Email subject lines determine whether your carefully crafted campaigns ever see the light of day — yet most marketers still rely on gut instinct and basic A/B testing to choose them. What if you could predict which subject lines will...
Category: Marketing blog
Why most go-to-market playbooks fail internationally — and what to do instead
I first worked across borders in the mid‑90s, interpreting Spanish calls for AT&T. What struck me then — and what still holds today — is how quickly things break down when people assume their way of working is universal. Fast‑forward...
Why SurveyMonkey’s Marketing Leader Says Your Foundation Is Broken
The way most marketing teams approach AI is probably the way I approach my inbox at 4:59 PM on a Friday. With reckless optimism and zero follow-through. But Katie Miserany, SurveyMonkey's Chief Communication Officer and SVP of Marketing, thinks the...
Enterprise generative AI tools that actually work
TL;DR: Enterprise generative AI tools are advanced software platforms designed to automate and enhance marketing, sales, and customer service at scale. The best tools integrate with your CRM, unify customer data, and support secure, governed workflows. To choose the right...
Can music influence what we buy? To find out, I dove into the psychology of music
In the first episode of my Nudge podcast, I interviewed the fantastic psychologist Dr. Adrian North, who conducted one of the seminal studies on the psychology of music. Back in 1997, the researchers stocked an English supermarket with four types...
A Practical AI Playbook for 2026 Planning: Where to Lean In—and Where to Tread Cautiously
Across B2B organizations, next-year planning pressure is familiar: pipeline targets are rising, budgets aren’t, and buyers are more discerning than ever. Add in market uncertainty, and the stakes feel higher than ever. Meanwhile, AI has exploded into the GTM ecosystem...
Married at 28, divorcing at 29 — how I learned to own the narrative
At 28, I thought I was building the life I’d always dreamed of. I got engaged, shared it with my audience, and then brought them along on the journey. Over 10 million people watched my “Get Married With Me” video...
Best practices for answer engine optimization (AEO) marketing teams can’t ignore
A few months back, I was having a bit of a professional identity crisis. And it’s all thanks to answer engine optimization (AEO) and AEO best practices. Before 2024, I spent the better part of a decade focused on topping...
What drives revenue growth (and what doesn’t)
TL;DR: Machine learning in email marketing uses algorithms to personalize content, optimize send times, and predict customer behavior — driving higher engagement and revenue. You can unify your CRM data and automate workflows to use ML for dynamic personalization, send-time...
Why brands should stop overlooking their most powerful influencers: customers
Every January, I sit down to write my predictions for the year ahead in social media and consumer behavior. And this year, one trend stood out to me more than anything else: the rise of customers as influencers. In the...


