margins

Margins.

Long-form notes from inside the work: branding, strategy, market intelligence, and the business of building demand.

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  1. 01

    Why Clients Credit Their Market and Not Your Brand Work

    2026
  2. 02

    How AI Briefs Are Replacing Mood Boards in Identity Work

    2026
  3. 03

    Why Senior Brand Strategists Decline More Pitches

    2025
  4. 04

    How AI Summaries Are Flattening Brand Voice

    2025
  5. 05

    Which Marketing Tactics Will Not Survive Zero-Click Search

    2025
  6. 06

    How to Build a Brand When the Buyer Is a Procurement Algorithm

    2024
  7. 07

    AI in the Branding Workflow, One Year In

    2024
  8. 08

    Why Brand Maturity Stalls at Stakeholder Alignment

    2024
  9. 09

    Why Go-to-Market Decks Fail Without a Channel Map

    2023
  10. 10

    The Modern Brand Studio's Tool Stack, Reconsidered

    2023
  11. 11

    Why Marketing Pipelines Turn Into Graveyards

    2023
  12. 12

    Working With Founders Who Communicate in Logos

    2023
  13. 13

    How to Run a Brand Audit Without Ceremony

    2022
  14. 14

    Why the Pitch Deck Still Runs Business Development

    2022
  15. 15

    When a Rebrand Makes Things Worse

    2022
  16. 16

    Why Market Entry Fails at the Last Mile

    2021
  17. 17

    Why Most Brand Guidelines Fail as Deliverables

    2021
  18. 18

    How to Run Client Check-Ins That Actually Work

    2021