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Cirsium

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7. Leaning on big-name surrogates

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:08 PM

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Leaning on big-name surrogates may not be the best strategy. That, and celebrity endorsements may or may not get out the base, but other than that can be a liability in my opinion and backfire.

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