About Clay Pigeon Communications

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Experienced

Zach has been writing on behalf of professionals for more than a decade. He has edited dozens of books, including two for Wade Pfau, in addition to editing for Ron Carson, Jamie Hopkins, and Bob French. He has written hundreds of articles for advisors and had his writing published everywhere from Kitces.com to MSNBC to Investment News.

Award-winning

During his time as a journalist, Zach received multiple awards for excellence in writing from the Nebraska Press Association.

Authentically Human Writing

We do not use AI to create anything. In our writing, in our research—the quality just isn’t there. We create content that connects human advisors with human clients. You can’t connect authentically and scale at the same time. It just doesn’t work. Believe us, we’ve tried. We may be doing it wrong (we’ve been told as much by many people on LinkedIn), but in the end, any time saved by leveraging AI results in a lower quality product. That’s not a trade-off we’re willing to make.

Everything we write is either created directly by Zach or in close collaboration with him.

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But what about the important stuff?

Best book I’ve read lately:

I Cheerfully Refuse, by Leif Enger

Best book about business I’ve read lately:

Simple Marketing for Smart People, by Billy Broas

Favorite album at the moment:

“As Long as I Am in the Tent of This Body, I Will Make a Joyful Noise, Part 1” by John Van Deusen

Best new movie I’ve seen recently:

American Fiction

Favorite restaurant in Omaha:

Block 16

Best concert I’ve ever seen:

The Toadies, on the “Hell Below, Stars Above” tour

Best book in the Narnia series:

I’m partial to Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Clay Pigeon was started by Zach McDonald in the spring of 2024. Before starting Clay Pigeon, Zach helped lead some of the financial industry’s top marketing agencies and led the content marketing team at Carson Group, a national RIA that manages more than $40 billion.