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The perfectly valid reason it's hard to do your own marketing
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It’s not that you don’t have the time or energy to do your marketing, Reader But that time and energy feel so precious, it feels scary to use it. You tell yourself that you should send that email, post that Reel, or create that lead magnet.... ...while simultaneously worrying that it's not the right thing to work on, it’s a waste of time, and nobody wants your marketing content (their inboxes are already crowded). When you’re trapped in that ‘I need to do this, but what’s the point’ stalemate, get yourself moving with these three questions:
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Sometimes my job involves pissing my clients off, Reader The conversation (via Zoom, Voxer, or text) goes like this.... Client: I need to build my email list, but I don't want to run Facebook Ads Or Client: I want to get more people into my membership, but my last doors open/closed launch cycle flopped, and I don't want to do it again Or Client: I know I need to be marketing my business, but I hate creating content for social media. Or some other variation of: I need this outcome, but I...
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