Yesterday morning, I declared my manifesto.
My goal is simple: to take a stand for all the CEOs out there that are trying to get some real marketing done, but keep getting blocked by horrible excuses. You know the ones: "I'm on vacation for the first time in 3 years", "I have no budget", "you asked me to focus on 19 other things", "you don't even go here".
(Okay that last one was a Mean Girls reference. But Jess basically is Regina George as far as I'm concerned.)
To no surprise, I was surrounded with overwhelming support. In minutes, actually good marketers were cheering me on with such great ideas & support:
Hire your cousin.
Josh, you're what every marketer dreams of.
Launch a new product to a new persona.
Pivot to an athleisure brand that sells lightweight merino wool.
Sponsor an elephant.
Arbitrarily raise her targets.
Commit to at least 10 events in H2.
Announce a new user conference this fall.
Sign some unrelated sponsorships.
Launch a new site.
Make her work from vacation.
I love working from vacation.
Totally change the operating plan.
Rewrite the entire marketing strategy.
Wow, things are going so well!
I love everything about this.
Josh's swag ideas are way better than Jess'.
Buy all the expensive software.
Jess is so lucky to work with Josh.
Radio ads.
Pure genius.
Change all the messaging.
10x the ad spend. Stat.
Jess should end her vacation early.
New sales deck.
Launch a new podcast.
Jess is gonna LOVE this.
You're a gift to marketers.
I've never seen a better CEO. Ever.
Post-It note her office.
Nicest thing I've ever seen.
New logo.The first 100 people who fill out the form below and promise to post a pic of their favorite card combination, I'll send a free Marketers Against Humanity deck.
I'm sure Jess had some other plans for this swag. But, meh.
#WorthIt #SoGoodAtThis #CEOsAreTheBest #NaNaNaNaBooBoo


