Alex Birkett 
After I sent my “how to write well” article to my email list a few weeks ago, I got several questions about my writing routine. I’m going to be honest, it’s not the most structured or meticulous. But I do write a lot, so here it is… What to Do When You’re Too Busy for … Read more
You and your team could be getting much more out of your data. The purpose of data, after all, is to make better business decisions through the reduction of uncertainty. But data has tons of limitations, and by itself has no inherent value. You need a human to interpret the data and determine a course of action. … Read more
As my company grows and we onboard new employees, I’m spending more time thinking about leadership, management, and giving advice to speed up others’ progress. Writing down some career advice for a new employee, I realized something obvious: Any advice I give says much more about me than it does about the receiver of the … Read more
“The money’s in the list.” Whether you want to share recipes with friends, marketing tips with colleagues, or build a burgeoning content business, you need an email newsletter. Course, you gotta have some tools to build your list – a good lead capture form (pop up or just a regular old static web form). And then … Read more
As early as college, I knew I wanted to get world class awesome at three things (professionally): Building and growing startups Data analysis/data science Writing I believe entrepreneurship is a human trait, but I made sure to join the earliest stage startup possible after college to learn the ropes. Data analysis isn’t intuitive, especially probability … Read more
You’ve landed on this article for one of two reasons. The first (most probable) reason is that you heard the term “conversion rate optimization” somewhere and want to know what exactly it means and maybe even want to find out how you can get involved in conversion rate optimization (CRO). The second reason is that … Read more
What we call conversion rate optimization is actually an expansive suite of distinct functions that blend together to form this art-and-science craft of CRO. CRO includes components of digital analytics, experimentation (A/B testing), user psychology, project management, copywriting, design, and UX research. Nowadays, I look at it as “website product management.” We’ve all got our … Read more
“Marry an accountant, but have occasional flings with rock stars.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb The worst thing that can happen to a marketer embarking on setting up a content program is also the most common. It goes like this: The Death Spiral of Nearly All Content Programs You see some success stories, perhaps from competitors … Read more
Alright, here we go, another list of content marketing technology! (Silence from the audience) Well, this one will be different. (Drumroll) The 33 Best Content Marketing Tools in 2025 Google Docs Evernote WordPress ButterCMS Webflow Ahrefs Clearscope SEMRush Serpapi.com Screaming Frog Yoast Grammarly Mailshake Buzzsumo Sprout Social Mailchimp Vidyard Loom Zoom Trello Notion Airtable Google … Read more
(Skip to this section if you want to ignore additional exposition, rants, and context, and just learn what the Editorial Cabinet tactic is and how to use it. You should know, however, that people who always seek the summary or TLDR version tend not to be as interesting in conversation. Caveat Emptor.). You know that … Read more