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About Vicky Sidler

Marketing News Reporter & Industry Journalist

Vicky Sidler StoryBrand Certified Guide

Vicky Sidler is an experienced marketing industry journalist and strategist with more than 15 years in journalism, content strategy, and digital marketing. As a Marketing News Reporter for Strategic Marketing Tribe, she covers breaking developments, trends, and insights that shape the marketing world—from AI in advertising to the latest in customer experience strategy.

Vicky is an award-winning StoryBrand Certified Guide and Duct Tape Marketing Certified Strategist, combining two of the most effective marketing frameworks to help small businesses simplify their message and build marketing systems that work. Her journalism background ensures every piece she writes is fact-checked, insightful, and practical.

Her articles regularly analyze key marketing trends, platform updates, and case studies—offering small business owners, marketers, and industry professionals clear, actionable takeaways. She specializes in topics such as:

  • Digital marketing strategy

  • Content marketing and brand storytelling

  • Marketing technology and automation

  • AI’s impact on marketing

  • StoryBrand and Duct Tape Marketing best practices

Education & Credentials

  • BA in Journalism & English, University of Johannesburg

  • StoryBrand Certified Guide

  • StoryBrand Certified Coach

  • Duct Tape Marketing Certified Strategist

  • Over 20 years in journalism and marketing communications

  • Founder & CEO of Strategic Marketing Tribe

  • Winner of 50Pros Top 10 Global Leader award

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Recent Work

Why ChatGPT Is Literally Boiling Your StoryBrand Brain

Why ChatGPT Is Literally Boiling Your StoryBrand Brain

A terrifying new study proves that relying on AI destroys your cognitive persistence. Discover why building a StoryBrand requires undeniable, un-automated human effort ...more

Strategic Marketing ,StoryBrand Marketing News Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

April 28, 20268 min read

South Africa's AI Policy Was Written By AI (And Why Your Brand Can't Hide It Either)

South Africa's AI Policy Was Written By AI (And Why Your Brand Can't Hide It Either)

The South African government just released a sweeping national AI policy filled with hallucinated, fake citations. Discover why outsourcing your brain to a robot destroys your brand trust ...more

Strategic Marketing ,StoryBrand Marketing News Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

April 27, 20268 min read

Why The CEO Of OpenAI Can't Stop Lying To You

Why The CEO Of OpenAI Can't Stop Lying To You

A massive New Yorker expose reveals the terrifying deception at the heart of OpenAI. Discover why relying on a hallucinating chatbot will destroy your brand trust ...more

Strategic Marketing ,StoryBrand Marketing News Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

April 25, 20268 min read

Why AI Calling Your Local Pub Is A Marketing Nightmare

Why AI Calling Your Local Pub Is A Marketing Nightmare

A man just used a highly deceptive AI voice to call 3,000 Irish pubs. Discover why the normalization of deepfake customer service is destroying brand trust ...more

Strategic Marketing ,Marketing News Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

April 24, 20267 min read

Why Anthropic's "Undercover AI" Is A StoryBrand Nightmare

Why Anthropic's "Undercover AI" Is A StoryBrand Nightmare

A massive source code leak reveals Anthropic is building AI agents designed to secretly lie about being human. Discover why deceptive tech will destroy your brand trust ...more

Strategic Marketing ,Marketing News Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

April 22, 20268 min read

Can We Please Stop Putting AI In Everything?

Can We Please Stop Putting AI In Everything?

From smart cars that won't open the windows to refrigerators that refuse to talk to you, discover why the tech industry's obsession with AI is actively ruining products ...more

Strategic Marketing ,Marketing News Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

April 20, 20269 min read

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