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.
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Model: Always Know What to Say
All the social media posts, paid ads, press releases, and website redesigns in the world won’t get you profitable customers if you’re not talking to the right person, about the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, in the right place.
Video: Small Actions, Big Planner
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.
The Family Knife is now Kelford Inc.
For the past five and a half years we've been The Family Knife. But we've also been something else. It's something one of our favourite clients told us this summer: "You're not The Family Knife," she said, temporarily breaking our
Exercise: Small Actions Big Planner
This exercise will help you break big projects into simple tasks that you’ll want to do, instead of overwhelming ourselves into procrastination.
Concepts and Quotes: One Big Day
Last week was a fairly short piece on the “One Big Day” problem, with no quotes or external references. Today, here’s a dive into some of the ideas, models, and quotes that informed my thinking.
One Big Day
Whether it’s simple procrastination or the insidiously banal interruptions of the work day, sometimes, we just don’t pace ourselves like we should. Instead, we kick the can down the road, gearing up for what I like to call “One Big Day.”
It’s all about Joyful Structure. No, wait, I mean Structured Joy.
Structured Joy and Joyful Structure are two complementary approaches to having a successful and satisfying working (and marketing!) life.
Money-Making Marketing in 5 Steps
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.
What’s your bicycle of the mind?
Marketing cannot save a company, nor can it make one.
Spinning Your Marketing Wheels
You know the expression: “All roads lead to Rome.” There are lots of ways to get to the same place. It applies to marketing. There are a lot of ways to do marketing, and an awful lot of them will work.
Telling is repelling, proving is moving
If I have to tell you something, you unconsciously assume there’s a reason I can’t show you.
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