Surviving Mondays together.
Every Monday, we marketers face a new week with the same old challenges: colleagues who think they know our craft as well as we do, managers who drop random ideas as new strategies to execute, technologies threatening our jobs, and audiences waiting in their basements for us to make a mistake.
We vent.
We relate.
We commiserate.
We get through another Monday. Together.
Enjoy the show.
Dabble into the WhatsApp community (https://chat.whatsapp.com/FQzDURLFyyCCvH5vKSoZ40?mode=gi_t).
Survive this week being all the marketer you can be.
Collaboration is Key for Anh Nguyen | Marketers Managing (a CMWorld mini-series)
Send us Fan Mail Marketers Managing Ep. 1: Anh Nguyen on Collaboration, Community & Referrals at Content Marketing World 2026 At Content Marketing World 2026 in Denver, host Rachel Moore launches the first interview of the Marketers Managing miniseries (from the Marketers Barely Managing podcast) with longtime friend Anh Nguyen, Chief Brand Amplifier at Amplified Marketing. Anh, a 25+ year marketing veteran and 11+ year business owner, discusses why she views other marketers as co...
5 Oct 2026
Ode to Event Marketers
Send us Fan Mail Rachel opens this special Monday with a song for event pros, because she's recording from the trade show floor at Content Marketing World in Denver, running her own booth with a mobile podcast studio and a stack of executive interviews. Running a booth herself has given her a whole new level of awe for event marketers and planners, the people juggling contracts, vendors, lead gen apps, shipping, electricity, branding, and messaging, often on their feet for 14-hour days. She s...
29 Sept 2026
Should Social Media People Know Graphic Design?
Send us Fan Mail Rachel poses a bit of a hot take this week: should social media people know graphic design? She traces her own path from FreeHand tutorials at a church job (yes, that's aging her, her words) through clip art manipulation in Microsoft Office, all the way to getting "set loose" on Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, and how that design eye ended up being the edge that got her into marketing in the first place. Her answer is yes, at least a little, but she makes th...
21 Sept 2026
Do You Know Your Brand Style Guide By Heart?
Send us Fan Mail Rachel goes deep on brand style guides this week, the "bible" every marketer needs and so few actually build. She talks through why you should know your brand's hex codes by heart (sticky note method fully endorsed), plus a shoutout to ColorZilla for eyedropper-grabbing colors and Adobe Libraries for teams who insist on working in silos when they don't have to. She also makes the case for documenting your brand style, logo usage, tone, the works, so your team (or your ...
14 Sept 2026
My Wife Works in Social Media
Send us Fan Mail Rachel takes on the classic "you're in marketing, do something" ask this week, the one where a loved one keeps her in their back pocket as a threat to whip out on customer service reps. Cue her husband, who goes in hot on every call and, when all else fails, drops the "my wife works in social media" card (spoiler: it doesn't work, and it never has). Rachel breaks down why the tag-a-brand-and-watch-them-scramble era is basically over now that social is fragmented across a doze...
7 Sept 2026
Why I hate email marketing
Send us Fan Mail Rachel takes on email marketing this week — and she's not shy about it: she's not a fan of receiving it, even though she knows exactly how to run a campaign. She draws a hard line between scraping or buying email lists (don't) and the real, opted-in exchange that makes email marketing worth doing in the first place. From there, she makes her case for SMS and WhatsApp messaging as the channels marketers are sleeping on — pointing to open rates north of 90% and the discipline t...
31 Aug 2026
Brought to you by the letters A and I
Send us Fan Mail Rachel Moore discusses the paradox of AI in the workplace, highlighting how AI mistakes are often overvalued compared to human expertise, and emphasizing the importance of valuing human employees in the age of AI. Join the WhatsApp community And... hang in there. Bad Ideas Distressed by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=US...
27 Aug 2026
Special REACT episode: When AI tries to run a lemonade stand
Send us Fan Mail Rachel Moore reacts to a viral video by GenSpark AI showcasing AI's attempt to run a lemonade stand, highlighting the limitations and humorous failures of AI in real-world scenarios. This episode explores the implications for marketers and the importance of human oversight in AI applications. "Making a hundred dollars is the goal" "Scaling AI is more complex than it seems" "Humans are still needed in the AI era" Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the video and its relevance t...
24 Aug 2026
Why marketers love scheduling vs. spontaneity
Send us Fan Mail Rachel Moore discusses the importance of scheduling and content calendars in marketing, emphasizing how strategic planning enhances effectiveness and coordination in marketing efforts. Join the WhatsApp community And... hang in there. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the importance of scheduling in marketing 01:56 Why timing matters in content publishing 03:45 Content calendars as a tool for coordination 07:06 Misconceptions about spontaneity in marketing 07:36 The purpose an...
17 Aug 2026
Tools of our curious trade
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Marketers Barely Managing, Rachel Moore explores the challenges and opportunities of managing marketing tools and the importance of curiosity and adaptability in the marketing profession. Join the WhatsApp community And... hang in there. Chapters 00:00 Introduction: Managing Marketing Tools and Mindset 02:15 Variety of Marketing Tools and Preferences 04:14 The Role of AI and Curiosity in Marketing 05:15 Curiosity as a Vital Trait for Marketers 06:14 Adapt...
10 Aug 2026
The one about weaponized incompetence
Send us Fan Mail Rachel Moore vents about weaponized incompetence (and if you've worked with Rachel and feel targeted, she's probably talking about you). Also why do people managers fear confrontation when that's their whole freakin' job? Join the WhatsApp community to carry on the catharsis and commiserating beyond the episode. Takeaways Repeatedly explaining the same information wastes time and resources. Weaponized incompetence is a common tactic to avoid work. Clear documentation and co...
3 Aug 2026
Why are we so bad at this?
Send us Fan Mail Rachel Moore explores the challenges marketers face when promoting themselves, sharing personal anecdotes and practical insights on self-marketing, confidence, and leveraging metrics. Come on over to commiserate on our WhatsApp community! Chapters 00:00 Introduction: Why Marketers Struggle with Self-Promotion 02:24 Rachel's Personal Experience with Conference Activation 04:51 The Paradox of Marketers' Creativity and Self-Promotion Challenges 07:33 Barriers to Self-Marketing...
27 Jul 2026
Apparently we're the only masters of scheduling
Send us Fan Mail Rachel discusses the magic of scheduling and the misconceptions around marketers being always on. It highlights the use of scheduling tools beyond marketing and the need for setting realistic response expectations. Join the WhatsApp community to carry on the catharsis and commiserating beyond the episode. Takeaways Scheduling tools are used beyond marketingRealistic response expectations are necessary Chapters 00:00 The Magic of Scheduling02:23 Misconceptions About Marketer...
26 Jul 2026
Here we go.
Send us Fan Mail Rachel Moore shares her insights on the realities of marketing, the challenges of working with non-marketers, and how to navigate the emotional landscape of the profession. This episode offers encouragement and practical advice for marketers facing everyday frustrations. 00:00 Introduction and the purpose of the podcast 02:00 Why non-marketers often misunderstand marketing 03:56 The importance of strategic thinking over emotional reactions 05:48 Managing workload and saying ...
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