One hour. 60 minutes. 3600 seconds. That's one session at the gym. That is one TV show (with loads of ads). That's one massage session – and not nearly enough! You can't really do that much in an hour. Do you sell your time? Whether as a consultant, trainer, masseuse, teacher or whatever. Does it all work out? Do you buy an hour from someone? How much do you get out of that hour? For a long time people have sold their time. When you get paid overtime you are getting paid by the hour. You get an x amount for your usual hours and y per hour above and beyond that. And if you have an … [Read more...]
Content Marketing: Give, Give and Give Some More!
My previous blog post on content marketing got a really good reaction. Most people seem to prefer the idea of attracting people than pushing things on to them. Personally, I love this development, because this is what marketing is really about. Anticipating and satisfying people's needs in such a way that is profitable to you. Content marketing is also something most of us are already doing, whether we realise it or not. Most of us actually do a lot of it. Do you have a Facebook page? Are you on Twitter? And perhaps on other social media? Do you blog? Have a mailing list? Etc. etc. These … [Read more...]
