October 20

Episode 97: Social Media with Marc Apple Founder of Forward Push

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Get back your personal and professional time by letting us do what we’ve spent years learning and perfecting. – Forward Push

Marc Apple’s Biography

As a kid, taking drum lessons from the same teacher who taught Bruce Springsteen’s longtime drummer was pretty cool.

It also set me on the path to running the nationally recognized, award-winning digital marketing full-service marketing agency, Forward Push.

Beyond the beats, what I learned at that drum set is that if you want to produce your best work, you need to surround yourself with top talent.

Forward Push is the go-to creative marketing choice of clients both locally and nationally because I’ve built a talented team of digital strategists, technical experts, and creative minds.

I guide this diverse team using the real-world experience I gained working in the fast-paced marketing departments of some of the country’s biggest communications companies, like CBS Radio and IHeartMedia.

Forward Push specializes in inbound marketing for some of the most challenging, regulated industries like legal, healthcare, and financial services, as well as other small to midsize local businesses.

Every Forward Push client gets the benefit of a customized marketing plan using the right mix of platforms based on comprehensive research, strategic planning, budget, and business development goals.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn…

In today’s episode, Mike talks with Marc about how Forward Push uses traditional and digital marketing to inspire measurable brand loyalty and drive sales.

  • Is LinkedIn social media? If yes, how do I keep it not only social but also professional?
  • What should I post?
  • How often should I post?

Links & Resources Mentioned…

 

Read The Transcript

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- Welcome back to the Get
Unstuck and On Target podcast.

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I'm Mike O'Neill with Bench
Builders and we help growing

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companies, especially manufacturers,

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improve their people process
and planning systems,

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so, they can scale smarter and faster.

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Joining me today is Marc Apple.

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Marc is the founder of Forward Push,

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an inbound marketing agency
that uses traditional

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and digital advertising,

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branding and social media outlets

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to inspire measurable brand
loyalty and drive sales.

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I met Marc on LinkedIn and I
immediately noticed something

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different about his post
and it's that difference

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that I'd like to explore
today. Welcome, Marc.

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- Thank you Mike. Good to see you.

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Appreciate that. Thank you.

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- Marc, we've had a
chance to chat prior to us

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scheduling the recording of
this podcast, and as you know,

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these are not scripted conversations,

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but I would love to learn a
little more about your company

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and Forward Push,

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and particularly, what led
to the name Forward Push,

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and let's start with
that. Why Forward Push?

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- Sure, sure.

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And that is an interesting story.

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So, I worked at a former
agency before I started Push,

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Forward Push about 13 some odd years ago.

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And when I left I wasn't really
sure what I was going to do.

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I didn't really have a
plan to start Forward Push,

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but I knew that I needed to
do something at that time,

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including leaving where I was.

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And I left and did some soul searching.

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And during that time period,

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one of my former clients
called me and they said that

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they were looking for a
new agency to work with.

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Did I happen to know anyone?

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And I said,

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you know what,

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I'm kind of kicking around the idea

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that I might start something.

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What do you think of that?

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And I had a good relationship
with the marketing manager

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there to have that type of conversation.

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And she said, you know what,

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we would love to work with you again.

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And I was like,

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that's great. You know,
I'm thinking of calling it,

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and I'm kind of going off
the cuff here as I'm talking

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to her and putting all these
things that I've been thinking

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about for months in my
head. And I said to her,

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I think, I'm gonna call it Push Forward,

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what do you think of that? And she said,

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you know what? I don't like that.

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I think, you should call it Forward Push.

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And as she was saying it,

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I started typing into
GoDaddy to buy the domain,

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figuring someone has to have Forward Push.

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No one did, immediately bought
it. By the end of that day,

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I had already talked to
the state and turned in my,

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you know, to get everything
taken care of with the state

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and get my taxes all in order.

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And that is how the name
for Forward Push came about.

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And actually how I started the agency,

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it was somewhat on a whim,
but also well planned.

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- Well, I love the fact that
the name came from a client.

