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Isaac Peiris
🧪 Why Clay gave its brand away

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

🧪 Why Clay gave its brand away

Clay built founder brand, then gave it away and grew a customer identity in its place.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris
The evolution of media

Jun 2, 2026

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7 min read

The evolution of media

From Gutenberg to Google AI Overviews, the only moat left turned out to be the one thing you can't copy.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris
1,000 true fans

May 26, 2026

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6 min read

1,000 true fans

The most powerful and misunderstood marketing concept.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris
The earned-first playbook

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

The earned-first playbook

Three Cannes winners succeeded before their ads even ran.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Content & Media

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a16z’s new media playbook

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

a16z’s new media playbook

Most companies treat media as a comms function. a16z built it as infrastructure. The difference is a compounding audience.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Content & Media

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Duolingo re-hinged

May 5, 2026

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6 min read

Duolingo re-hinged

The strategy collapsed months before the CMO announced it was changing.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Content & Media

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Every company is now in the entertainment industry

Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

Every company is now in the entertainment industry

While everyone else focuses on clicks, the brands actually growing have accepted a different job description.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

AI & Marketing

Why your AI sounds like everyone else's

Apr 21, 2026

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6 min read

Why your AI sounds like everyone else's

The models you use every day were built to sound like everything else, including your competitors. Here's what's happening inside them.

Isaac Peiris
Bill Kerr
Isaac Peiris, +1

Brand Strategy

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Starbucks bet $150m on offline experiences

Apr 14, 2026

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11 min read

Starbucks bet $150m on offline experiences

While the rest of the world gets lost in AI hype, they’re doubling down on in-store experience.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

AI & Marketing

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OpenAI just bought a voice it hasn't earned

Apr 7, 2026

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14 min read

OpenAI just bought a voice it hasn't earned

What a 9-figure podcast acquisition reveals about owned media, broken promises, and the trust you can't purchase.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Creative & Campaigns

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How Airtable closed the enterprise gap

Mar 24, 2026

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13 min read

How Airtable closed the enterprise gap

Enterprise customers kept ignoring them. Here's what Airtable did about it.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Brand Strategy

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WTF is GTM?

Mar 17, 2026

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17 min read

WTF is GTM?

Here's what three people actually doing it had to say.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Creative & Campaigns

Ahrefs' $2B opportunity

Mar 10, 2026

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15 min read

Ahrefs' $2B opportunity

How to turn your competitor's biggest moment into your own.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Content & Media

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52 weeks, (almost) no misses

Mar 3, 2026

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14 min read

52 weeks, (almost) no misses

Two years since I left my job. One year of Brand Chemistry. Here's what I've figured out.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris
What Is Pattern Interrupt Marketing?

Feb 26, 2026

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19 min read

What Is Pattern Interrupt Marketing?

The cost of blending in outweighs the cost of standing out.

Isaac Peiris
Bill Kerr
Isaac Peiris, +1

Brand Strategy

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Heineken’s 15-year bet on connection

Feb 17, 2026

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14 min read

Heineken’s 15-year bet on connection

They turned a simple insight about real-world connection into a defensible market position worth more every year.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Content & Media

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The Psychology of Shareability

Feb 10, 2026

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10 min read

The Psychology of Shareability

NYTimes research of 2,500 people shows the real reason they hit “share”.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Brand Strategy

Stanley’s $680m trade-off

Feb 3, 2026

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14 min read

Stanley’s $680m trade-off

The wins and losses from Stanley’s strategic customer pivot.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Content & Media

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tl;dv’s comedian-led marketing

Jan 20, 2026

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7 min read

tl;dv’s comedian-led marketing

How they built a $4.5M SaaS business with TikTok skits

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

AI & Marketing

Your GEO questions answered

Jan 13, 2026

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14 min read

Your GEO questions answered

Why being ranked stopped meaning you're visible

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Brand Strategy

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The 3 shifts defining growth in 2026

Jan 6, 2026

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15 min read

The 3 shifts defining growth in 2026

My predictions for what marketers will face this year

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Brand Strategy

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Nike’s Collaboration Playbook

Dec 16, 2025

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16 min read

Nike’s Collaboration Playbook

The new COLLAB Index explains why Nike had 6 of the top 10 collabs of the year.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Community & Advocacy

Chewy’s Next-Level Customer Support

Dec 9, 2025

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16 min read

Chewy’s Next-Level Customer Support

Chewy’s famous customer support leads with empathy to gain unbeatable brand trust.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Growth & GTM

The Rise & Fall of Prime

Dec 2, 2025

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8 min read

The Rise & Fall of Prime

A billion-dollar launch with a bargain-bin ending, you can’t outrun the fundamentals.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris

Brand Strategy

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Depop Sells Status, Not Stuff

Nov 26, 2025

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14 min read

Depop Sells Status, Not Stuff

Gen Z buy secondhand to showcase cultural capital, not to save money.

Isaac Peiris
Isaac Peiris
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