Sometime this year a recession will hit the US and EU, and likely most of the world. Many companies will need to let go of a lot of people, or even go bankrupt. Unemployment will go up. Market growth overall will slow down (or even go negative), and inflation will kind of stay around the 4-5% ish for quite a while. It’s not Ragnarok, things will improve with time, but you don’t … [Read more...]
I went to a Muay Thai class on Monday, and I still almost can’t walk (Wed)…
I’m on this beautiful island of Koh Samui, Thailand now. I live in a 3-bedroom villa with my GF. My work’s awesome, but I don’t really have any friends here, so I am trying to find ways to keep myself busy. Because with too much unstructured time, the demons come.So, I’m in Thailand. The land of Thai Boxing, right? And I love martial arts. Have been doing Kempo Arnis for … [Read more...]
Artisan Craftwork in the Information Age & on AI
I’d like to stress the importance of true artisan work in marketing. Information is cheap nowadays. There is too much of it. Too many reports, strategies, tactics. Nobody cares.What really matters is whether you are able to find the right information for your customer (or teammate) at the right time. And just the right amount of information, not too much, not too little. … [Read more...]
Once again at Affiliate World Europe
Affiliate World was the first biz conference I ever went to - it was the summer of 2018. The ticket price at the time was about $400 and I was like holly ****, there is NO way I am paying this much. Yet I was hungry for inspiration so I just sniffed out all the non-official, free networking activities and went to those.I remember this lunch at one of Barcelona's … [Read more...]
The Retreat of the Heads
“When the shit hits the fan, it won’t be our fancy revenue projection that sees us through. It’s going to be our interpersonal connections, our net(work).”I’ve mentioned this at some point during the retreat, as well as in the preparation when we talked about the purposes of the retreat. Sure, it’s nice to talk biz, and plan, and argue and brainstorm on the best potential … [Read more...]