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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 Your Gray Hair Is Your Biggest Competitive Advantage In The AI Era

Why Your Gray Hair Is Your Biggest Competitive Advantage In The AI Era

Think a twenty-two-year-old with a chatbot is going to steal your consulting business? Discover why decades of expensive mistakes are your greatest weapon against AI ...more

Strategic Marketing ,Marketing News Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

March 18, 20267 min read

Why Your Expertise Is Actually Killing Your Service Business—Made To Stick By Chip and Dan Heath Summary

Why Your Expertise Is Actually Killing Your Service Business—Made To Stick By Chip and Dan Heath Summary

Discover why your deep industry knowledge is secretly destroying your marketing. Learn how to overcome the Curse of Knowledge and finally get clients to listen ...more

Strategic Marketing ,Marketing News &Small Business Growth

March 15, 20269 min read

Contagious Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger Summary

Contagious Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger Summary

Stop chasing expensive influencers and start creating contagious content. Discover the six psychological secrets that make marketing go viral in this book summary ...more

Content Marketing ,Small Business Growth &Badass Business Book Club

March 08, 20268 min read

Why Your Marketing Plan Is Stuck In A Group Chat

Why Your Marketing Plan Is Stuck In A Group Chat

Discover why your brilliant marketing ideas never actually get published and learn how to build a workstream engine that turns good intentions into real clients ...more

Strategic Marketing ,Small Business Growth

March 06, 20269 min read

Why The Grok AI Scandal Changes Everything For Small Business

Why The Grok AI Scandal Changes Everything For Small Business

Governments are finally cracking down on artificial intelligence platforms. Discover why this matters for your small business marketing strategy ...more

Marketing News ,Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

March 05, 20267 min read

Why AI Chatbots Lie To Global Small Business Owners

Why AI Chatbots Lie To Global Small Business Owners

Artificial intelligence tools give false and condescending answers based on your background. Discover why this matters for your small business marketing ...more

Marketing News ,Small Business Growth &Artificial Intelligence

March 04, 20267 min read

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