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.
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.
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.
Welcome to the background commentary and recommended reading for the “Always Know What to Say” mental model and the “Making Marketing Messages” framework exercise.
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.
Welcome to our first video! Each month(ish), we'll be turning one of our mental models—for demonstrating your value at a distance—into a framework you can use and apply. And then we'll create a video walking you through the procedure for using the framework.
This exercise will help you break big projects into simple tasks that you’ll want to do, instead of overwhelming ourselves into procrastination.
The reason your marketing is struggling is not because you don’t know what to do. It’s not struggling because you don’t know what to say. It’s struggling because you hate it.
When I work with the leaders of marketing teams, I’ll often hear that their job has slowly mutated into mere oversight.
According to Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan in The Gap and the Gain, the British Olympic rowing team had a simple secret to their success at the 2000 Sydney games. “They developed a one-question filtering response to every single decision they made."
Your marketing needs a “do not pass go” strategy. You need an order of operations to know what to check, and in what order, to make sure you’re doing the right things.
I thought the best way I could be helpful to you today is to just make your marketing a little easier. A little bit less stressful or overwhelming, so you can focus on other things.
Your marketing position is a core part of the structure of your strategy, and of your business. In short, it’s the answer to these five questions: