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Marketing Fundamentals
A first-principles guide to marketing as a discipline — what it solves, the levers that matter, and where most beginners get stuck.
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Marketing Fundamentals
Brand Positioning Fundamentals: Frameworks for New Brands
A working framework for positioning a new brand — built on competitive alternatives and customer reality, not on a fill-in-the-blank template.
10 min read · May 18, 2026
Marketing Fundamentals
How to Identify Your Target Audience in 5 Steps
A practical method for finding the people most likely to need what you sell — built around real conversations, not demographic guesses.
9 min read · May 17, 2026
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The 4 Ps of marketing: a working introduction
A practical primer on the four classic marketing levers — what each one really controls, where they overlap, and how to use them as a checklist.
5 min read · May 16, 2026
Marketing Fundamentals
What is a marketing funnel? TOFU, MOFU, and BOFU explained
A plain-English guide to the marketing funnel — what each stage models, why TOFU/MOFU/BOFU matters, and how the conversation changes at each step.
4 min read · May 15, 2026