MarTech for Humans

The Wolf Problem: How "Optimization" Violates the Laws of Growth

Think Like an Ecologist, Not a Miner

Aug 29 • 

Ward Rushton

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How Much is AI Glenn Powell Worth?

Why Baudrillard's idea of the simulacrum was correct, but only economists could tell us how we get there.

Aug 8 • 

Ward Rushton

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July 2025

Is That a Real Change in Behavior or Just Shifting Audience Composition?

Do more birthday parties cause longer lives?

Jul 18 • 

Ward Rushton

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Media Hygiene: A User's Guide To Your Own Brain

Why Catfishing Feels So Icky And What To Do About It

Jul 3 • 

Ward Rushton

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June 2025

Agile Marketing for Startups: An Interview With UpSmith's Julie Yang

How to Drive Impactful Marketing Outcomes When You Have No Data to Guide You

Jun 27 • 

Ward Rushton

An AI Study On Reddit Has People Divided--Here's Why

Is The Account Responding To Your Posts AI?

Jun 13 • 

Ward Rushton

Why Logging Is a Software Habit Marketers Should Copy—Before AI Breaks Everything

As AI makes outcomes less predictable, marketers need auditability, not just attribution.

Jun 6 • 

Ward Rushton

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May 2025

For The Love Of God, Stop Making Status Updates So Hard

If you're spending more than 5 minutes filling out a status update form, you're engaging in busywork

May 30 • 

Ward Rushton

How Marketers Can Steal Programming Concepts to Market Better

Addressing the Complexity of Enterprise Marketing

May 16 • 

Ward Rushton

Trust as a Strategy in Marketing Ops

Using Trust in Approvals as A Strategic Edge (with Calculated Risks)

May 9 • 

Ward Rushton

April 2025

The King is Dead. Long Live the King: A Marketer’s Survival Guide to Google's Decline

The days of dumping cash into Google Ads and calling it a day are coming to a close

Apr 25 • 

Ward Rushton

Excellence Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Why Your Philosophy is Slowing You Down

How marketing can work *with* other teams instead of against them

Apr 18