Lou Mintzer

“Email marketing is dead.” Nah—𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 email marketing is dead. The kind that stops you mid-scroll, feels personal, and drives real revenue? That’s alive and thriving. We’re redefining email marketing—animation, personalization, and ROI tracking, all in one. 2025 is the year to grow smarter. We build so you can thrive. Email isn’t dead—it’s just getting started. 🚀 #EmailMarketing #EcommerceGrowth #Personalization

@noelcetaSEO framework wins

Most content gets published… and immediately forgotten. Even great content, without promotion, usually drives zero results. The truth: your writing alone won’t drive meaningful results. Strategic promotion does. Here’s the framework that consistently triples reach and drives 3× more traffic 🧵👇

@BoringCareers Numbers don’t lie. Specialization matters.

Cloud Architect salaries by platform (2026, US): AWS Architect: $145–195K Azure Architect: $140–185K GCP Architect: $135–180K Multi-cloud Architect: $160–210K AWS certifications usually lead to the highest pay. 3 AWS certs plus 5 years of experience put base pay at $180K+.

@BoringCareers Getting in first is harder than ever. Play smarter.

Entry-level job postings: down 35% from 2020 levels. Companies say "0-2 years experience required" then hire someone with 3-5 years. That first job is harder to get than ever in 2026. Here's the side-door strategy when the front door is locked.

@noelcetaSEO Backlinks matter. Over-optimizing them doesn’t.

The SEO industry obsesses over anchor text ratios. "You need 60% branded, 25% generic, 10% exact match, 5% naked URLs." Data from analyzing 10,000 backlink profiles shows this is outdated thinking. Here's why anchor text diversity matters less than everyone thinks:

@KodyNordquist PR as product launch lever. Brilliant.

Sydney Sweeney draped bras over the Hollywood Sign at 2 am and sold out a lingerie brand because of it. No paid ads, and not because she’s famous. The "controversy" was planned. The Chamber of Commerce investigation extended coverage 48+ hours before a single product went live. Their entire marketing plan was genius:

@JeffGapinski Marketing reality check. Execution ≠ results.

Nothing humbles you quite like spending $5,000 on a brand campaign and watching a competitor's unhinged spelling mistake post get 2 million impressions.

@NathanHirsch99 What you do privately defines your reputation publicly.

Integrity is not what you say in public. It is what you do when it costs you something. Most leaders think integrity is a personality trait. It is not. It is a set of behaviors your team can predict Even when you are tired or nobody is watching Here are the ones I look for:

@MartinLasmanis CEO leverage. AI plus systems equals scale.

I run a 50-person company that has shipped $55M in GMV. I also run a team of 8 AI agents. Not a metaphor. An actual team that builds products and runs my personal brand every day. Here is who I am and what I am building.

Build Loyalty From the First Hello Your first welcome email sets the tone for the entire relationship.

𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 You only have one chance to make a first impression. Loyalty begins with your very first email.

@antonioventre_ Testing, iterating, and trusting the data beats chasing one “magic” solution.

The $9K to $150K month case study had a backstory nobody sees. Months 1 to 3 were hard. > Below target ROAS. > Client getting anxious. > Pressure to justify the spend. We were testing offers. > Buy 3 get 1 free. > Buy 4 get 1 free. > Free shipping thresholds. Nothing was crushing it immediately. We could have panicked and changed strategy. Most agencies would have. Instead we kept testing. Kept reading the data. Kept iterating. Month 4: $68K revenue. Something was clicking. Month 5: $150K revenue. 4.26x ROAS. Production could not keep up. The difference between a $150K month and a $9K month was not one magic creative. It was three months of discipline, patience, and trusting the process when the numbers were not exciting yet.

@darshal_ Side quests are where you actually grow, not just grind through life.

You’re bored because you’re not doing side quests, man. Life is more than just working and then throwing yourself into bed doing nothing. Here are 50 side quests to complete:

@noelcetaSEO Knowing your SEO maturity is the first step to meaningful improvement.

I’ve audited more than 100 companies in the past 2 years. Only approx 12% operate at Level 5. Most think they’re Level 3, but in reality, they’re often Level 1. Here’s how to diagnose your SEO maturity (and what to fix).

