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Hallucination calibration: Why AI hallucination is a good (and complex) thing
Let’s say you’re born with the gift of a great sense of humor. At about age 12, you start to figure this out, and you’re fired up about...
Kathryn Courtney
5 days ago3 min read
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Micro-motives: how artists and creatives can find joy and purpose in business
I am an artist and a writer, and I am happy working at a marketing consultancy. I don’t feel like a sellout. I don’t worry that my...
Amber Davis
Mar 158 min read
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Typography matters: anatomy of a typeface
Typography—the art and technique of arranging type—can double the impact of your branding and marketing efforts. "0 through 9" by...
Amber Davis
Mar 45 min read
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Punctuation conquers all, part three
My high school boyfriend’s name was Mark. (No, really. That’s not a punctuation joke.) We met junior year in Honors English class....
Amber Davis
Feb 213 min read
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The power of emotional design
Attractive marketing assets work better. They garner more completed calls-to-action—and therefore lead to more sales—than less...
Amber Davis
Feb 194 min read
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Trying to remember something that doesn’t exist: How AI excavates images from static
It was that one time, remember? It was…where was it again? We were in Monaco. It was spring…no July. Or was that a movie? No, it was...
Kathryn Courtney
Feb 183 min read
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Punctuation conquers all, part two
The month of love continues and my love for punctuation never wanes. Like Lynne Truss, author of the most entertaining book on...
Amber Davis
Feb 143 min read
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Boost your marketing muscle with consumer psychology
The secret to effective marketing is asking the question: Why?
Amber Davis
Feb 104 min read
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Punctuation conquers all, part one
Welcome to February, nerds. ‘Tis the season of love. So, obviously, I’ve been thinking a lot about punctuation.
Amber Davis
Feb 73 min read
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The subversive power of abandoning goals
I have a disdain for goals. I think they are one of the mechanisms driving modern people to live inauthentic lives.
Kathryn Courtney
Feb 63 min read
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Visual hierarchy: Make 'em look, and make 'em stay
Visual hierarchy lengthens user engagement and strengthens the impact of your messaging. Here's what it is and how to get it.
Amber Davis
Feb 55 min read
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Stake a claim: How hypotheses make for better marketing
Your writing will be better—more effective, more inspiring, and more readable—when you open with a hypothesis.
Kathryn Courtney
Feb 33 min read
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The chaos of dangly bits: Gird up your participles
English grammar is fun. It’s like a puzzle-game of creativity, with a smorgasbord of parts and pieces from different etymological roots, and
Amber Davis
Feb 33 min read
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Dare disturb the universe: poetry for leaders
Too often in the past, hard skills were valued over soft skills in the business world. Specific, tangible, technical abilities related to...
Amber Davis
Jan 315 min read
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It's okay to be awesome: Making 2025 the year of overconfidence
We're taking this mantra with us all the way through 2025.
Kathryn Courtney
Jan 233 min read
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The beginner’s guide to using artificial intelligence like a human marketer
The recent advancements in artificial intelligence have been swift, confusing, and pervasive, so it feels important to disclose that a...
Vera Pashkevich
Jan 27, 20233 min read
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Marketing lessons from the homeless guy in the bathroom
There is a story in my family that has become a kind of parable. My sister’s husband was struggling with some interpersonal professional...
Kathryn Courtney
Jan 16, 20234 min read
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5 simple ways to fancy up your case studies
Around here, we’re big fans of the double win that is your customers singing your praises while you, in turn, sing theirs. And...
Kathryn Courtney
Jan 16, 20233 min read
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