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You know, Marc, I have the opportunity

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to speak with a lot of digital
marketers, and quite frankly,

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I work real hard to try

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to understand what differentiates them.

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And so, when you get asked that question,

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what differentiates Forward Push?

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- Oh yeah, a couple things.

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So, one is my personal
background and the people

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on the team.

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The majority of us came from working

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at Fortune 500 companies.

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So, my background is working
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departments for Clear Channel Radio, CBS,

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Starbucks and the other
members on the team have

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the same type of background.

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And we love taking what we learned there,

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the positives and the negatives,

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and applying that now to
the clients we work with.

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The second thing that I
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different is that we love
spending time with our clients

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and helping them understand how
does digital marketing work?

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Because I will often tell
a client in a meeting,

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a great meeting with them
where we've explained

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how everything works,

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whether that's Google, Facebook,
LinkedIn, whatever it is.

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And I'll usually end the
meeting and let them know that,

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everything I just told them could be a lie

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because there is some kid in
the Stanford dorm right now

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that is about to change all of our world.

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- Hmm.

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- And that is the biggest
thing in my industry is that

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it is a chess game. Everything
is constantly moving.

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It's not an industry

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where if Google decides
today or Facebook decides,

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or LinkedIn decides to
change the algorithm.

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They're typically isn't
a press release on it.

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There is no hello marketers,

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we wanna let you know today
you should tell your clients

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to only post three times, not five times.

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What happens,

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a bunch of marketing
people start to figure out,

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hmm, nothing's not working.

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I'm not getting that engagement anymore.

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I'm not getting that
reach. We're not ranking.

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And then, all of a sudden
people start to figure out,

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well, they must have
made an algorithm change.

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And then, typically these big
companies that are running

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the Internets, the Facebooks of the world,

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the Google of the worlds,
the LinkedIns of the world,

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the Amazons,

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they'll sort of give a hint

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or maybe they will officially say,

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oh yeah, we made an update.

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So, that is the big thing in this industry

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and where we really try to
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this is really, and I said
this before, is a chess game.

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There are so many moving pieces,

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and if you're not thinking
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you will lose this game.

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And it's a big game for
a lot of our clients.

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- You know, it's a big game that

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we are all learning because
it's changing so constantly.

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Marc, I mentioned that one reason

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I wanted to bring you on the podcast is

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when I began reading your post,

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I saw something different.

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And you know,

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I opened by asking what differentiates

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Forward Push from others.

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But what I just saw in your post is

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I didn't at that point know Marc,

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but after reading a post
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I knew more about Marc and
I had the good opportunity

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to meet you in person,

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and I began to associate
these differences.

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Can we talk about a little
bit, is that intentional?

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Are you a post intentionally?

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Kind of tell us more about who Marc is.

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- Oh, a hundred percent,
a hundred percent.

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I am Marc and I am also
marketing. That is what I do.

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And when I'm promoting that on LinkedIn,

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that's what I'm promoting.

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I'm promoting my knowledge of marketing,

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what services my agency
provides for business owners.

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And that's really what it's about.

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But I didn't want to be
the person to make a post

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every single day about, if you
need help with SEO, call me.

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If you need help with
writing blog articles, DM me.

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If you need someone to
write posts for you,

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let's set up a 15-minute consultation.

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There's plenty of places
to say that in the world.

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And that's called advertising.

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I looked at LinkedIn as
a marketing opportunity,

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and that's, while it's B2B,

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I actually kind of look at it as,

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as B2C I mean, we're all
people at the end of the day.

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And if the C is for consumers,
we're all consumers.

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So even though it's B2B,

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why shouldn't I tell you more about me?

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And so my philosophy when I post is,

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yeah, I'm gonna tell you
when I'm on vacation,

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what I'm doing,

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I'm gonna tell you about
the books I'm reading,

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the meals I'm eating,
how I'm spending my day.

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But because I'm a marketer,

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when I go out to a restaurant
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or when I go to a concert,

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I probably look at things
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just naturally than most people

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because I'm there as a marketing person.

