517: 12 Ways to Get Quick Wins from the Simplest Marketing Plan

If you bristle at the idea of “pitching” your services to your ideal clients, this episode might change your mind. In today’s episode, I’m talking with ghostwriter, Liz Heflin, who used to get all her work through word of mouth, until she realized that the pipeline could dry up at any moment and she didn’t want to be left high and dry. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

If you ever wonder how people "get" a new client from LinkedIn, today’s episode is for you. Case study copywriter, Leslie Blaize, also a member of the Simplest Marketing Program, shares how she landed two clients through her LinkedIn newsletter. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

I hosted LinkedIn trainer, Beth Granger, and peppered her with questions about LinkedIn, the new and exciting things, as well as the frustrating and annoying things.  And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

When you’re self employed, your business is you. So it must reflect you. But what exactly does that mean? Maegan Megginson, of Deeply Rested, has evolved her business into one that not only reflects her main purpose, but also seeks to help business owners do that too. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

Who really has the power: you or your client? If you think they do, today’s episode is for you. I talked with executive coach and author, Melody Wilding, whose new book, Managing Up, is just out. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

If it’s time to stop giving away your most valuable resource – your thinking – and finally get paid for it, this episode is for you. Kristina Unker, owner of Ma’am, a brand strategy firm focused on the hospitality sector, shared her POV on strategy: What is it? How do you do it? How she learned it. And whether AI can do it. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

Against a backdrop of uncertainty, Jonathan Cleveland, founder of Cleveland Design and author of Designing for the Greater Good: The Best of Cause Marketing and Nonprofit Design, shares the key to his success, why he has no interest in retainer clients and how he’s handling slashed funding for non profits. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

If you’ve been wanting to productize your creative service, learn how brand strategist and designer, Lidia Varesco Racoma, chose her niche and turned her resources into a product called, The Essential Nonprofit Branding Toolkit. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

If you want quick wins to kick off the new year, today’s episode is for you! Find out what a quick win really is and where to focus in order to make them more likely. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.

We’re wrapping up 2024 and ringing in 2025 with a conversation about time and patience and AI too, of course, with my old friend and self-proclaimed introverted IT geek,  Alan Seiden. And if you like what you hear, we’d love it if you write a review, subscribe here and sign up for Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.