THE SPIN

Essays and articles on marketing decisions, business context, and growth

Written for founders, CEOs, and executive leaders responsible for marketing investment and long-term business growth

Marketing decisions get reopened as priorities, providers, teams, and conditions change. The Spin examines what helps marketing direction hold so investment builds rather than resets.

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Essays explore marketing decisions, positioning, sequencing, and execution.
Articles examine how marketing works across industries, growth stages, transition moments, and commercial conditions.

Topics in this archive

  • Marketing Strategy
  • Marketing Decision Making
  • Marketing Governance
  • Brand Positioning
  • Marketing Systems
  • Founder Leadership
  • Business Transition Points
  • Organizational Alignment
  • Marketing Modernization

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Essays establishing the core ideas behind Mindspin approach to marketing architecture.

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Articles focused on industries, transition moments, and recurring business challenges will be added as they are published.

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About the author

Founder and CEO, Mindspin Studio, Marketing Architecture Agency.

Tanja Groos

Founder, Mindspin® Studio
Creator of Mindspin® Cortex™

Marketing strategist and designer with more than 20 years of corporate and digital design experience, focused on clarity, sequencing, decision continuity, and how business context shapes what good marketing requires.

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