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a receipt from 1983:"If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative."— David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising (1983)quick history no...
10/09/2026

a receipt from 1983:

"If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative."
— David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising (1983)

quick history note (credit where due):
Ogilvy popularized this line in his 1983 book.
but the original came from Benton & Bowles' 1970s
house ads: "It's not creative unless it sells."

Ogilvy borrowed it. adjusted it. made it famous.


either way, the point stands 43 years later:

your award-winning campaign didn't move a single unit.
your cannes lion is gathering dust.
your CMO won an internal award for the ad nobody remembers.

creativity in marketing has ONE job: sell the thing.

if it's beautiful but nobody buys → it's art.
if it's clever but nobody buys → it's a joke.
if it's viral but nobody buys → it's noise.

art, jokes, and noise all have their place.
that place is not your brand budget.

hot take or truth?
🌶️ or ✅ ↓

(mine's ✅. every time.)

🌙 — the quiet moments between marketing



we've all survived it — 5 things every remote worker has lived through.pour a coffee. swipe through. and tell me which o...
07/09/2026

we've all survived it — 5 things every remote worker has lived through.

pour a coffee. swipe through. and tell me which one broke you first ↓

saturday mood: 90s R&B classics on repeat. 🎧before Spotify recommended songs to you,you had a Discman, 4 AA batteries, a...
29/08/2026

saturday mood: 90s R&B classics on repeat. 🎧

before Spotify recommended songs to you,
you had a Discman, 4 AA batteries,
and a burned CD you labeled with a Sharpie.

and somehow — the playlist was BETTER.

what’s on the CD today:

· SWV — Weak
· Sybil — When I’m Good and Ready
· Ghost Town DJ’s — My Boo
· Inoj — Love You Down
· Nu Flavor — Heaven
· Des’ree — You Gotta Be

no algorithm.
no auto-generated Discover Weekly.
no “songs you might like.”

just the ones your teenage brain
downloaded on repeat until they became
part of your personality.

there’s a difference between:
music you consume
and music that raised you.

these raised me.

what’s on YOUR throwback playlist?
drop the one song that raised you ↓

(mine’s still “You Gotta Be.” 30 years later.)

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90smusic y2kaesthetic millennialcore
discman burnedcds mixtape
saturdayvibes
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28/08/2026

5 reply-all disasters we've all survived. 🚩

Friday trauma post. rank them by damage level.

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1. the mass "CONGRATS!!"
someone got promoted. 47 people replied "congrats!!"
to everyone. inbox: destroyed.

2. "please remove me from this thread"
sent TO the thread. now 200 people have received
this exact message 12 times. recursion at its finest.

3. the accidental rant
someone forgot they were on a company-wide thread.
their opinions about Karen from accounting are now
public record. rip.

4. the out-of-office loop
two auto-responders replying to each other.
forever. IT will find them eventually.

5. "one small correction..." → 40-message thread
about whether the meeting is at 3 or 3:30.
the meeting was cancelled anyway.

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nothing bonds coworkers faster than watching
a reply-all disaster unfold in real time.

we don't work.
we just wait for the next one.

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which one gave YOU actual PTSD?
1, 2, 3, 4, or 5? drop it below ↓

(mine is 2. every single time. the recursive nightmare.)

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currently on the nightstand: None of This Is True — Lisa Jewell 📖Lisa Jewell writes the kind of thriller where you don't...
26/08/2026

currently on the nightstand: None of This Is True — Lisa Jewell 📖

Lisa Jewell writes the kind of thriller where you
don't trust anyone.

my brain needs fiction after 8 hours of marketing decks.

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I don't read every book to learn something.
sometimes I read to STOP learning.
to give my brain permission to just... follow a story.

marketing books teach me how to think.
thrillers remind me I don't have to think for a while.

both are useful.
neither is a waste of time.

—

what are you reading right now?
fiction or non-fiction? drop it below ↓

(mine is fiction this week. brain full. tank empty.)

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🌙 — the quiet moments between marketing





5 email rules I break on purpose.the rules aren't wrong.they're just not always right for YOU.1. "send at 10am Tuesday f...
25/08/2026

5 email rules I break on purpose.

the rules aren't wrong.
they're just not always right for YOU.

1. "send at 10am Tuesday for best opens."
I break it: my best sends are the "wrong" times.
what works for one list ≠ another. test YOUR list.

2. "always personalize with {first_name}."
I break it: {first_name} in the subject line signals
"automated" now. skip it. or use it in the body only.

3. "keep every email under 200 words."
I break it: length isn't the metric. relevance is.
a 500-word email that solves a real problem beats a 100.

4. "always A/B test everything."
I break it: sometimes the data I already have is enough.
testing everything = shipping nothing.

5. "send weekly for consistency."
I break it: I'd rather send ONE great email a month
than 4 mediocre ones. frequency ≠ value.

learn the rules.
then break them on purpose.

that's the whole point of learning them.

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which rule do YOU break?
1, 2, 3, 4, or 5? drop it below ↓

(mine is 5. always. quality > cadence.)

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24/08/2026

5 words that make me delete your email immediately.

1. "quick"
never quick. never once.

2. "synergy"
nobody has read this word and felt something.

3. "circle back"
translation: I forgot, and I'll forget again.

4. "just"
"just following up." "just checking in."
"just" is an apology for existing.
stop apologizing in your own email.

5. "hope this finds you well"
it found me.
I am not well.
I am in a meeting that should've been an email.

the fix isn't fancier words.
it's fewer of them.

every word that isn't doing a job
is asking your reader for a favor.

which one is worse? 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5?
drop the number ↓

(mine is 4. the "just" apology gets me every time.)

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currently replaying: Silent Hill f 🎮for all 5 endings.—most games I play once.this one I play until I've unlocked every ...
21/08/2026

currently replaying: Silent Hill f 🎮

for all 5 endings.

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most games I play once.
this one I play until I've unlocked every possible ending.

because Silent Hill isn't about the horror.
it's about the CHOICES that shape Hinako's fate.

the 5 paths:

1. Coming Home to Roost — the default. Hinako's mind rejects the marriage.
2. The Fox's Wedding — bad ending. Fox Mask wins.
3. The Fox Wets Its Tail — she breaks free and leaves town.
4. Ebisugaoka in Silence — true ending. she accepts her fractured self.
5. The Great Space Invasion — the classic SH joke ending 🛸 (my personal FAVE!)

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3 down. 2 to go this weekend.

hunting for the Sacred Sword purification path next.
(the Jizo statues are hidden SO WELL)

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what game do YOU keep replaying?
the one that pulls you back every year? drop it below ↓

my other list: Silent Hill 2 remake (5x), RE Requiem (twice this year),
The Last of Us (once, but I cry every time)

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