Dennis Yu

Stop Chasing Technical Unicorns and Build Relationships

People who don’t know their stuff hide behind a mountain of technical details, equipment, and confusing jargon.

  • High-performing videos are not about how much fancy camera gear you have.
  • Profitable SEO is not about your technical voodoo and tools.
  • Killer PPC campaigns are not because of your esoteric wizardry in farming a million keyword log files or complex bidding and targeting.

I know only one way to generate results.

And I’ve used the same approach for 30 years– expertise and relationships.

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Build relationships

With Kasim Aslam, filmed on an iPhone, one minute of Google Ads advice will beat any other pundit in a million-dollar video studio full of RED cameras.

One social media post by Darryl Isaacs talking about how the doctor said he’d never walk again will beat an army of social media consultants with the latest tools, peddling the latest algorithm changes.

Justen Martin on Zoom sharing how he sold 500 homes in a year in Colorado will beat an office full of engineers trying to build a new content management system to help drive new buyer leads.

With a single rusty five iron from Goodwill, Tiger Woods will easily beat me, even if I have a complete set of Titleist clubs.

It’s not the shoes like Mars Blackmon, but how well you play the game.

Whenever you feel bamboozled by technical mumbo-jumbo, hit the STOP button and look at the business strategy and stats.

How many leads and how much revenue are you driving– and is your team accountable to business metrics instead of chasing technical unicorns?

Some techno-consultant who shall remain nameless said ridiculous things, which inspired this post.


Dennis Yu

Dennis Yu is co-author of the #1 best selling book on Amazon in social media, The Definitive Guide to TikTok Ads. He has spent a billion dollars on Facebook ads across his agencies and agencies he advises. Mr. Yu is the "million jobs" guy-- on a mission to create one million jobs via hands-on social media training, partnering with universities and professional organizations. You can find him quoted in major publications and on television such as CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR, and LA Times. Clients have included Nike, Red Bull, the Golden State Warriors, Ashley Furniture, Quiznos-- down to local service businesses like real estate agents and dentists. He's spoken at over 750 conferences in 20 countries, having flown over 6 million miles in the last 30 years to train up young adults and business owners. He speaks for free as long as the organization believes in the job-creation mission and covers business class travel. You can find him hiking tall mountains, eating chicken wings, and taking Kaqun oxygen baths-- likely in a city near you.

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