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  • Artificial Intelligence, Content Marketing, Marketing

34 best AI marketing tools I’m using to drive growth & results in 2026

Everyone is using AI tools. Okay, almost everyone. According to a study conducted by my team at Foundation, more than 84% of marketers say they use AI in their workplace on a day-to-day basis. But despite the proliferation of hundreds...

  • Life

My 2025 Annual Review: When the Work Started to Lift

I’ve always believed momentum is earned. You don’t get it from one lucky break or one viral moment. You get it from showing up. Quietly… When nobody’s clapping. You get it from doing the reps when there’s no guarantee they’ll...

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  • Inspiration, Marketing, Social Media

Stella Artois uses Facebook Connect to Blow Your Freakin’ Mind

Have you ever heard of the playboy, actor, film producer and charmer Jacques D’azur? If so, don’t be caught off guard when I tell you he isn’t actually real. He’s the main character in Stella Artois and The Cannes Film...

  • Inspiration, Just Business, Social Media

The secret to having influential bloggers to write about your business?

Companies are spending thousands of dollars to get bloggers to review their products and services on their websites. The idea of blogger outreach has become a heavily discussed tactic in digital and social media marketing. Some companies have based their...

  • Inspiration, Marketing

Everyone’s doing it…

If you haven’t heard of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare you are way too cool for this blog. It has been one of the most talked about video games since Mario Kart 64. And if you’ve never heard of that...

  • Marketing, Social Media, Uncategorized

Five Years from Now…

I was creeping through Seth Godins archives this past week and stumbled upon a post that made me think. It made me think about the future and how fast things are changing every single day. This time last year I...

  • Marketing

Provocative LEGO Ads – Did they go to far?

The advertisements below were brought to my attention when Richard Darrell shared them on the Bit Rebels website. Richard wasn’t a fan of these LEGO advertisements stating, “Everything about them is wrong, and I just don’t see the purpose of...

  • Inspiration, Young Professionals

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

This chat from J.K. Rowling is about two years old now. But as I watch several of my friends update their facebook statuses saying they’re done I can only hope that they’ve watched this video. The words of J.K. Rowling...

  • Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, Just Business, Marketing

Marketing Tactic 101 – Ridiculous and New

The Consumerist shared an article about a new 32% beer recently. Here’s a piece, It could be the biggest thing from the UK to hit American shores since the British Invasion — or at the very least it could do...

  • Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing

The Peanut Butter Burger

In my world there are two types of burgers – those with peanut butter and those without it. In my last year of university I found Darrells. A small restaurant that sold a local gem – “The Peanut Butter Burger.”...

  • Social Media

Facebook Groups, and Pages and Communities; Oh my!

Once upon a time things weren’t so complicating in the world of Facebook. There wasn’t such thing as Facebook advertisements and fan pages. There was nothing but users connecting, chatting and most importantly creeping the pictures of their loser ex....