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A few weeks ago a creator I follow posted a clip. Looked slick. Tight edits, clean captions, a background that shouldn't have been possible in his tiny apartment.
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A while back, I was buying a coffee machine on Amazon.

A while back, I was talking with a friend who's been buying ads for eight years.

A little while ago, McKinsey put out a sixty-eight-page report.

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Last summer, Meta's Zuckerberg dropped a prediction: by the end of 2026, the entire advertising workflow would be fully automated by AI.

A while back, I grabbed dinner with some friends who work in ad buying.

A while back, a friend who works in branding vented to me.

I came across some data recently that stopped me in my tracks.

I saw a set of numbers the other day that made me stop cold.

I saw a number recently that stopped me cold.

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Something happened recently, and it got me thinking for a while.

A while ago, I opened my inbox and found a fresh CEO survey.

A few days ago I came across a number that genuinely startled me.

A couple of days ago, I was scrolling through social media.

A few days ago I came across a fascinating study, done with 373 employees of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Translator's note: Liu Run is a Chinese business consultant and writer. The article is written in his voice, addressed to a friend.

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A while back, I scrolled past a marketing blog whose title I've already forgotten.

A while back, I scrolled past a piece of news that left me sitting there stunned.

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A while ago, I saw a set of numbers that genuinely shook me.

I was talking recently with a friend who runs growth.

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A while back, a friend who runs a SaaS company sat down with me over coffee.

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A while back, I was chatting with a friend who works in branding.

A while back, I grabbed coffee with a friend who runs a B2C brand.

A while ago, I grabbed dinner with a friend who runs a consumer brand. He ordered an Americano, looked troubled, and told me:

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Out of habit, I opened Perplexity to look something up.

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A few days ago, a friend in marketing vented to me.

A number I saw recently made me do a double take.

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The other day, a friend of mine — a marketing director — asked me out for coffee.