@BoringCareers Sometimes staying and building depth beats hopping for short-term gain.

Job switchers still often earn more than people who stay. But the premium has shrunk significantly to about 1.9% in 2026. In some sectors, like tech and hospitality, the difference is tiny. Here’s when to stay vs. when to move strategically in today’s market.

@KodyNordquist Putting 70% of spend on one platform is asking for volatility.

Pinterest's CEO blamed tariffs for the company's weak Q4 2025 performance. > Stock dropped nearly 17% > They laid off 15% of the workforce. Tariffs had nothing to do with it… Pinterest's ad auction was being propped up by a handful of large retail spenders. When Walmart, Target, and Amazon pulled back spend to protect their own margins, CPMs cratered across the entire platform. Every smaller DTC brand running there absorbed the damage. They had no warning before it showed up in their numbers. I knew someone who reported that roughly 80% of their client base had completely stopped spending on Pinterest compared to the same time last year. And before you write this off as a Pinterest problem… Most DTC brands right now are running the exact same structure on Meta. > One platform controlling 70%+ of their paid media spend. > One auction. > One set of external decisions they have zero visibility into. If you want to future-proof yourself, you need more diversity. > Meta as the primary acquisition engine > Google Shopping as the secondary > Email and SMS as the owned layer no auction can touch Now when one platform shifts, you have somewhere to go without panic. Go open Ads Manager and pull your channel split. Calculate what percentage of your total paid spend is sitting on one platform. If you're above 70% on one platform, you already know what you need to do.

@sam_stoffel Focus on signals, not personal slights.

Stop taking things personally. “MY post got no likes”. “They unfollowed ME”. “They left ME a negative comment”. Take out the "me" & reframe it: My post got no likes → low engagement They unfollowed me → follower churn They left me a negative comment → controversial topic Now it's data, not a dagger. Facts > feelings. Post again, adjust the hook, and try a different angle. Protect your peace and energy. Their behaviour is about them & your content is about you. Remove the "me" & learn from it. And then make the next piece of content.

@BoringCareers The right questions tell you more than your answers ever will.

Best questions to ask interviewer: "What does success look like in first 90 days?" "Why is this role open?" (new or backfill?) "What's your favorite part of working here?" "How does the team handle disagreements?" "What's next in the process?" Always ask 2-3 of these questions.

@JeffGapinski Short-term impatience can sabotage long-term wins.

The strategy is long-term. The patience is quarterly.

@NathanHirsch99 This is pure OPS-risk management, prevention > reaction.

10 management fails that bankrupt companies. (WeWork ignored #1). Bankruptcy rarely happens overnight. It follows predictable leadership mistakes. Avoid these or face collapse. Save your business now. Spot them early → save your company:

For anyone who hasn’t tried our free AI audit agents for Klaviyo yet… we just added a new one 👀 “𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁”

𝗜𝗳 𝗤1 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆… 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. We’re a few days away from Q2. And this is usually where things start to shift for ecommerce brands. Quick reality: • traffic starts picking up again • more brands start sending campaigns • inboxes get crowded fast • CAC gets more expensive • repeat purchase matters way more than acquisition So even if your product is solid… If your email system isn’t tight, you’ll feel it. Revenue starts to feel inconsistent. Campaigns don’t hit the same. Flows don’t carry their weight. Most brands think the fix is: “we just need better-looking emails” tbh… that’s rarely the problem. The brands that actually win in Q2 focus on: • flows that capture intent as it happens • messaging that matches where the customer is • segmentation that keeps emails relevant as volume grows Design still matters. But only when it’s sitting on top of a system that’s actually being run. And this is what we usually see inside Klaviyo accounts: Nothing is broken. But… • flows are basic or outdated • abandonment is too generic • segmentation = everyone • campaigns aren’t connected to lifecycle So when Q2 volume hits… that’s when the gaps show. Fixing even one of these can move revenue more than redesigning emails. If you’re heading into Q2 and want to see what’s actually going on inside your system: we just released an AI audit that breaks it down for you campaigns, flows, segmentation, deliverability AI Agents → gridandpixel.com/ai-agents PS: Q2 doesn’t reward more emails it rewards better systems 😤