CarTalk with Kartik #270: Pivot With Purpose

Are we actually using KPIs, or merely tracking them? That’s the question one of the CEOs I work with asked me recently. As a bestselling author featured on BBC TV, Times Square and having worked with over 60 CEOs, here’s my answer.

Too many CEOs review dashboards but rarely change direction. Real growth happens when KPIs become decision triggers. If one channel underperforms and another outperforms, shift budget fast. If one message converts better, double down. Data is not a report card. It is a steering wheel.

At the $1M to $5M stage, agility beats perfection. The CEOs who win treat KPIs as real-time signals and iterate weekly, not quarterly. So use KPIs to pivot with purpose.

This insight comes from page 218 of my book Product Marketing Wisdom - which just completed 57 weeks on the Amazon bestseller list. Check it out at:

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CarTalk with Kartik #269: Micro Moments That Matter

Do more social posts really drive growth? That’s the question one of the CEOs I work with asked me recently. As a bestselling author featured on BBC TV, Times Square and having worked with over 60 CEOs, here’s my answer.

Most companies chase volume. More content. More campaigns. More noise.

But the winners focus on micro-moments. Those precise moments when a buyer is actively deciding, comparing, or ready to act.

When your message lands at the right time with the right insight, engagement spikes, conversions improve, and KPIs start moving together. Clicks, pipeline, retention, and lifetime value all benefit.

Great marketing is not about saying more. It is about saying the right thing at the exact moment it matters. So focus on micro-moments that matter.

This insight comes from page 220 of my book Product Marketing Wisdom, which just completed 57 weeks on the Amazon bestseller list. Check it out at:

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CarTalk with Kartik #268: From Decks to Dollars

Is marketing just a support function? That’s the question one of the CEOs I work with asked me recently. As a bestselling author featured on BBC TV, Times Square, and having worked with over 60 CEOs, here’s my answer.

If marketing is only building decks and handling launches, you are leaving money on the table. The strongest CEOs treat marketing as a growth lever. It shapes how the market sees you, sharpens product market fit, and drives adoption and retention long after the deal closes.

When marketing is tied to real KPIs like pipeline, expansion, and retention, it stops being an order taker and starts accelerating scale. And that’s how you go from decks to dollars.

This insight comes from page 176 of my bestselling business book Wisdom From Wizards. Check it out at:

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