What Comes Next
Marketing Dopamine • October 31, 2026 What Comes Next This is the last post of the month. Thirty one days of writing. Some posts came easily. Some took longer than I expected. A few were written while I was [...]
Keep Going, Together
Marketing Dopamine • October 30, 2026 Keep Going, Together All month I have written about the patterns that keep business owners busy without moving them forward. Recognizing them is the first step. Changing them is harder, especially alone. So [...]
What a Month of Writing Taught Me
Marketing Dopamine • October 29, 2026 What a Month of Writing Taught Me This month I committed to writing every day. Here is some of what it taught me. I came back after two quiet months and found that [...]
Progress You Can Measure
Marketing Dopamine • October 28, 2026 Progress You Can Measure Earlier this month, I wrote about the difference between progress you can feel and progress you can measure. Progress you can feel arrives instantly. The purchase, the launch, the [...]
Rest Is Part of the Rhythm
Marketing Dopamine • October 27, 2026 Rest Is Part of the Rhythm This month I have three trips on the calendar. Chicago, northern Minnesota, and the Grand Canyon. There was a time when that schedule would have made me [...]
The Middle Is Where It Works
Marketing Dopamine • October 26, 2026 The Middle Is Where It Works Every project has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is exciting. The end is satisfying. The middle is where most of us quit. The [...]
Start Smaller Than Feels Right
Marketing Dopamine • October 25, 2026 Start Smaller Than Feels Right When we finally decide to change something, the instinct is to go big. Post every day. Overhaul the website this weekend. Reach out to fifty people. Rebuild the [...]
One Decision at a Time.
Marketing Dopamine • October 24, 2026 One Decision at a Time We tend to imagine change as a big event. A new year. A fresh plan. A complete overhaul of how we work. Big plans feel motivating. They also [...]
From recognizing to doing
Marketing Dopamine • October 23, 2026 From Recognizing to Doing This week has been about looking honestly at your marketing. What is actually working. What your customers would tell you if you asked. What you could stop doing. Whether people [...]
Change is easier together
Marketing Dopamine • October 22, 2026 Change Is Easier Together Most of the patterns I have written about this month are easy to understand and hard to change. The new tool feeling. The next idea. The busy calendar. Taking a [...]