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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]