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So, I'm kind of figuring out
those things and I like to put

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that back in my post so
that maybe the next time

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you're at a concert, you might say,

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oh yeah, look what they're doing there.

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Instead of just maybe
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and grabbing a drink and
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- Marc, as you know, our
listeners are decision makers.

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They're usually in leadership roles.

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Their presence on social
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their company's online presence.

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It may be to kind of burnish
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I'd like to kind of focus our
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LinkedIn. That's what brought us together.

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But with that in mind, post,

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you said that you have chosen to be Marc

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and Marc the marketer,

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and you've opted to show a
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You're a marketer,

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you understand how to do
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for a leader,

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what might be some practical
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when we want to post,

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what should be going through our mind

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in preparing for those post?

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and I think, it's a
step before that though.

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It's really trying to figure out

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what you're comfortable posting.

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So, for me, I'm fairly
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and you've seen my post,
I wear crazy T-shirts,

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I'll put on sunglasses, I'll wear hats.

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And if I have to go stand
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I will do that for a post and
I'm comfortable doing that.

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A CEO of a manufacturing
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that comfortable. And here's the thing,

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that is perfectly okay,

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my success on LinkedIn
can also have the success

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for that manufacturing CEO as well.

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They can have the same success I'm having.

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They might do it differently,

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their pictures or maybe
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maybe they're just text post,
can talk about them their day,

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what's happening in the
industry. But again,

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I would say that even before
that first pen to paper

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or the keyboard to writing
what you're going to post,

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it really is figuring out for yourself

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who am I going to be on
LinkedIn that will resonate

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with the people I'm trying to reach,

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though using me as an example,

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since that's how we met,

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I'm interested in meeting people like you,

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and my post are geared
towards people like you.

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I want to have a relationship
with people that work with

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other businesses or the clients
that we're trying to reach.

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And what I have found are end clients.

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They like people and they
want to get to know people

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because the business of marketing

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and when you work with a
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trust and they want to trust that person.

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But how do you get to
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and like them first?

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So, I think, for the
people that are listening

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to the podcast, it's really
taking a hard look and saying,

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you know, who do I want to be on LinkedIn?

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Do I want to show pictures of my kids?

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Do I want to show pictures of my team?

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How about when I'm getting
on a Delta airline,

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do I want to show me sitting
in the seat and preparing

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for a meeting that I'm flying
across town? Right, to,

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it's really that thinking
first. And once you have that,

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then you really can start saying,

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oh, this might make a great post.

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Let me see if I can turn
this into something.

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- All right, I'm glad you clarified

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and that it starts with being true to you,

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and you've already begun
kind of reinforcing that,

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at the end of the day,

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you gotta be true to you in these posts.

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And it's about relationships.

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And I like the fact that
you clarified it is B2B,

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but the reality is it's
B2C, it's person to person.

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Let's go back to social media in general.

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Would you describe LinkedIn
as being social media?

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- Why? This is one of those
million-dollar questions,

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isn't it? Everyone doesn't
know what to post on LinkedIn

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because if we go back into
the history of LinkedIn,

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it was where you went
to find a job, right?

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- Hmm, hmm.

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- And it still is, I know
even for Forward Push,

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we find candidates there
and we have found employees

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on LinkedIn,

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but it's now become closer to
maybe a Facebook and Instagram

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somewhere in there. I know, you know,

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on Fridays a lot of people
kind of what I would say let go

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and they post memes and
jokes and they're writing

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serious content during the week.

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But is it a place where you
could post pictures of having

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lunch with a client, a selfie photo?

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I know I do.

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I know a lot of other people would say,

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you know what, that's great
for Facebook and Instagram.

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You shouldn't be posting selfie on there.

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You shouldn't be posting
cute little videos.

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Again, my level of how I want
to interact on LinkedIn is,

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yeah, you know what?

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I want to post memes,

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I want to post selfie videos
with people that I meet

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and then, write post about
them. So, is it a social media?

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Yeah, it is a social media.

