by Matt Frary | Jul 29, 2025 | Chief Of Chaos, Adventures in Growth, Brand, Brand Building, Digital Marketing, Growth as a Service
Chaos to Grow Turning strategic chaos into scalable growth “Out of chaos, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony.” — Sun Tzu If you’re building something that matters, you’re in chaos. Rapid hiring. Broken funnels. Slack on fire. Too many tools. Not enough...
by Matt Frary | Jul 18, 2025 | Brand Building, Growth as a Service, Stillness in the Feed
The health of the founder sets the rhythm for the health of the company. For years, I thought wellness was a personal matter — something to manage on the side while you pursued your real work. But the longer I’ve been building Chief of Chaos, the more I’ve realized:...
by Matt Frary | Jul 15, 2025 | Adventures in Growth, Affiliate Management, Brand, Brand Building, Growth as a Service
Last week, we talked about Zombie Affiliate Programs—those undead channels limping along with no strategy, no partner engagement, and no growth. This week, we go deeper: Where do these zombies come from? And why don’t brands realize they’re raising the dead—until it’s...
by Matt Frary | Jul 4, 2025 | Adventures in Growth, Brand, Brand Building, Digital Marketing, Growth as a Service, Stillness in the Feed
Brand building and self discovery aren’t separate journeys. They’re the same road, just different mirrors. When we launched Chief of Chaos, we didn’t start with a perfectly polished brand. We started with a pulse. A few clear values. A desire to do things...
by Matt Frary | Jun 28, 2025 | Adventures in Growth, Digital Marketing, Growth as a Service, Stillness in the Feed
You can be busy all day and still feel like nothing important happened. Before starting Chief of Chaos, I spent years in solution sales—working with and inside Fortune 500 organizations. From the outside, it looked like high performance. Calendars packed. KPIs...
by Matt Frary | Jun 20, 2025 | Conversations Around AI, Growth as a Service, Stillness in the Feed
Most people ask what AI can do.I start by asking what I want to do—and where I want support. When the latest wave of AI hype hit, I felt the familiar startup pressure: act fast, integrate tools, automate everything. The feed was full of “top 10 prompts” and “AI will...
