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Journal

Articles and observations, in chronological order.

September 12, 2026

The Customer Isn't Changing Their Mind. They're Negotiating With Themselves.

Why customers add a product to the cart and then walk away: emotion, context, and spending memory.

September 7, 2026

Types of Branding: What They Are, What They Solve, and Which One You Need

Corporate, product, personal or digital branding. We explain each type, what it's for, and how to know which one your business needs.

August 29, 2026

How Does Meta Decide Who Sees Your Ad?

What happens to a Meta Ads campaign after you hit Publish: targeting, Andromeda, GEM, ranking and auction, explained simply.

August 23, 2026

Don't Tell Someone Who They Are.

Why marketing that explains who you are, what you feel, or what you deserve produces the exact opposite reaction. Plus #IaMaiZi, a ready reply for any brand that does it.

August 22, 2026

Premium Corporate Gifts: When a Gift Says Something About Your Brand

Eight directions for a corporate gift that doesn't end up in a drawer, from leather and Romanian craft to gourmet and jewelry.

August 18, 2026

The More Visible You Are, the Less Room You Have for Mistakes

Why high visibility amplifies mistakes instead of absorbing them, and what intentional communication actually looks like, in practice.

July 28, 2026

Medical Tourism: How Turkey Turned Trust Into a Billion Dollar Industry

Why Romania, with well trained doctors and competitive costs, remains nearly invisible to the international patient. A full study, in five pieces.

July 21, 2026

No One Buys Surgery the Way They Buy a Pair of Jeans

The higher the stakes, the less an ad weighs. What actually convinces a client to choose.

July 17, 2026

The Brain, That Shady Consultant

The mechanisms behind our decisions, in scenes we live through at 16, at 30, and at 60.

July 5, 2026

Marketing Went Off the Rails. We Stayed at Our Desks.

We have nothing against the camera. We have something against the math.

July 5, 2026

You Have Ten Seconds to Look Trustworthy

Ten seconds. About enough to open the fridge, look inside, and close it again without taking anything.