latest tips + tactics to help you drive more revenue from your email marketing channel. 

Sign up (it's free) here: https://chasedimond.com/chase-email-newsletter

Respect is free.
Crazy how some people still can’t afford it.

One thing I’ve learned working with all kinds of teams:

Titles don’t tell you who someone is.
Their behavior does.

I’ve seen interns treated like they didn’t matter…
And I’ve watched those same interns become the smartest people in the room.

I’ve seen leaders who only showed respect upward…
And leaders who treated everyone from the CEO to the janitor with the same kindness.

And the difference is obvious.

Real respect isn’t about
job titles,
degrees,
or LinkedIn headlines.

It’s about how you treat people before you know who they are.

Because the truth is simple:
You never regret showing someone respect.
But you might regret assuming they didn’t deserve it.

So here’s the real question:

If no one knew your title…
Would your behavior still make people feel valued?


Image credit: DearS_o_n on Twitter/X

Every marketer has been here.

Meanwhile, the marketing team is just trying to hold it together.

But here’s the truth —
Marketing isn’t about making things look good.
It’s about making things work.

✅ It turns chaos into clarity.
✅ It connects what the product does with what people actually want.
✅ It builds systems that create demand instead of chasing it.

When you treat marketing as design-on-demand, you get noise.
When you treat it as strategy, you get growth. 🚀

Image credit: @Kimberly Gordon


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I hired the smartest person in the room once.
They lasted 3 months.

I hired the kindest person in the room once.
They're now running that team.

(Credit: Daniel Disney) 

Here's what that sign gets absolutely RIGHT about building winning teams 👇

We're obsessed with IQ.
With credentials.
With "rockstars" and "ninjas."

But after 15+ years building sales teams, I've learned something brutal:

Smart people who lack humility? They're ticking time bombs.

Think about it...

That genius who won't listen to feedback?
That top performer who belittles teammates?
That "expert" who thinks they know everything?

They're not building your business.
They're slowly destroying it.

Here's what ACTUALLY happens when you prioritize kindness and humility:

↳ Team meetings become idea factories (not ego battles)
↳ Mistakes become learning moments (not blame games)
↳ Success gets shared (not hoarded)
↳ People actually WANT to help each other win

I've seen it firsthand:

The "average" rep who listened to everyone?
Became our top performer within 6 months.

The "inexperienced" manager who admitted what they didn't know?
Built the strongest team culture we'd ever had.

The "quiet" team member who always helped others?
Now our most valuable leader.

Because here's the uncomfortable truth:

Skills can be taught.
Systems can be learned.
Processes can be mastered.

But kindness? Humility? 
Those are CHARACTER.

And character is what determines:
- How they handle pressure
- How they treat customers
- How they respond to failure
- How they celebrate others' wins

Smart people might win alone.
Kind and humble people? They build dynasties.

So next time you're hiring, promoting, or building a team...

Don't just check their resume.
Check their character.

Because working with smart people IS great.

But working with kind and humble people?

That's how you build something that actually lasts.

Your peace of mind is worth more than any paycheck


🟡 Put Your Mental Health First: No Job is Worth Your Peace of Mind 

Your job should make you feel good, not stressed out

🟠 If work is keeping you up at night, it's time for a change. 

Your mental health comes first—always

🔴 Let's create workplaces where we can thrive without sacrificing our well-being

🟢 You deserve a job that lets you rest peacefully at night


Credit: Dr. Mohammed Shagil

Not everyone wants the version of you that wins.

But those who do will help you get there.

Here’s the career advice they don't teach in school:
Individual talent only takes you so far.

The big multiplier is who you surround yourself with.
And more importantly, how you protect your inner circle.

(Credit: Maryann (MJ) Jamieson)

Think about your biggest career wins:

🔹 Who opened that door?
🔹 Who made that introduction?
🔹 Who challenged your thinking?
🔹 Who pushed you to level up?
🔹 Who celebrated your growth?
🔹 Who had your back when you doubted yourself?

Now think about your setbacks:

🚫 Who doubted every move?
🚫 Who spread subtle negativity?
🚫 Who made you question yourself?
🚫 Who downplayed your success?
🚫 Who disappeared when it mattered?

Success leaves clues.

And the biggest one is this:
Behind every major achievement is a circle of people who believed in you.
But first, you had to clear out those who didn't.

5 signs someone needs to go:

1/ They downplay your achievements
 ↳ "You just got lucky"
↳ Always finds the negative angle

2/ They compete instead of collaborate
↳ Turn every win into a comparison
↳ Make success feel like a zero-sum game

3/ They disappear during challenges
↳ Show up for celebrations, not struggles
↳ Always too busy when you need support

4/ They leak your energy
↳ Every interaction leaves you drained
↳ Turn excitement into doubt

5/ They guard information like weapons
↳ Hoard connections and opportunities
↳ See your growth as their loss

Remember:
You become who you hang around.
Not everyone clapping is in your corner.

