MIA Newsletter, Academy, Jobs & Consulting with James Praise

Put marketing into action, not just theory.

Marketing In Action is everything you need to put marketing into action—from newsletters and podcasts to events, applied learning, jobs, and advisory support, every layer is designed to help marketers and founders move from ideas to execution, and from execution to outcomes.

How to work with Marketing In Action

Marketing In Action is led by practitioners and operators focused on building, executing, and compounding real go to market work.

There are a few clear ways to engage with the ecosystem, depending on what you’re trying to achieve right now.

Start with the MIA Newsletter

The MIA Newsletter is the entry point into the ecosystem. Execution first insights, frameworks, templates, and GTM thinking you can apply immediately.

Read The Newsletter →

Join the Community

The community is where execution happens in public. Ask questions, share work, get feedback, and learn from peers doing the work.

Join The Community →

Learn through the MIA Academy

Structured, hands on execution. Programs focus on product marketing, growth, GTM, and AI for modern marketers.

Explore The Academy →

Attend Events

Small, focused virtual and in person events designed to deepen trust and connect people doing similar work.

Attend Events →

Hire or Get Hired

MIA Jobs connects companies and marketers through execution, not resumes alone. Proof of work, community participation, and modern GTM.

Explore Jobs →

Work with MIA

Advisory, execution support, and fractional leadership for teams that need clarity and momentum.

Work With MIA →

Partner With MIA

A small number of partners and sponsors each year across the newsletter, podcast, events, and ecosystem collaborations.

Partner With MIA →

About MIA & James Praise

James Praise is the founder of Marketing In Action.

James Praise, founder of Marketing In Action

Hi, I’m James. I’m a Product and Growth Marketing consultant with over eight years of experience helping startups launch, scale, and grow with clarity and execution. I’ve worked with more than 20 companies across the US, Africa, and Europe, leading go to market strategy, customer acquisition, and demand generation for bootstrapped, seed, and Series A teams across B2B, SaaS, Fintech, EdTech, and Martech.

I’ve been a founding marketer multiple times, building marketing functions, teams and systems from the ground up at Reform, FunnelEnvy, Bujeti, Distrobird, and Cecure Intelligence, while also mentoring founders through programs such as SBC Afritech and PAADC.

I’ve published more than 50 playbooks, templates, and practical breakdowns across product marketing, growth marketing, GTM engineering, AI, strategy, content, lifecycle, demand generation, and product led growth. Everything I share is rooted in real execution, not theory.

At the end of the day, my work is about one thing: turning random acts of marketing into structured growth systems, so teams can scale with confidence and context.