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Half your marketing is theater. The other half is sabotage.

Most of what passes for “strategy” is just performance—content for content’s sake, campaigns built to impress peers instead of persuade customers.

The rest quietly works against you: mixed messages, off-brand visuals, promises you can’t keep. The show looks busy, but it’s burning trust.

The fix isn’t more noise—it’s honesty. Strip it down, tell the truth, and let that be the show.

About the author

Dane Shakespear repairs, rebilds and rebrands businesses, products, and services—and positions them as market leaders. He helps business owners and executives outthink, outmaneuver, out-position, and outperform their competitors—making their brand and message tight, clear, and deeply differentiated so they stand out, get noticed, and take the lead.

Essential Books

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80/20 Sales and Marketing
March 10, 2025
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Trust Me I’m Lying – Confessions of a Media Manipulator
May 16, 2025
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Blue Ocean Strategy
January 28, 2023

What They Say

“He rebranded our company, fixed our marketing, and got us noticed and absorbed by an Italian manufacturer. He knows his stuff.”
– Ray Lopez, Blackhawk Armory


“As a direct result of Dane’s insights and intuition we are generating an additional $350,000 per year that we would have never seen.” – Joel Bauer


“I’ve worked Dane on several of my projects over the past 15 years and can confidently say he knows how to compete in tough markets.” – Martin Howey


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