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Brand Mentions in 2026: How to Earn and Track Them Across the Web
You can have an impressive website, great content, and a seamless user experience. But you might still be invisible to search engines and AI tools. That’s because Google and ChatGPT don’t just look at your website. They also look at what other credible sources say about your brand to understand who you are and whether …
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BRAND STRATEGY
BRAND STRATEGY
AI Psychosis Is Real, Rare and Rising — and Your Life as a Founder Fits Every Risk Factor
Doctors are warning of a new risk in people who spend hours a day with chatbots engineered to agree with them — worth a read if that's your workday.
The Five Loyalty Trends Redefining What It Takes to Win
Authors: Allie Donnelly and Gerry Ranking Spend modification, retention, and advocacy are all sitting at five-year peaks, demonstrating that the influence of loyalty has never been stronger The Bond Loyalty Report, 2026. Yet, brands are still leaving this leverage on the table. Now in its 16th year, the 2026 Bond Loyalty Report examines this tension […]
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BRAND STRATEGY
BRAND STRATEGY
The Model Market Fit Threshold & What it Means for Your Growth Strategy
Model Market Fit is the concept that your market (and # of customers within your market) influence your model. The first time I heard about the underlying concept of Model Market Fit was from Christoph Janz @ Point Nine Capital. He wrote a post called The Five Ways To Build A $100M Business. He then followed that up with Three More Ways, but I'm going to focus on the first five as they represent most of the $100M+ outcomes out there.
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