Why Cutting Your Marketing Budget Might be the Most Costly Decision You Make this Year.
Smart Brands Double Down on Marketing During a Downturn Guess which business has been advertising... When the economy tightens, the first instinct for many business owners is to pull back on marketing. Budgets shrink, ad campaigns pause, and creative projects get postponed “until things improve.” But history and data tell a very different story: the companies that maintain or increase their marketing presence during a downturn don’t just survive; they leapfrog their competitors once recovery begins. Now, as many industries wade through the mostly bad weather of the 2025-2026 economy, this is the time to play contrarian and win. Remember: marketing is often more costly than the actual product or service a business sells for a reason - it is just a constant arms race against the competition to stay front-and-center before your consumer base to capture as many sale conversions as possible. To succeed at this game (the only game it has ever really been - getting noticed first , an...