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Brand marketing

Why your brand marketing is probably missing the one thing that matters

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Josh Lachkovic
Sep 30, 2025
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Two years ago, I wrote about when the time is right for brand marketing. It’s been one of the historic most important read topics on the substack. A few weeks ago I had a conversation with one of our creative strategists that provoked a rethink of this.

Here's what most people get wrong about brand marketing: they think it's about values, emotions, or cr…

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