The MQL debate is a symptom. The real issue is that marketing and sales are running two completely different conversations with the same prospect.
Companies spend endless hours arguing over what counts as a “Marketing Qualified Lead” (MQL). They make complex rules, point charts, and scoring…
September 7, 2026
Before I touch a marketing budget, I ask five questions about operations. The answers usually change the entire plan.
Before I touch a marketing budget, I ask five operational questions. That usually changes the whole plan. When a CEO asks me…
September 7, 2026
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- I have watched companies pour money into campaigns while their customer experience quietly canceled out every dollar. Here is how I tell the difference before we spend anything.
- Four 4K cameras, 18 channels of audio, and a production plan built before anyone walked in the door. That is how you turn one day into a year of content.
- Most companies treat an event like a one-day expense. We treat it like a content factory. The math is completely different.
- Stop Making Ads Start Answering Questions
- We produced a 90-minute live event in the studio last week. By the end of the month it will be 20 separate sales assets. Here is how.
- Your website is not a brochure. It is a sales conversation that runs 24 hours a day without you. Is it saying the right things?
- I have built over 850 sites. The ones that generate real leads share six structural elements. Most sites have two of them.
- Most agencies will tell you exactly what you want to hear in the pitch. Three questions will tell you whether any of it is real.
- Before you sign an agency contract, ask them to show you the last campaign that did not work and what they learned from it. Watch what happens.
- I have cleaned up after a lot of agency disasters. The CEOs who avoided them all asked some version of the same three questions before signing.
