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What if I told you that Coca-Cola's billions in advertising aren't about convincing you to love their brand more-they're just trying to stay visible when you're thirsty? That customer loyalty programs might be wasting your money? That the most profitable customers aren't your devoted superfans, but people who barely think about you? For decades, marketers have built careers on myths: differentiate or die, create emotional bonds, target your niche, nurture loyalty. Then Byron Sharp arrived with data from thousands of brands across dozens of countries, and the evidence was devastating. Big brands don't succeed because they're more loved-they simply have more buyers. Growth doesn't come from deepening relationships with existing customers-it comes from reaching people who barely know you exist. This isn't theory. It's pattern after pattern, replicated across industries and continents, revealing how markets actually work versus how we've been taught they should work.