This is what you say when your friends hit you up for free consulting. After all, you’re a social media marketing pro, and social media is free– so your help is free, too, right? You and I spend all day long just hanging out on Twitter and Facebook doing teenager-type stuff– not anything important. So […]
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If you want to get a blue check mark here on Facebook, don’t pay for it. That person trying to sell this to you will likely get banned, as will you. I get hundreds of random requests for this and I decline every single one– not just because it’s wrong or would burn me, but
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You know that anything based upon mere MOTIVATION will fail. You might start out strong, but motivation can’t last forever, no matter how much Gary and Tony you consume– or how hard you try. What’s different this time is that you’ve learned from the past– and now you’re about SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS of people— your team,
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“No, you cannot pick my brain for free,” is what I told him. You wouldn’t ask a restaurant owner to give you free meals or a doctor to give you free surgery. But somehow in marketing, especially digital, charging for your expertise is rude. Sure, give them a minute (make sure it’s actually just a
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Do you feel as though you’re working tirelessly with little to no progress being made? You want to succeed so badly, but it’s very difficult if you’re relying upon your own knowledge and your own network. Luckily, there’s another person who wants to see you succeed, and who can help you grow and realize more
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My boss constantly chases me down, wondering where I am or what I’m doing. But that’s because I’m not motivated– and once I get a raise, I then might consider starting to work again. I complain that I don’t know what’s going on in the company, but I’m also not around to listen and don’t
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I’ve changed my mind. I’ve decided that I’m an INFLUENCER after all. By working on ad campaigns, I INFLUENCE the client’s leads and sales. By being on top of business communication– 900 emails a day– I INFLUENCE our projects getting done and INFLUENCE stuff not falling through the cracks. In fact, the harder I work,
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What we’ve seen work well with other clients when there are approval bottlenecks is one of both of the following: * Auto-approval after 72 hours if the approver doesn’t respond. Then we don’t have to go back and forth or waste time chasing while being held up. * Batching up content/copy– send a folder once
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A little interruption may not seem like a problem, but the time sunk into getting back up to your “cruise altitude” is a huge loss of productivity. You may not think that a minute here, or there, is a problem, but when you have to reset and find your bearings again you lose focus, energy,
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