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Original blog posts by Lindsay Casale

How to Define Your Ideal Customer Profile as an Early-Stage Startup

Your ICP is the specific type of person or company most likely to buy your product, get real value from it, and stay. Start with your best existing customers — or your clearest hypothesis — and get ruthlessly specific.

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Why Your Startup's Marketing Isn't Working (And It's Not What You Think)

Most early-stage founders jump straight to tactics — social posts, email, paid ads, content, PR — without first getting clear on who their product is for and why it matters. The fix isn't a better channel. It's better positioning.

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You Can't Buy Earned Media. Here's What Actually Works

Before I was a CMO, I was a PR girl. Earned media isn't something you purchase — it's something you build the conditions for. Here's what that actually looks like in practice.

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I've Led Event Strategy at Salesforce, SoFi, and 3 Startups. Here's What Actually Works.

A breakdown of how to build an effective event strategy and actually measure results — lessons from running events at a Fortune 500, a fintech giant, and early-stage startups.

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The No-BS Beginner's Guide to Thought Leadership

After working with dozens of executives and founders on building authority in their space, here's the honest, unglamorous version of what actually gets you invited onto stages and into rooms you couldn't access before.

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