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  • We Did Not Herd Cattle Together

    We Did Not Herd Cattle Together

    A small research note on cold outreach. With data. And a French expression A few weeks ago, I posted a rant on LinkedIn about cold outreach emails: the kind that start with “Hi Isabelle,” as if we were old friends, go on for three paragraphs of self-congratulation, and end with an exclamation mark.  The rant…

  • The Email at the Till

    The Email at the Till

    What a simple request for a digital receipt reveals about marketing, data, and consent I am not, by nature, a shopper. The word itself – with its implications of browsing without purpose and surrendering myself to the controlled chaos of retail – makes me slightly queasy. I am an introvert in the truest sense, and…