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We shouldn't feel compelled to advertise popular products just because they're popular. Instead, we should be looking for whitespace—those less crowded areas where we can gain a competitive edge. Take, for instance, our work with Grown Brilliance, a jewelry brand that went from $0 to $200M in revenue over 18 months. We started with a small budget, focusing on tennis bracelets rather than engagement rings because the competition was lower, and we had a cost advantage. This approach allowed us to scale rapidly and successfully. Identifying your whitespace is crucial. You can read the full case study here: https://bit.ly/4cZWE8K #advertising #branding #startup #marketposition

Stop making your product so damn available. Overabundance is killing your brand's value, and here's why. If your product is everywhere, it's nowhere. Scarcity isn't just a luxury brand tactic—it's a strategic necessity for anyone serious about creating real value. But scarcity alone isn't the answer; it's about mastering the balance between scarcity and strategic physical and mental availability. Most brands flood the market, thinking that being everywhere is the key to success. It's not. Overabundance breeds irrelevance. When your product is always available, it loses its allure, its mystique, its perceived value. Strategic physical availability isn't about being in every store or plastered on every ad space. It's about being in the right places, where your presence feels intentional, curated, and rare. It's about showing up where it matters, so your audience feels like they've found something special—not something that's everywhere. Mental availability is just as crucial. You need to stay top of mind without overwhelming your audience. It's about being unforgettable, not omnipresent. You create intrigue, a desire that lingers, making your audience think, "I need this now," not "I'll get it later." Scarcity ties it all together. It breaks the anchor of constant access and shifts the narrative from "I can get this anytime" to "I have to act before it's gone." It makes your product not just available, but desirable. When you master this balance, your brand stops being just another option. It becomes the option—the one that people seek out, the one they value more because they can't have it whenever they want. That's how you turn scarcity and availability into strategic leverage that elevates your brand above the noise. #Ecommerce #Advertising #Marketing

You've probably heard that courage is the antidote to fear. But I believe it's something else—hope. Unquenchable, idiotic hope. Idiotic Optimism isn't about believing you'll always succeed, but about embracing the most magical force in the universe: hope. It's about recognizing your worthiness to receive all the good that life has to offer—and realizing how much good you have to give in return. Your skeptics might be right. You might not have a chance. But Idiotic Optimism says, "So what? Let's go for it anyway."

Aspirin was used for over a century before we understood why it relieved pain. Physicists still don't fully understand how bicycles work. They just work. I often ask myself, "How the hell did I get here?" Starting an advertising agency was never my logical next step. I was a painter selling art out of the back of my father-in-law's pickup truck. I didn't have a skillset in marketing. But I think I was born with one useful skill, and maybe that's all I needed: I'm idiotically optimistic. So, even when logic said no, you're going to fail, I thought, "but what if it works?" Idiotic Optimism isn't about ignoring reality; it's about daring to believe in possibilities when logic says otherwise. It's about asking, "What if?" and taking the jump. #IdioticOptimism #Entrepreneurship #AdVentureMedia #StartupJourney

When I first started my marketing agency, I believed in the myth of the creative block. My team and I would stare at whiteboards, waiting for inspiration that never came, leaving us with half-baked ideas and dissatisfied clients. One rainy afternoon in a dingy café, I met Marvin Waldman, an advertising legend. He told me, “There’s no such thing as a creative block. Focus on solutions, not problems. Always keep your eyes on the endgame.” Desperation has a way of making advice sound profound. The next morning, I threw out our whiteboards and declared, “We’re done focusing on problems. It’s time to focus on solutions.” The shift was immediate. The team was energized, scribbling on notepads and brainstorming with fervor. We weren’t just brainstorming. We were finally solving. Marvin’s mantra, “What’s the objective? What’s the goal?” became our North Star. We employed a technique I called “precision attention weighing,” focusing intensely on the desired outcome. By lunchtime, we had our breakthrough campaign, which won us the client. Marvin’s wisdom revolutionized our approach. Creative blocks are illusions. By focusing on solutions and the end goal, the way forward always becomes clear.? And that, my friends, is our secret to tricking your mind into solving your problems. #creativethinking #ideas #advertising AdVenture Media

This year at?DOLAH 2024,?we're peeling back the curtain on how AI can transform your marketing strategies from the ground up. Learn from the best in the business—those who, like us, saw the potential of AI early on and have been crafting the playbook on leveraging technology to captivate, engage, and convert. Whether it's personalizing customer experiences on an unprecedented scale or using predictive analytics to craft campaigns that resonate on a deeply personal level, the possibilities are limitless. Don't just take our word for it. Join us and see firsthand why giving in to AI might just be the best decision you'll make for your brand and your career. https://lnkd.in/ejdZZ8Tj

Remember DOLAH 2022 (day of learning and happiness) - our cozy internal workshop turned marketing sensation with 300+ marketers in NYC and 150+ online? Well, we're back, bigger & brighter! The theme for DOLAH 2024? Advertising Solutions for The AI Revolution. This year we'll be focusing squarely on what AI really means for the results-driven marketers on the ground. This isn't a typical marketing conference—most presenters aren't necessarily those you'll find on another speaking circuit, but they're the brilliant minds in the trenches with our clients and their accounts. Hosted in Industry City, this single-day experience is where we'll open our playbook with the rest of the PPC community, hoping it'll kickstart great conversations, relationships, and new ideas. To learn more about DOLAH click?here: https://lnkd.in/ejdZZ8Tj Secure your spot now and take advantage of our early bird pricing. 400 people. One day. Don't miss it.

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