--- title: Ready State Blog. An investigative marketing agency. Strategy, design, content. | marketing strategy description: marketing strategy | Ready State Blog. An investigative marketing agency. Strategy, design, content. --- [![RS-avatar-positive](https://www.readystatements.com/hs-fs/hubfs/RS-avatar-positive.png?width=78&height=78&name=RS-avatar-positive.png)](https://www.readystatements.com/) - [About Ready State](http://readystate.com/about) # The blog of [Ready State](http://readystate.com/), a creative agency # [The CMO’s secret weapon: A journalistic approach](https://www.readystatements.com/the-cmos-secret-weapon-a-journalistic-approach) As media channels become overcrowded with brand stories, the styles and skills marketers use to tell them becomes crucially important. Journalism-driven stories can cut through the noise. [![](https://www.readystatements.com/hubfs/journalism-alejandro-escamilla-2.jpg)](https://www.readystatements.com/the-cmos-secret-weapon-a-journalistic-approach) By [Steven Wong, Cofounder](https://www.readystatements.com/author/steven-wong-cofounder)  |  Jul 13, 2017 [Read More](https://www.readystatements.com/the-cmos-secret-weapon-a-journalistic-approach) # [Build brand movements around 3 I's](https://www.readystatements.com/build-brand-movements-around-3-is) Successful brand movements need to be built around a budding cultural idea. They should inspire people to take action and, most importantly, give people an identity they can adopt as their own. 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[![](https://www.readystatements.com/hubfs/product_best-practices.jpg)](https://www.readystatements.com/7-best-practices-of-effective-product-marketers) By [Adam Weigand](https://www.readystatements.com/author/adam-weigand)  |  Mar 11, 2017 [Read More](https://www.readystatements.com/7-best-practices-of-effective-product-marketers) # [How to talk to your data scientist](https://www.readystatements.com/how-to-talk-to-your-data-scientist) To effectively collaborate, marketers and data scientists need a common language. Here are seven of the most important terms to know in our glossary of AI terms for marketing. [![](http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-12-06-1481057193-7261280-scientist.jpg)](https://www.readystatements.com/how-to-talk-to-your-data-scientist) By [Derek Slater, Content Director](https://www.readystatements.com/author/derek-slater-content-director)  |  Dec 12, 2016 [Read More](https://www.readystatements.com/how-to-talk-to-your-data-scientist) # [A case study about rethinking case studies](https://www.readystatements.com/a-case-study-about-rethinking-case-studies) We paired a writer with a designer, and asked them to analyze, deconstruct, and rebuild the case study. Here’s what we found and what we recommend doing. [![](https://www.readystatements.com/hubfs/15385987699_77367d9841_o.jpg)](https://www.readystatements.com/a-case-study-about-rethinking-case-studies) By [Derek Slater, Content Director](https://www.readystatements.com/author/derek-slater-content-director)  |  Nov 22, 2016 [Read More](https://www.readystatements.com/a-case-study-about-rethinking-case-studies) # [Marketing tech is changing the world. And marketers are getting left behind](https://www.readystatements.com/marketing-tech-is-changing-the-world.-and-marketers-are-getting-left-behind) As martech gets more common and powerful, there’s an ongoing gap between what it can deliver and what companies are getting from it. Here's how that gap is related to the Don Drapers of the world. [![](https://www.readystatements.com/hubfs/4858921901_666fb145ae_o.png)](https://www.readystatements.com/marketing-tech-is-changing-the-world.-and-marketers-are-getting-left-behind) By [Katherine Ogburn, Director of Strategy](https://www.readystatements.com/author/katherine-ogburn-director-of-strategy)  |  Jul 21, 2016 [Read More](https://www.readystatements.com/marketing-tech-is-changing-the-world.-and-marketers-are-getting-left-behind) # [How SMBs can harness email to drive revenue](https://www.readystatements.com/how-smbs-can-harness-email-to-drive-revenue) Many small and midsize businesses, loathe to spend resources on projects that don’t have obvious and immediate benefits, disregard email marketing. But tools are making it easier and cheaper than ever for them to unlock tremendous value. [![](https://www.readystatements.com/hubfs/4040200884_d95825dab6_o.jpg)](https://www.readystatements.com/how-smbs-can-harness-email-to-drive-revenue) By [Katherine Ogburn, Director of Strategy](https://www.readystatements.com/author/katherine-ogburn-director-of-strategy)  |  Jul 12, 2016 [Read More](https://www.readystatements.com/how-smbs-can-harness-email-to-drive-revenue) # [Personalization vs. privacy: The hidden dangers](https://www.readystatements.com/personalization-vs.-privacy-the-hidden-dangers) Data mining is increasingly effective and relevant to brands. But to customers and marketers alike, there are real dangers related to security and privacy to consider. 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