Where The Dogs Of Society Howl
We dig into the worlds of CPG, branding, creativity, decency, indecency, and the kind of lived experience you can’t fake. Sometimes it’s raw. Sometimes it’s hilarious. Sometimes it’s uncomfortably true.
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Where the Dogs Of Society Howl - 5 Rules Making Good Leaders Great (opens the original)
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A clear leader is easy to follow. A fuzzy one leaves everybody guessing. Stephen D. Black spent 47 years leading in the grocery business and now coaches the people in the chair. He founded A Brighter Day.Life, a Maxwell-certified coach, the National Grocers Association's endorsed leadership voice, and the author of The Five Rules. We covered: - The Five Rules: do your job, be kind, no surprises, no drama, protect the brand - What leading with intention actually looks like day-to-day - How a clea
Where the Dogs Of Society Howl - Cider, Synths, and Design that Sells (opens the original)
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Most designers never have to live with their own work on a real shelf. Aaron Feiger does. He runs Food Court Creative and owns Pinball Cider, so he designs the brand and then has to sell it. His own packaging gets a sales report.We cover:- Why genuinely good CPG brands still get walked past- What packaging is really saying when the cues stop agreeing- How a small brand out-signals a giant with a way bigger budget- Where AI clarifies a brand vs. just makes prettier fog- Plus a t-shirt brand that
Where the Dogs Of Society Howl - The Wellness Factor (opens the original)
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She’s built a career in wellness and lives it harder than people half her age. Julie Elder calls herself “ancient but still awesome.” She’ll also tell you she left home at 18 to join a band, has topped out at 120mph, and would rather be chasing storms than sitting still. That’s not a contradiction. That’s her whole point about health. We sat down with Julie to talk about wellness as a way of living — not a marketing word: → What “being well” actually means when you’ve packed three lives into one
Where the Dogs Of Society Howl - From Grout Lines to Growth Lines (opens the original)
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He set tile for a living. Now he sells Toy of the Year. Derek Love didn't take the usual road into startup sales. He took the one with knee pads. Years setting tile, top-notch, then a hard pivot to Sales Manager at Wigglitz, the startup behind 2026's Toy of the Year and a 250-character collectible obsession. This Thursday we're sitting down with Derek to dig into the stuff nobody puts on LinkedIn: → What construction teaches you about sales that no training ever will → How you scale a startup wh
Where the Dogs Of Society Howl - Lost In The Search Results (opens the original)
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14 years as a Marine officer. More near-death experiences than he can count. Now he decides whether your brand lives or dies in the first 3 seconds on a screen. Eric Martindale joins us on Where the Dogs of Society Howl. Eric runs the digital shelf — Amazon, TikTok Shop, Instacart, Target Roundel — the places where "fine but forgettable" brands quietly bleed out. We're getting into: - Why great products die on the shelf when the story's foggy - How upstream signal drift becomes downstream damage
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