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WTF is the signal economy (and should you care)?
Every few months, marketing gets a shiny new buzzword that promises to unlock brand growth. The signal economy is the latest one. Spoiler: its mostly just first-party data and measurement wrapped in enterprise sales language.
Your personalisation strat is creeping people out (and you probably don’t even know it)
Personalisation crosses into surveillance when customers feel watched instead of helped. Brands optimise for metrics that don't capture creepiness like when retargeting ads follow you for months or emails reference offline conversations. Helpful personalisation is transparent about data use, respects boundaries, and gives control back to users. The gap between what brands think is valuable and what feels invasive is where trust dies.
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