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How to Overcome FEAR with Content Marketing HOPE

Our Noisy World We're living in a noisy world. We're living at gigabit speeds, a world of rapid change. Back in the '70s, we used to see between 500 to 1,500 ads per day. In 2020, we see between 5,000 and 10,000. That means messages are coming at us at a rapid speed. Our TVs…

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Top 5 Big Mistakes Big Businesses Make On LinkedIn

Today, I want to talk about the five biggest mistakes big businesses make on LinkedIn. This also applies to small businesses, and even solopreneurs. The first thing I will assume is that you have a business page on LinkedIn. The second thing I will assume is that some (if not all) of your employees have…

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Thought Leadership? You Need To Have Purpose, Passion, And A Plan

I had an interesting call with a potential client today. He was interested in extending his reach using social media. Part of the problem was that he has two different lives. He had a life as a financial advisor and a life as a musician/composer. One of the things that we had to immediately come…

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LinkedIn Is The Best Way To Follow The Bouncing Customers

Where I live, if you visit the Treasurer's Office website in the state of Illinois, they have a section for unclaimed property. You can put in your name and your business and search and see if maybe there is something of yours that's unclaimed. I can almost guarantee you, you probably have some unclaimed property…

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Why Building An Audience Is A Moving Target And What You Can Do

Realin In The Years It's been about eight years since I started my first book. Back then, I created a website called notaboutu.com. That's where I started building an audience and promoted my first book. Then I used it to promote my second, third, and fourth books. Currently, I'm working on my fifth book. Since…

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