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My thoughts on marketing

2026-09-01

How much does a corporate video cost

A short ad reel and a brand film for an event stage run on completely different budgets. What a corporate video actually costs, what pushes the price up, and how a quote gets built.

2026-09-01

LinkedIn video for B2B companies

LinkedIn now favours video over text and static images. What kind of video actually works for B2B companies on LinkedIn, how long it should run, and why slides alone no longer cut it.

2026-08-01

Marketing when your B2B sales cycle takes months

A B2B sales cycle can run six months or longer. What marketing should actually do so a lead does not go cold before the board decides, and the numbers behind that long buying process.

2026-08-01

Employer branding for manufacturing companies

Manufacturing companies rarely struggle to find customers. They struggle to find people. How employer branding, including shop-floor video, actually helps hire operators, welders and engineers.

2026-07-02

How much does a fractional CMO cost?

Real price ranges for a full-time marketing director, an agency and a fractional CMO, and what actually drives the cost.

2026-07-02

B2B lead generation for industrial companies: what actually works

What effective B2B lead generation looks like for manufacturing and industrial companies: the channels that work, cycle length and how much contact it takes.

2026-07-02

Zero barrier to entry with AI: customers are the hard part

With AI anyone can ship an app or a SaaS. The hard part has moved: getting paying customers to your product. That is marketing, not code.

2026-06-25

Fractional CMO vs full-time CMO

When a fractional CMO pays off and when a full-time CMO is the better hire. Cost, availability and risk, in plain terms.

2026-06-25

When to hire a fractional CMO

How to tell it is the right moment for a fractional CMO, when a full-time hire or an agency fits better, and how to start.

2026-06-25

Marketing for a manufacturing company: where to start

A practical plan for the first steps in marketing a manufacturing company: diagnosis, content, channels and what not to do at the start.

2026-06-19

What I do as a Fractional CMO

What a fractional CMO actually does: how I work, which companies I work with, where I came from and what real engagements look like.

2026-06-19

Fractional CMO or an ad agency?

When to hire one person who owns the whole thing, and when to hire an agency. Honestly, with the downsides of both.

2025-02-14

How to write TikTok scripts

A TikTok lasts a dozen, maybe a few dozen seconds, and within those first seconds the viewer decides whether to keep watching. Here is how to script for it.

2025-01-28

I dropped social media management from my offer. Here is why

Why I removed "just running social media" from my services, and what I do instead.

2024-08-08

How I became a freelancer

Going into marketing freelancing was the natural next step for me.

2024-08-08

High school parties powered by social media

Event Makers was the high school "business" where I took my first steps in marketing.