Some cheer your wins.
Others cheer your struggles. 
Learn to spot the difference.

Building your circle matters.
Protecting it is critical.

Some years test your patience more than your strategy.

Not every year is about scaling fast, hitting every goal, or breaking records.
Some years are about surviving the turbulence and learning who you are when nothing goes as planned.

Those seasons don’t define your losses - they define your foundation.

Because:

👉 The lessons learned in difficult years become the instincts you rely on in successful ones.
👉 The resilience you build under pressure becomes the quiet strength that carries your team.
👉 The humility gained in setbacks makes you a better leader when you rise again.

You don’t lose when progress slows.
You build depth, discipline, and direction.

Growth doesn’t always look like expansion.
Sometimes, it looks like endurance.

Some years you win.
Other years - you build the person who will.

Image credit: UpSkillYourLife on Twitter/X

Marketing managers don’t sign up to do it all. They’re just expected to.

Write the copy.
Run the ads.
Design the creative.
Analyze the data.
Manage the projects.

No one can excel when they’re spread this thin.

Marketing managers shouldn’t have to wear every hat. They should be supported so they can focus on leading strategy and driving growth.


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Knowledge means nothing without movement.
And movement means nothing without repetition.

We saw so many people try to jump to the finish line -
scrolling for answers, collecting advice, taking notes on notes
but never taking action.

The truth is simpler:

If you’re lost → learn.
Information gives clarity.
You can’t solve a problem you don’t understand.

If you’ve learned → act.
Books and courses don’t build momentum.
Execution does.

If you’re acting → stay consistent.
One great day won’t change your life.
A hundred small ones will.

Growth isn’t magic.
It’s a sequence:

Learn → Do → Repeat.

No shortcuts.
No secret formula.
Just education, execution, and consistency - stacked brick by brick.

If you want to change your future, don’t look for a hack.

Look for your next step.

Credit: aakashg0 on Twitter/X

Working with smart people is great.
But it is not enough.

Because intelligence can solve problems.
But humility and kindness build cultures where problems don’t have to exist in the first place.

Here’s why it matters so much 👇

Kind and humble people:

They make collaboration effortless.
You don’t waste energy defending ideas or egos. 
You build together - faster, cleaner, and with more trust.

They create psychological safety.
When people feel respected, they speak up, share bold ideas, 
and admit mistakes early. 
That’s how teams innovate and grow.

They inspire long-term loyalty.
People don’t leave companies - they leave toxic dynamics. 
Working with grounded, genuine teammates keeps great talent around.

 Ways to practice kindness and humility at work:

Listen more than you talk.
You don’t need to have the loudest voice to have the strongest impact. 
Listening builds connection and earns respect.

Give credit - generously.
Acknowledging others’ work doesn’t diminish your own. 
It multiplies the trust and energy in your team.

Keep learning.
The moment you think you’ve “arrived,” you stop growing. 
Stay curious, stay open, and never let success make you unapproachable.

Kind people build strong teams.
Strong teams create big results.

We live in a world obsessed with titles, but every person carries invisible stories of struggle, wisdom, and potential that no business card can capture.

When we lead with respect rather than hierarchy, we unlock something powerful: authentic human connection.

What i have learned about true leadership.

Real leaders don't wait to see credentials before showing respect. 

They understand that:
- Dignity isn't distributed based on job descriptions
- Today's intern could be tomorrow's innovator
- Every person has something valuable to teach us
- Character reveals itself in how we treat those who "can't help us"

Three simple shifts that change everything

1. Replace "What do you do?" with “What are you passionate about?"
Watch how conversations transform when you're genuinely curious about the person, not their position.

2. Listen for the story, not the status: 
Everyone has a journey. 

The most interesting people are often hiding in plain sight.

3. Practice "respectful curiosity": 
Approach each interaction wondering what you might learn, rather than what you might gain.

When you treat the receptionist with the same courtesy as the CEO, people notice. 

When you thank the maintenance team as genuinely as you thank your biggest client, culture shifts.

Respect isn't a favor you give; it's a standard you set.

Think about someone you interact with regularly but might overlook. 

What would happen if you approached them with fresh eyes tomorrow?

The most successful people I know aren't those who demand respect—they're the ones who give it freely.

What's one assumption you've made about someone that completely changed when you got to know their story? 


Credit: Makarand Utpat

The worst career advice I ever heard: "You're too old to start over."


Let's normalize people making big career changes at any age.

The most heartbreaking conversations I have are with people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who tell me:

"I wish I'd done this 10 years ago."

They stayed in careers they hated because they thought they were too old to pivot.

Too established to start over. Too far down one path to choose another.

So they played it safe. Collected the paycheck. Convinced themselves it was "too late."

