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<title>How Do I Figure Out My Target Audience?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Struggling to define your target audience? Here&#039;s a practical process — from studying existing customers to using surveys and Facebook targeted ads — to find and validate your real audience before spending your marketing budget. ]]></description>
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<title>How Big Should My Marketing Budget Be?</title>
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<title>What Is the Biggest Reason Startups Fail? (It&amp;apos;s Not What Most Founders Think)</title>
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<title>Why AI Can Write Your Content, But It Can&amp;apos;t Build Your Personal Brand</title>
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<title>The One Metric Every Founder Obsesses Over (And Why It’s Usually the Wrong One)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Most founders track the wrong metrics — vanity numbers that feel good but don&#039;t predict survival. Here&#039;s why retention, CAC-to-LTV, and a clear north star metric matter more than signups, and how thinking like a Growth Architect changes what you measure. ]]></description>
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<title>The Silent Cost of Slow Decisions: Why Speed Is a Growth Strategy, Not Just a Mindset</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Most companies don&#039;t lose growth because of bad ideas — they lose it to slow decisions. Here&#039;s how building faster decision-making systems became one of my core growth strategies across marketing and EdTech admissions. ]]></description>
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<title>Why I Now Push Back When a Client Is Wrong</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Somvanshi on the client mistake that changed how he works — why staying quiet to protect a relationship backfires, and what pushing back actually looks like in practice. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:16:24 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>The Mentor I Never Had — And the One Thing I Tell Every Junior Marketer Now</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Somvanshi on why context — not talent — is the real gap for junior marketers, and the simple mentoring habit that closes it faster than any formal program. ]]></description>
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<title>What I Learned Scaling a Startup Without a Big Budget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Somvanshi shares hard-earned lessons on scaling a startup without a big budget — from finding real customers faster to why judgment beats spend, drawn from 17+ years in growth and EdTech. ]]></description>
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<title>AI in University Admissions: Hype vs. Real Results</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Somvanshi breaks down what AI actually delivers in university admissions vs. the hype — from predictive scoring to real enrollment results, based on 17+ years in growth and EdTech. ]]></description>
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<title>How I Went From Employee to Founder — What Nobody Tells You</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Singh Somvanshi shares the real story of going from employee to founder — the silence, self-doubt, money stress and identity shift that nobody puts in the highlight reel. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:30:54 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>How to Scale a Business Without Scaling Your Problems</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Somvanshi explains why most businesses scale their problems along with their growth and how building the right systems before hiring can change everything. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:56:31 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>The Hidden Power of Retention Marketing — Why Most Brands Ignore It</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Singh Somvanshi explains why retention marketing is the most underused growth lever and how fixing your post-sale experience can compound your business growth over time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:10:23 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>The Art of Building a Brand People Actually Trust</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Somvanshi shares real insights on what it actually takes to build a brand people trust — from consistent messaging to how you handle problems when things go wrong. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:37:02 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>What 17 Years in Marketing Taught Me About Leadership</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Singh Somvanshi shares honest lessons from 17 years in marketing and how they shaped his approach to leadership, team building, and entrepreneurship. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:30:57 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>What 17 Years in Marketing Taught Me About Leadership</title>
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<title>What 17 Years in Marketing Taught Me About Leadership</title>
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<title>Why Business Growth Starts with Better Decision&#45;Making, Not Bigger Budgets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Learn how better decision-making drives sustainable business growth. Explore practical strategies to build resilient businesses without relying on bigger budgets. ]]></description>
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