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Jeannie Ruesch

Smarter Marketing.

Before you redo it.

The newsletter where I work it out in the open. What your marketing is really saying. What the actual problem is. What deserves changing, and what to leave alone.

Smarter Marketing, from the back porch

The Internet Will Give You 100 Ways to Fix Your Marketing. Most of Them Could Be Wrong.

Before you niche down, post more, build a funnel or rewrite your website, use these five layers to figure out where the problem actually started.

Sep 10, 2026

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Before You “Fix Your Marketing,” Check the Water

Before you rewrite your website, rethink your content, or narrow your niche, make sure that’s actually where the problem is.

Sep 4, 2026

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Stop Brainstorming Content. Your Best Ideas Are Already Hiding in Your AI Chats.

Teach your AI to catch the stories, insights, and ideas already showing up in your work, so creating content gets easier without adding another task to your week.

Aug 31, 2026

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You Don’t Need to Build a Brand. You Need to Understand the One You Already Have.

3,600 years of evidence explains why your brand exists before the logo and why fixing your marketing starts with understanding what people already expect from you.

Aug 27, 2026

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If AI Touches Your Writing, Is It Still Yours?

The better question isn’t whether a machine entered the process. It’s who supplied the thinking, made the decisions, caught the mistakes, and owned the result.

Aug 19, 2026

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Brand Read 002: You Don’t Need a Better Bio. You Need the Story Your Bio Should Be Built From.

Before you rewrite your website, About page, or positioning, find the story that explains why you know what you know and gives people a reason to trust you.

Aug 11, 2026

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You Know Too Much About Your Business, and It’s Making Your Marketing Harder

The problem may not be your message. It may be the gap between what feels obvious to you and what your customers are ready to understand next.

Jul 30, 2026

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There's something wrong with the way we talk about content

I stopped posting on LinkedIn for about three weeks earlier this year.

Jul 22, 2026

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Story first, built into the strategies and systems that get you findable and give you time back.

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