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The Focus Group Trap: Why  the "Smartest" Person in the Room is Ruining Your Marketing

The Focus Group Trap: Why the "Smartest" Person in the Room is Ruining Your Marketing

Update: 2025-04-10
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Let’s be honest—if bold ideas were born in boardrooms, every brand would be unforgettable. But they’re not. Because most great ideas get murdered by a well-meaning committee before they ever see daylight.

We’re throwing elbows at the myth that focus groups, panels, and office Keurig clubs make marketing better. Mick, Chris, and Ryan rip into the comfort-zone thinking that turns sharp ideas into soft garbage—and they explain why the brands that win don’t ask for permission. They make the decision. Then they own it.

Forget safe. Forget consensus. If you’re still trying to create marketing that “won’t get you fired,” you’ve already lost.

Episode Highlights: 

  • Too many ideas get watered down by committees.
  • Too many brands choose safety over originality.
  • Too many people are afraid of offending someone, so they create nothing of consequence.

Skip the committee. Make the decision. Own it.

This episode’s for the marketers who are tired of playing it safe, and the business owners brave enough to color outside the lines. Tune in to hear how to skip the committee, make the call, and start building the kind of brand people remember.

🎧 Hit play. Then go create something worth fighting for.

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The Focus Group Trap: Why  the "Smartest" Person in the Room is Ruining Your Marketing

The Focus Group Trap: Why the "Smartest" Person in the Room is Ruining Your Marketing

Ryan Chute