Journal

Field notes from eighteen years online.

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Apr 06, 2026

Why Your Website Is the Only Marketing Asset You Actually Own

Social platforms rent you an audience. Search engines rent you traffic. Your website is the one piece of digital real estate you actually hold the deed to — and most businesses treat it like an afterthought.

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Mar 30, 2026

The Million-Follower Playbook: What Actually Builds an Audience

We've grown brands past a million followers and 100 million monthly views. Here's the unglamorous truth about what makes that number actually happen — and what doesn't.

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Mar 23, 2026

SEO in 2026: What Changed, What Didn't, and What Actually Works

AI overviews, zero-click searches, and a Google that looks nothing like it did in 2008. Here's what nearly two decades in search has taught me about what still works — and what to stop wasting time on.

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Mar 16, 2026

Why Most Paid Ads Fail (And the Three Things the Winners Do Differently)

After running ads on every platform that's existed since 2008, here's the pattern I see in every campaign that actually pays back — and the one in every campaign that doesn't.

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