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Practical articles about marketing, AI and entrepreneurship. Written from experience, not from theory.

A navy shopping bag with gold tissue paper and a tag: the visual of the Black Friday playbook.
E-commerce

Download the playbook: Black Friday starts on November 1

Most webshops start their Black Friday campaign on November 23. By then, I've been at it for three weeks. Download my free playbook: 10 steps, from early access to countdown.

2 min read
An open card-index drawer full of cards with a magnifying glass on top: years of untapped data under the lens.
AI Marketing

Untapped data potential: seven analyses that were years overdue

Almost every e-commerce business sits on a mountain of untapped data. With AI as the analyst, we ran seven analyses for a client in under two days, together forming the foundation of a complete performance marketing plan.

7 min read
A target with a single arrow exactly in the bullseye: precisely the set goal, no better.
E-commerce

Google no longer beats your targets: what the August 17 bidding update means

Since August 17, Google Ads optimizes budget-limited campaigns toward exactly your set target, not beyond it. What is changing, who it affects, and the three routes you have now. Including my honest take on the money grab debate.

6 min read
A globe next to a balanced scale: growing internationally with an eye on margin.
E-commerce

What four years running an international webshop taught me about healthy growth

Revenue grows easily, margin does not. Four years of end responsibility for an international webshop taught me where the real difference is made. Three lessons every webshop owner can use.

5 min read
Four stone foundation blocks with a spirit level on top: get the base right first.
Marketing Strategy

First the baseline, then scale: why this order saves your margin

The reflex when results disappoint is more budget. But more traffic in a leaking funnel only makes the leak more expensive. These are the four pillars I always get in order before we start scaling.

6 min read
A hand signing with a fountain pen: the AI proposes, a human decides.
AI Marketing

We Build MCPs and Give Managers and Owners Back Control over AI

Everyone has AI, hardly anyone has a grip on it. With a custom MCP we connect AI to your systems within boundaries you set: the AI proposes, you decide. That puts the reins back where they belong.

5 min read
A cable with a universal plug in a hub: one connection that fits every system.
AI Marketing

MCP: Why AI Will Soon Talk Directly to Your Business Systems

MCP is the talk of the town in tech, while most business owners have never heard of it. Think of it as the universal USB plug for AI. Time to explain what it is, without unnecessary jargon.

6 min read
A bookshelf with one navy book pulled forward: the source that AI chooses and cites.
Marketing Strategy

GEO explained without the hype

What searching via AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) means for your marketing, and what your in-house team can do this month. Without the hype.

5 min read
Drafting table with an architectural line drawing, a compass and a scale model: thinking in structure.
Interim Lead

Architect vs. The Operator: Why Traditional Agencies Get Stuck in the AI Era

The agency world is cracking. The traditional revenue model of billing hours and deploying armies of juniors is dying. The market doesn't want cheaper hands, it wants architecture.

4 min read