Daily Lab: Don’t try to convince
Marketing gets into trouble when it tries to convince people of things. When it papers over flaws or embellishes facts.
Daily Lab: This is all strategy is
Strategy is simply the structure to work efficiently to get what you want.
Daily Lab: Focus exercise
A quick exercise to hone your marketing focus on your most valuable actions and clients:
Daily Lab: What do you want?
That’s the only hard question.
Daily Lab: Say it to someone
It’s a little silly to make such a basic point, but groups don’t really buy things—people do.
Framework: Fill-in-the-Blanks Content Writing
We’re going to jump past all the theory and do a content writing fill-in-the-blanks exercise.
Daily Lab: Do less, demonstrate more
If you do too much, you’ll never be able to effectively demonstrate it all.
Daily Lab: Progress breeds patience
Marketing is a lot easier, a lot more fun, and a lot less stressful when you’re patient.
Model: News, Nope, (K)Nowledge
There’s so much you can write down before you start writing, all of which gives you the structure to hang your ideas on—the frameworks with which to build out your content and communication.
Video: Marketing Message Maker
In this month's video, Leah walks you through the Marketing Message Maker framework and demonstrates the utility of the "Always Know What to Say" mental model.
Commentary: Always Know What to Say
Welcome to the background commentary and recommended reading for the “Always Know What to Say” mental model and the “Making Marketing Messages” framework exercise.
Framework: Marketing Message Maker
Today, we’re going to combine a little bit of science with a little bit of art to help you figure out what to say when you’re asked what you do.