The stress of authenticity and other reasons social media is exhausting
social media is exhausting By Brooke Sellas, {grow} Contributing Columnist I teach a class at Baruch College in NYC on consumer behavior. We talk a lot about personalization, customization, and...
View ArticleSix steps to increase your app conversion rate
Kiki Schirr, {grow} Contributing Columnist App marketing is a difficult job. Your goal is higher downloads and app conversion rate in a crowded space with strict marketplace rules. Often the people...
View ArticleLearn to say no and focus on your three critical business drivers
By Mark Schaefer The other day a friend offered to post my content as a marketing column in his regional lifestyle magazine. It would require almost no work on my side and potentially expose me to a...
View ArticleThe raw truth about “I work harder than you”
By Brooke B. Sellas, {grow} Contributing Columnist “I work harder than you.” Those five words are devastatingly destructive. I had this terrible fight with a good friend about a year ago. She...
View ArticleToo many messaging systems creates personal confusion
By Mark Schaefer Over the past three weeks, I’ve unintentionally disappointed three different individuals because I missed an appointment. I am a very reliable person so this upsets me and I wanted to...
View ArticleBeware The Planning Fallacy (And Other Time Management Tips)
By Brooke B. Sellas, {grow} Contributing Columnist Even though “planning fallacy” sounds like a ten-dollar SAT word that doesn’t affect you, I bet it does. When it comes to time management, most of us...
View ArticleWhere would I spend my marketing time … If I had more time?
By Mark Schaefer I’ve never met a marketing professional who said “I just have too much time!” So I wondered … if you HAD more time to work on marketing, what would you do with it? What are the...
View ArticleIn the pandemic, I see a small circle of light
I was on a live discussion with Author/Philosopher Tom Morris last week and he noted that the first definition of “corona” in the dictionary is, “a small circle of light.” While I am certainly not in...
View ArticleSeven daily habits to make you a more consistent content creator
I’ve written more than 3,000 blog posts. Hosted nine years of Marketing Companion episodes. And I’ve written nine popular books (well … eight out of nine!). I have been one consistent content creator!...
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