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Marketing

Hi - Welcome to the marketing bowl! This is a creative space where marketers jump in to share & help.

  1. Copywriter

    I left a brutally honest, anonymous review on Glassdoor about my toxic ex-agency, and the CEO just sent me a passive-aggressive message on LinkedIn saying the industry is small. He didn't explicitly a...

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  2. Partner Marketing Manager

    Curious where people land on this… if a manager puts a 1:1 on the calendar, who should own building the agenda? I’ve always operated under the mindset that whoever calls the meeting owns the structur...

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  3. Senior Director of Marketing

    Do you think it always holds true that you should never say anything negative about the last employer? I have been interviewing a lot of people and I don’t think there is anyone I’ve interviewed that ...

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  4. Content Strategist

    I’ve noticed that every Sunday around 4 PM, my chest gets incredibly tight, and I start getting a headache just thinking about Monday’s status meeting. I love the actual work of marketing, but the tox...

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  5. Senior Product Marketing Manager

    Check out this new Spotify app icon! I have to imagine it’s promoting Drake’s new album, but I must admit it’s not 100% clear. If it is, I LOVE that idea, but it has to be clearer than that from the c...

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  6. Senior Director of Marketing

    We decided to skip Memorial Day marketing this year and just honor the fallen. I see so much out there in bad taste. Like this one - but betting their stuff is always in bad taste. Did you see anythin...

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  7. Content Marketing Manager

    I’ve been laid off for four months, and I keep getting rejected for mid-level roles because I’m too senior and they assume I’ll leave the moment a better job opens up. I am literally telling these rec...

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  8. Marketing Manager

    I am officially begging my team to stop putting “it's giving” and “no cap” into the copy for our 50+ B2B logistics audience. Our 22-year-old coordinator thinks it makes the brand look human and fresh....

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  9. Product Marketing Specialist

    My company loves to talk about DEI on our social media, but our leadership team is the least diverse group of people I’ve ever seen. As a person of color in the department, I’m constantly asked to con...

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  10. Content Manager

    How do you all combat cognitive overload when everything on your plate is a top priority? I have 84 tabs open across three screens with everything from Google Analytics dashboards to competitive ad li...

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  11. Brand Strategist

    I swear 90% of the marketing content on LinkedIn is just people plagiarizing the same three ideas over and over again. Someone posts a generic framework about The 3 hooks that scaled our SaaS, and by ...

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  12. Senior Director of Marketing

    If there was a new labor law what would you wa t it to enforce? I am guessing people will choose no tracking, because they feel it is unfair to be watched.

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  13. Partner Marketing Manager

    Would you tell your friends or business colleague if all their content is starting to sound like generic AI content? I have a friend who has gone overboard on social posts with heavy AI jargon. Would ...

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  14. Graphic Designer

    Hot take: Giving non-designers access to Canva and Webflow was the worst thing to ever happen to brand consistency. Our sales team is out here building their own pitch decks with neon pink gradients a...

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  15. Content Strategist

    I am currently facing a choice between a vertical promotion to Manager with a 5% raise and a mountain of stress, or a lateral move to a different department with the same pay but a much healthier cult...

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  16. Social Media Manager

    I am expected to travel to our annual user conference next weekend, work 14-hour days managing the registration booth and making content, and I’m getting zero extra comp time for it. Leadership treats...

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  17. Marketing Writer

    I received an offer and accepted.. but having doubts about the environment and leadership. Is it too late to ask the hiring manager process type questions about the role? I.e. how are projects and di...

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  18. Web Designer

    I took on a side project to design a simple landing page for $2k, and the client has officially turned it into a full brand identity overhaul. They’re texting me at 11 PM on Saturdays asking for just ...

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  19. Senior Director of Marketing

    I have one person in my org who always makes me feel weak. I don’t think they mean to, or maybe they do. I think it is because I have worked with everybody else forever, and this particular person has...

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  20. Senior Product Marketing Manager

    Elite tweet from ALDI lol. How do you think their leadership felt about that? Is any impression a good impression?

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