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Customers don’t want to "engage" with brands, marketers don't need to "differentiate or die," traditional advertising is not dead, exclusive customer loyalty is overrated, customer personas can be destructive, online advertising is a massive bubble waiting to pop, mission statements don’t inspire anyone, color psychology is a pseudoscience, and consumers will see right through any attempt to “identify with their values.”

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Austin Franke is an identity designer, writer, and founder of Woo Punch, Branding Bullsh*t, and What The Duck