PO Box 26214, Baltimore, MD 21210
855-721-MDDC
kberrier@mddcpress.com
BLOG
Set Boundaries for Your AI Before It Gets Tricked by the Internet
You’ve trusted your AI with your passwords, your calendar, and your personality—but if you’re letting it browse the web, you might be giving it a little too much freedom. The moment your AI gets access to websites, buttons, and forms, it’s basically out there wandering the digital streets alone. And just like an intern with too much initiative, it can get talked into some bad ideas fast.
What Every Small Business and Local Media Ad Pro Needs to Know About AI Essentials
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a Silicon Valley buzzword—it’s the most important tool shaping how small businesses and local media companies work, sell, and grow. But here’s the problem: keeping up with AI often feels like you need a PhD in computer science or eight spare hours to watch a course.
How to Prompt Like a Pro: Lessons from Google’s AI Training
Most people think using AI is as simple as typing a question and waiting for an answer. That’s true—AI will give you something back. But if you really want to squeeze the highest quality respones out of AI, the difference really comes down to one thing: prompting.
Stop Chasing Unicorns – How to Turn Seasonal Shoppers into Lifelong Customers
If your Q4 plan is “blast discounts, pray for revenue,” you’re playing checkers in a chess match. Real growth comes from mastering customer commitment—moving people from inertia to habit, from habit to dedication, and letting true fandom emerge as the byproduct of everything else you do.
Stop Marketing on Autopilot – How to Blend Humans + AI for Real Growth
If you’re feeling whiplash from how fast marketing is changing, you’re not alone. The takeaway from this week’s keynote and wrap-up at Marketing Success Season was clear: growth won’t come from doing the old playbook faster—it’ll come from doing it differently. That means approaching Q4 with a beginner’s mind, building journeys that feel seamless across channels, and letting AI give you time back while your team doubles down on the human moments that actually move revenue.
Rethinking Holiday Marketing To Win Customer Beyond Discount
Let’s be honest with ourselves – the old playbook of blasting a “50% OFF Black Friday” email and calling it holiday strategy is dead. Consumers are overwhelmed, fatigued, and increasingly tuning out the noise. Globally, 39% of shoppers say there are simply too many deals, and 25% have stopped paying attention to big sales events altogether.