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Is it like Instagram or TikTok?

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No, I don't think we're there yet on that.

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And I'm not really even
sure if we'll ever be there

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because I think it is the
place where business happens.

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But I do think,

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as we talked about earlier
here in our conversation,

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it is people to people and we
all go to lunch with clients

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or with our network.

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So, why wouldn't you want to share that?

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Why wouldn't you want to talk
about one of your clients

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or someone in your network
that you, you know,

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are confident about

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and does a great job and
a selfie photo's okay.

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You know, just make sure it's in focus.

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- Make sure it's in focus.
You know, I, I don't know

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if I intended to get into
mechanics a little bit,

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but one of the things you
mentioned a moment ago is decide

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who you are and how do you really want

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to have a presence on LinkedIn?

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One of the things you mentioned was

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do you use pictures or not?

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Why might that be a decision point?

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- Yeah, well there's a couple reasons.

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And one is sort of how do
things happen on LinkedIn

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and that I mean by, like
how to get more engagement.

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And so, just whether it's even on LinkedIn

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or just the other social
medias or just in general,

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we all sort of gravitate towards pitchers.

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And so, the engagement level
is usually always higher

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on a pitcher. Or then
if we even, you know,

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extend this conversation into video,

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which is a whole other topic,
video also works as well.

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So it again,

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I'm gonna go back to

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are you comfortable taking
a picture of yourself?

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And if you are,

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there are some really
great benefits of it.

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I can tell you from my own posting,

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I always get people come up
to me that might not remember

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the actual posts, the topic
of it, but they will say,

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I saw that picture of
you in the graveyard.

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Where was that?

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Or oh, I saw you took that
picture of the Braves game,

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where were your seats?

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Pictures are just easier to remember.

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And in my strategy,

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I always try to have my
pictures match my content.

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And again, I'm lucky, I'm creative,

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I run a marketing agency.
It's, I wouldn't say it's easy,

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but it's probably easier for
me than some to figure out

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how to do some of these pictures.

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But I don't think that should stop a CEO

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of a manufacturing company
or an owner of a business

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from saying, hey, we're
at the Braves game.

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Let me take a picture and post
it on LinkedIn and talk about

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the client we took to
the game as an example.

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- That's a great example.

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So, you also kinda raise
a question and that is,

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if you wanna have a presence on LinkedIn,

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you have to invest, you have to quote,

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engage to have people engage with you.

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So, on a practical side, when
you're working with clients,

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when you're working with leaders
and you're advising them,

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what do you recommend in terms
the the frequency of post?

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- Yeah, so instead of
answering the question

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about frequency,

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I'll tell you what I tell them first.

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- Okay.

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- As I tell them, put it on
your calendar once a week,

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a half hour.

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And this is for someone
that probably doesn't use

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LinkedIn at all.

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I find that with the leaders
that if you can get it

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on their calendar as an appointment,

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they're more likely to do it.

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- Hmm.

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- And once they start to
see the value of LinkedIn,

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because as you and I both know,

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it can be a second job sometimes,

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but it is also worth it
because of the engagement.

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You can't just be the person
that post and doesn't comment,

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doesn't engage with people
and their post as well.

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But if I can get them to put
at least at the very beginning,

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let's just start off
once a week, a half hour,

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and actually I don't
even want you to post,

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I just want you to
engage with your network.

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Go in there and see what
everyone else is doing

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in your network.

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Join the conversation,
a half hour once a week.

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And what I have found,

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without even telling them when I check in

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a couple weeks later,

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oh yeah, I'm on there
a couple times a week.

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I've now, I'm doing it for an hour.

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Are you posting? I've
been thinking about it,

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I don't know what I should post.

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That's where the next
conversation goes to.

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We start to have the conversation

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that you and I have just had.
What are you comfortable with?

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What's on your calendar this week

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that might make a good post?

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Read anything in the trades recently

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that you have an opinion on?

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Then we can start to
put in what I would call

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a content calendar.

