Being human is your coolest feature w/ Nick Power

Marketers have become glorified executors, and, Nick Power isn't here to sugarcoat it. The lowercase LinkedIn legend– who also leads marketing at Noun Project– joins us to explain why your strategy docs are bullshit, why he'd delete his digital presence tomorrow, and how running five miles beats any marketing framework. We talk anti-billionaire content, why brevity is the ultimate flex in marketing, and how the entire tech industry turned marketing into a commodity.

Warning: This episode might make you quit your job or completely rethink your career—either way, you're welcome.

What we cover:
• Why Nick Power thinks 90% of marketers aren't actually marketing anymore 

• The shocking reason a LinkedIn influencer would delete his entire digital presence 

• How to fit an entire strategy into ONE SENTENCE (seriously) 

• Why your positioning docs are expensive PDFs nobody reads 

• The anti-billionaire marketing philosophy that's actually about mental health 

• What happens when you've never worked with a product marketer (spoiler: you survive) 

• The grind culture lie that's killing your creativity 

• Why running 5 miles beats any marketing framework • How to give readers "the gift of surprise" in every post 

• The real reason marketing became a commodity in tech

Timestamps

01:00 Hot Guest Introduction & Lower Case Legend

02:00 The Big Question: Are Product Marketers Actually Marketers?

02:22 Nick's Controversial Take: "Very Few Marketers Are Marketers"

03:00 The System Problem: Executors vs. Strategists

04:00 Marketing as a Commoditized Craft

05:00 Nick's Background: CPG to B2B Tech

06:00 Rapid Fire Round Begins: Digital Presence vs. Family

07:00 The Mixed Bag of Online Attention

08:30 Zoom Calls vs. Person Captivity

10:00 Content Strategy: Wake Up and Write

11:30 LinkedIn Trolling & Negative Engagement

13:00 Quitting Social Media Discussion

15:00 The State of Marketing Salaries

17:30 Marketing Budget Allocation Debate

19:00 Personal Branding vs. Company Branding

21:00 The Death of Blogging

23:00 Keyword Strategy & SEO Reality Check

25:00 Marketing Advice You'd Give Your Younger Self

27:00 Worst Marketing Experience Stories

29:00 Firing Yourself from Marketing

31:00 Career Identity Crisis Discussion

33:00 Breaking Down Nick's Content Strategy

35:00 The Art of Brevity: One-Sentence Philosophy

36:00 Anti-Billionaire Content Explained

37:00 Late-Stage Capitalism & Grind Culture Critique

38:00 Coping Mechanisms: Running, Music, Kids

39:00 From Surf to Run: Finding Flow State

40:00 Mental Health in Marketing

41:00 Closing & Noun Project Shoutout

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