by Chala | Sep 22, 2026 | Leadership, Marketing
Lately, I’ve had a lot of one-on-one conversations with business owners, and a theme keeps coming up. They know they’re not selling enough. Their fix? Outsource the strategy. Hire a sales rep, an ad agency, a door-opening firm, or an AI funnel, and let...
by Chala | Sep 16, 2026 | Marketing
I just got back from a trip to Birmingham, Michigan, where I ran an Executive Roundtable with a great group of women in business, hosted alongside JP Morgan Chase, with participation from their clients and the chair of the local Women Presidents’ Organization....
by Chala | Sep 8, 2026 | Marketing
I was at the DA4S Alliance for Sciences conference in Anaheim a couple weeks ago, and I sat in on a legal panel about AI. I went in expecting a snooze. I came out doing research for days afterward, because what these lawyers laid out wasn’t theoretical, it was...
by Chala | Sep 2, 2026 | Marketing, Small business growth
I’m about to go controversial again: I just got back from three events across Kentucky and California, running Executive Roundtables where business owners share their biggest obstacles to landing corporate clients. I’ve been doing these Roundtables for 10...
by Chala | Aug 19, 2026 | Marketing
You think you have loyalty. You think the deal is done and they’re in the bag. But here’s what you don’t know: 81% of B2B buyers are dissatisfied even after they’ve completed the entire buying process and signed with you. They’re not...
by Chala | Aug 5, 2026 | Marketing
Only 9% of Americans think AI does more good than harm, according to one research. According to another research by Gallup however, in China, 83% think it’s great. There, people are renting their faces to AI for soap operas, getting paid $15 to $700 per face....
