Two companies- same market, same capital. One thrives, the other barely survives. The difference- it’s rarely strategy. It’s how they fundamentally frame marketing’s role.
Most see it as a line item. A necessary evil you try to minimize, like paying the electric bill.
But the ones winning? They treat it as infrastructure.
I’ve seen this pattern destroy growth plans that looked perfect on paper. The budget was there. The talent was there. But the intent was transactional. When you treat communication as an expense, you look for the cheapest way to get loud. You buy ads. You rent attention. And the second you stop paying, the silence is deafening.
That is high-entropy marketing. It dissipates the moment the check clears.
Infrastructure is different.
You build it once, and it carries value forever.
Think about it. If you spend $10k on ads, that money is gone. Burned fuel.
If you spend $10k building a content engine that articulates your core methodology… that asset works for you next month. Next year. Five years from now.
Same cost. Radical difference in value retention.
You have to decide if you are renting your market position or building the rails your revenue runs on. One is a tax you pay to platforms. The other is equity you build in your own system.
If you feel like you’re starting from zero every January, you aren’t investing. You’re just spending.
Drop a “🏗️” if you’re done renting attention.
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