Uncle Marketing - Wildcard CMO

05/20/2026

Are you a festival or convention vendor? I’ve worked trade shows for over 20 years in corporate environments and these are the things that bring people in. Here are 5 marketing hacks you need to do to prepare!

1. Stir the socials.
2. Check your experience.
3. Put the best stuff up front.
4. Give stuff away.
5. Have fun.

If you need help with unlocking your creativity about any of these areas, you can find me at uncle.marketing.

05/18/2026

What do restaurant owners need to do to boost their marketing? Surprisingly, there are less expensive things than advertising that will have a good ROI.

05/17/2026

01/27/2026

If you're tired of renting an audience through paid advertising and shifty algorithms, let's build real attention that lasts.

This workshop focuses on building real communities to drive brand awareness that overcomes AI slop. I hope to see you there!

Shield your brand from AI risks by building a strong, loyal community!

10/26/2025

Amazing to meet Ivan Misner! And I’m grateful to BNI Highrise Connection San Jose and BNI San Francisco Bay for expanding my knowledge of referral marketing.

08/19/2025

The ROI of Community Building vs. Paid Advertising

In a given day, a human being only has so much attention to give to something. Community engagements offer richer experiences, which deepen the brand connection.

07/14/2025

Be pro- reactive in your search for AI tools: A combination of being proactive and reactive where you can recognize a problem or you wonder if something can get done better.

If you go in expecting that a solution could exist, you're probably right. In most cases, if they're big enough problems, somebody's trying to solve them.

If not, you can probably solve it through AI.