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Bob Hoffman
Nov 8, 2021

Question everything, including this

THE AD CONTRARIAN: Assumptions must always be challenged if we are to have confidence that we actually know anything, but an evidence-based approach is all too rare in marketing.

If this guy's hypotheses have had to stand up to testing, shouldn't yours? (Shutterstock)

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