Then one day they wake up and realize they spent decades building a life that doesn't fit them anymore.

Here's what nobody tells you about making a big career change later in life:

You're not starting from zero. You're starting from experience.

The courage it takes to change direction at 45 or 55 or 65? That's something most people will never have.

I've worked with clients who completely changed industries in their 50s.

Left corporate jobs to start businesses. Went back to school. Pursued passions they'd buried for 20 years.

Every single one said the same thing: "I should have done this sooner."

Age doesn't disqualify you from wanting something different. It qualifies you to finally go after what you actually want.

Stop waiting for permission. Stop waiting for the "right time."

There's no expiration date on ambition.

Start now, or spend the next 10 years wishing you had.

Credit: Annie E.

We often search for the “perfect candidate” - someone with every qualification, every skill, and years of experience. But in doing so, we overlook a simple truth:

(Credit: Makarand Utpat )

Most jobs are trainable.
What really matters is a person’s willingness to learn.

The real asset is a teachable attitude

Skills can be taught. Software can be learned.
Processes can be explained.
But curiosity, drive, and a growth mindset are priceless.

Here’s proof:

Every top chef once started at the sink, scrubbing dishes.

Every great designer once fumbled through their first Photoshop file.

Every confident leader once feared speaking up in a room.

Every skilled coder once Googled “how to write a loop.”

Every thriving professional once just had the courage to say, “I’m willing to learn.”

Skills are teachable. Hunger isn’t.
Hire for mindset. Train for mastery.

What employers should do

Hire for attitude, train for skill.
Build supportive onboarding and mentorship.
Create clear growth paths.
Reward effort, not just results.

The payoff:

When you give someone a chance, you don’t just fill a role, you build loyalty, reduce turnover, and uncover hidden potential.

Every expert was once a beginner.
Every success story started with someone who got a shot.

Let’s stop gatekeeping potential. Give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

Marketers,

Here’s a table with 6 copywriting formulas for writing effective ads:

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Marketing without humor
is like pizza without cheese

You can serve it 

But 

No one’s coming back for seconds.
Funny doesn’t mean unprofessional.

It means relatable.
It means human.

People don’t remember the product.
They remember how you made them feel.

So make them feel good.

Add flavor to your brand. 
Not just features.

Bad copywriting:

• Here's my product
• Here's what it does
• Here's what's so good about it

Good copywriting:

• Here's your problem
• Here's the benefit of solving it
• Here's why what you've tried has failed
• And by the way here's a product that will help you solve it

Credit: Dickie Bush 🚢

You can mute people in real life too.

It is called boundaries.

Setting boundaries isn’t rude.
It’s responsible.

You’re not meant to be available for everyone, all the time.
Protecting your time, focus, and mental space doesn’t make you cold — it makes you effective.

Boundaries aren’t walls — they’re filters.
They help you decide what gets your attention and what doesn’t.
Because not everyone deserves access to your time or mental space.

🚫 Situations where you need to stop wasting time and set boundaries:

Endless negativity.
If someone always brings problems but never solutions — stop being their emotional landfill. You can listen with empathy without absorbing their energy.

Unclear work expectations.
If you’re constantly saying “yes” to extra work, late calls, or unrealistic deadlines, you’re not being a team player — you’re burning out. Boundaries protect both your energy and your quality of work.

Relationships that drain instead of support.
When every conversation leaves you exhausted or doubting yourself, it’s a sign to step back. Not everyone is meant to stay in your circle forever.

🧭 Simple ways to set healthy boundaries:

Communicate clearly — not emotionally.
Boundaries aren’t ultimatums. They’re statements of respect.
→ “I can’t take calls after 7 PM.”
→ “I’ll join, but only if we can stick to 30 minutes.”

Protect your calendar.
Treat your time like money. If you wouldn’t give away $1,000 easily, don’t give away hours of focus to low-value conversations or tasks.

Practice saying no — kindly.
“No” isn’t rejection. It’s redirection.
You’re saying no to one thing so you can say yes to something that matters more.

Boundaries don’t push people away.
They teach people how to treat you — and show that you take yourself seriously.

Because when you stop pouring into things that drain you,
you finally have energy for the things that build you. 

♻️ Repost to remind others that protecting your energy is productive.

👉 What’s one boundary you need to reinforce this week?

Marketing 101: The B.S. Detector

People trust 4.6/5 more than a 5/5.

Don't position yourself as "too good to be true".

Credit: The Ad Professor


P.S. If you write emails and you’re looking for inspiration, check out:

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Most people never lose because they tried.

They lost because they never started.

Trying doesn’t guarantee you’ll win.
 But not trying guarantees you won’t.

Every idea, business, or dream you’ve ever admired
Started with someone willing to look a little foolish at first.

You don’t need perfect timing.
You need momentum.

💡Start small. Try anyway.

The worst that happens? You learn.

The best? You win.

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