Welcome to CEO Medium’s hub for marketing, brand, and PR. This is where we collect the strategies, playbooks, and stories we publish for founders and executives who need to get noticed.
Great products don’t sell themselves. Announcing a launch, building a brand from nothing, reaching more customers online: the fundamentals of marketing and PR are what separate the best-kept secret in your industry from the name everyone knows. This hub gathers our most useful coverage, from press release guides and PR distribution services to branding playbooks and digital marketing strategy.
It’s for founders, marketers, and executives alike, from startups with no marketing budget to growing companies ready to invest in brand. Start with the featured reads below, then keep exploring our Marketing coverage. New strategies and stories land every week.
Start here: featured reads
- Free Press Release: The Best Free Options and Templates for Small Businesses in 2026: Kenji Okada rounds up the best free press release options and templates for small businesses. A zero-budget way to start earning media coverage.
- 5 Cheapest And Most Affordable Press Release Distribution Services in 2026: Daniel Hayes compares the most affordable press release distribution services in 2026, so you can get your news in front of journalists without overspending.
- Hosting Events: How Businesses Create Community: Maya Reed on how businesses use events to build real community around a brand, and why community is the most durable marketing asset.
- Strategies to Improve Website Performance and Reach More Customers: Victoria Wilson on the website fundamentals that turn visitors into customers: speed, clarity, and smart optimization.
- 6 Simple Marketing Ideas for Senior Entrepreneurs: Daniel Hayes shares six simple, practical marketing ideas for senior entrepreneurs building businesses later in life.
- How to Build a Global Marketing Strategy: Maya Reed on what it takes to build a marketing strategy that works across borders, cultures, and markets.
- Why Smart CEO’s Are Hiring Fractional CMO’s: Amara Collins explores why more CEOs are hiring fractional CMOs, with insights from fractional CMO Jay Vics on getting senior marketing leadership without the full-time hire.
- Learning From Businesses Doing Instagram Right: Daniel Hayes breaks down what businesses doing Instagram well have in common, and what you can borrow for your own brand.