Quiet Power Plays - Ron Nguyen on Marketing

Growth, Communication, and the Human

When people talk about marketing today, one phrase keeps showing up: “Make it go viral.” It’s said like a command, as if virality were a....

Every product tells a story before any marketing begins. The way it feels, functions, and earns trust shapes whether people recommend it or avoid it. True growth doesn’t come from louder ads but from products designed to speak well of themselves, quietly and consistently.

The next wave of growth won’t come from bigger teams. It will come from sharper systems. 2025 is not the year to add headcount. It....

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Most startups operate on feelings. Not versions. They make decisions based on mood, pressure, market noise, or instinct. Then they wonder why strategies drift, priorities....

The next wave of growth won’t come from bigger teams. It will come from sharper systems. 2025 is not the year to add headcount. It....

People misread Taskade.(And this is where I shout out for my most fav SaaS)They see comments, jokes, confusion. Usually from people trying to force a....

You’re working late nights, pouring your energy into it. Then someone says the same line everyone says:“You can’t succeed unless you have a team.”It’s the....

When I started BlockPR, I had everything ready: the service lineup, the strategy, the energy.What I didn’t have was the reason.In the early days, that....

Companies control now far more global resources than governments or NGOs combined. That means corporations aren’t just participants in the global economy, they’re architects of....

When I first launched BlockPR, it often felt like I was sitting at a poker table with everything on the line. Do I go all-in....

There’s a scene in an old disaster movie where humanity faces extinction. Governments rush to hide a small group of people inside a mountain, those....

When people talk about marketing today, one phrase keeps showing up: “Make it go viral.” It’s said like a command, as if virality were a....

Marketing doesn’t begin with visuals or platforms. It begins with language.A message that fails to communicate who you are, what you do, and why it....

There’s a quiet question sitting beneath every marketing campaign and every human interaction: why do we respond the way we do?Our choices often feel deliberate,....

Every product tells a story before any marketing begins. The way it feels, functions, and earns trust shapes whether people recommend it or avoid it. True growth doesn’t come from louder ads but from products designed to speak well of themselves, quietly and consistently.