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Bad Marketing Is Everywhere (And It's Ruining Everything)
Bad Marketing is dying. And I'm here for it. Not because I hate marketing—I've spent my career in it. But because what we call...

Heidi Schwende
Sep 10, 20254 min read


Why Your Website Needs to Speak Machine (And How Structured Data Makes It Happen)
I just had a conversation with a client that's going to sound familiar. Their content team is cranking out blog posts. Their SEO is...

Heidi Schwende
Sep 9, 20255 min read


CMOs Are Getting Benched (And McKinsey's Data Shows It's Killing Growth)
Look, I just read some McKinsey research that should make every marketer's blood boil. And I'm not talking about another fluffy study—I'm...

Heidi Schwende
Sep 8, 20254 min read


Overhyped or Real? What AI Search Means for Your Brand
Search is evolving — but it’s not what the headlines make it out to be. While AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, Bing AI, and a rapidly...

Heidi Schwende
Sep 5, 20254 min read


LinkedIn Ads or Google Ads? A Framework for Smarter B2B Decisions
B2B marketers ask it all the time: should I invest in Google Ads or LinkedIn Ads? The short answer: it’s rarely either-or. The longer...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 28, 20253 min read


From Rules to Intelligence: How AI is Redefining Marketing Decisioning
For years, marketing has relied on rules. Segment your audience. Send a timed email. Trigger a campaign based on basic behaviors. It...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 25, 20254 min read


AI Search Is Now Measurable
What Ahrefs’ ChatGPT Tracker Tells Us About Conversion and Attribution For marketers, one of the biggest concerns with AI-driven search...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 20, 20253 min read


Google Search—It’s Pro-actively Cannibalizing Itself
AI in Search isn’t coming—it’s here. And it’s not just changing how we find information; it’s reshaping the entire ecosystem of search,...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 19, 20254 min read


B2B Marketing That’s Winning Now — and What’s Next in 2026
We’re deep into 2025, and the marketing teams hitting their numbers are the ones who’ve stopped clinging to the old MQL factory model and...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 15, 20253 min read


Google’s AI Just Took a Big Swing at Fake Clicks – Here’s Why That Matters for Your Budget
If you’ve ever stared at a campaign report and wondered how much of that “traffic” was actually real people ready to buy — you’re not...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 13, 20252 min read
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