6 minute business breakfast Shaun Duncan

Would you delve into the dark arts of social media marketing automation to build your business? Do you do it already? The reality is marketing automation has become something that has become so common places that most people just accept it now but the level of marketing automation varies. At a recent event I ended up speaking to someone others label as a blackhat marketer. So what could I learn by talking to someone from the dark side! In this special episode, I discuss what I learnt about marketing automation.

It's that time of year again where the weather closes in and however motivated we are about our business ideas, it can seem a struggle to stay alert. You could go to the gym but are there other alternatives. In this special episode, I tried one approach but did it work and could it work for you. I take you through a week of experiments and then round up my conclusions.

Do you know of techniques to help you stay alert? Let me know.

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How can you turn your product into a brand story that grabs people's attention on social media? The secret seems to be authenticity, finding stories around your product, playing to your strengths and avoiding using advertising language. We also hear from someone who is trying to market his peanuts business with a story as an example.

Show links:
Jeshua Douglas - Kaominuts.com Instagram: @kaomipeanuts
Twitter: @KaomiNuts

News Stories:
Employing servicepeople - https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/323015

Pop up shops -https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/28/amazon-fashion-boutique-store-from-click-to-chic

Socially conscious businesses - https://www.entrepreneurnews.co.uk/2018/11/10/this-30-year-old-quit-her-dream-job-to-boost-sustainability-across-asia/

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What size of business should you be building? Should you aim big? Should you aim for something smaller? When you listen to all the gurus they all seems to offer a different ideal to aim for but what would suit you. In this episode we can some straight forward advice. Plus in news you can use, how to remember people's names at business networking events, whether the Facebook newsfeed is still worth focusing on with your social media marketing and whether age is a problem for entrepreneurs.

Links to the news stories:
Age and entrepreneurship
https://www.ft.com/content/94719a68-9cb6-11e8-88de-49c908b1f264

Remembering names
https://www.entrepreneur.com/video/322364

Facebook marketing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46045422

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It's one of the biggest problems for all of us. We come up with a great business but then don't launch it. Sometimes we see others do it and succeed and we find ourselves kicking ourselves. So what is stopping us? What do we need to do to get ourselves to launch our business? In this episode we talk about some of the things you can do. Plus, if you would like to be a digital nomad could this firm help, the danger of fake news about your business and how cannabis sales are creating opportunities for other businesses.

Links:
Star Miller - ReachForTheStarsAndSmile.com

Fake news and business
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fake-news-spreads-more-quickly-on-twitter-than-real-news-2018-03-08?link=sfmw_tw

Cannabis story
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=1523940&playlistId=1.4149924&binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=Qa1Bv6j

- Nomad story
www.Remoteyear.com

- Jeshua Douglas
Kaominuts.com

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Is it time to think about your marketing differently? Not in some theoretical way but in the way you think about it in your head. Jeshua Douglas used to view salespeople negatively. It's something many of us do but if we feel that way about sales, it could be holding us back. This episode has one aim, to remove that in you if you are being held back. Plus news you can use with stories about wooden glasses entrepreneurs, colored teeth and living forever!

Links:
Jeshua Douglas - kaominuts.com Instagram: @kaomipeanuts Twitter: @KaomiNuts

Story Links:
https://www.retailnews.asia/vietnamese-entrepreneur-makes-glasses-with-wooden-frames/

https://nypost.com/2018/10/24/rainbow-teeth-is-2018s-weirdest-beauty-trend/

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxvzLNXbnSZZdFvpJvCRlWQKDrpk

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