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And this doesn't need
to be anything fancy,

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like a full on social
media management calendar,

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but it will start to give
them an idea of topics

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that they can write about.

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Because whether it's LinkedIn, Facebook,

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Instagram or actually just
any social media channel,

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the question we always hear
is, what am I going to post?

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Nobody wants to hear what I'm going to say

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and then, right back to,

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I don't have anything to post.

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And what I then I run them
through this exercise.

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Let's look at your calendar.
What are you doing this week?

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We can start to figure out what to post.

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That's how I do mine.

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That's a behind the scenes I
look and see what's going on.

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I read the trades,

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I see what other people are
talking about in my network,

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and I have an opinion on it.

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So, why don't I write a post about it?

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- Yeah, I'm glad the fact
that you kind of said,

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Mike, let's go upstream one more

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and that is understanding LinkedIn first,

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and we use this term engagement
and you use the three words,

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join the conversation,
powerful three words.

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How do you advise clients
to go about joining

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the conversation?

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What is it they should be doing
in joining the conversation?

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- Yeah. So, for me and what
I like to tell our clients

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and the listeners here
is just open up LinkedIn,

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see what's going on in your feed.

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If you've curated a good group
of people within your network

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and they're saying interesting
things that you can even lend

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a couple sentences too, that's
joining the conversation.

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So, it could be something as simple as,

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great post Mike, I really like the way

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you explained dot, dot dot.

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That's joining the conversation.

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It's letting you know how I
feel about what you posted.

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It's letting me maybe ask you a question,

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so that we could actually have
a back and forth on LinkedIn,

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a dialogue back and forth.

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That's how I believe that
people should start to join

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the conversation. Because as I just,

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as I mentioned previously here,

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LinkedIn sometimes could be
a second job and it should,

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and it shouldn't be.

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But if you can join the
conversation to the people

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that you want to be talking to,

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it is a great way to just
enhance your relationships.

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It's also a great way
to start relationships,

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and it is definitely a great
way to get more business.

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- Marc, I suspect, you've got

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a pretty large number of people
in your LinkedIn network.

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Do you have a process by which
you kind of systematically

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try to touch base with
people or is it more organic?

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- It's half and half actually.

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So, I let my feed sort of
dictate what I should see.

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I also know that that's an
algorithm choosing for me

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who and what I should see.

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But I rely on it to
know that it is probably

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and more than likely going

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to put in front of me people
that I've engaged with,

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either recently or maybe
haven't in a while,

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which is a nice reminder.

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I also have a list as well of
people that maybe are a target

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for me when it comes to sales.

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I also have a list of people
in my network that I know write

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interesting posts that I can learn from,

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that I can comment on that.

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I just wanna see what they're doing

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and I can't rely on the
algorithm in that case

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to make sure that I
see all of their posts.

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So, I do have a list of people

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that I kind of check in on

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to use your words and
see what's happening,

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but at the same time,

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I really let the algorithm figure out

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what my day's gonna be like on LinkedIn.

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- That's very interesting.

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Marc, you've shared that you came out

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of a corporate marketing
background, like myself.

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I came out of a corporate HR background.

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You learn what works well,

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you also learn what does not work well.

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And you take that and you share that

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with your clients,

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as you kind of think
about your experiences

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both in a corporate setting
and as a business owner.

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Can you share an example
by which perhaps you

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or a client got stuck and what
did it take to get unstuck?

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- Mm, that is a great question.

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I can speak to for myself.

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I think, that's probably
the, the easiest one.

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And then, maybe I'll try to
come up with a client's story.

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This recently happened to me
over the last couple years

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and so, you know,

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I mentioned that Forward
Push has been around

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for 13 some odd years

489
00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:39,600
and throughout that time
I've been stuck many times

490
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,240
just probably like most people.

491
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,870
And about two years ago or so,

492
00:23:45,870 --> 00:23:47,820
we were going through what I would say is

493
00:23:47,820 --> 00:23:50,220
not a crisis at Forward Push,

494
00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:52,110
but we had some decisions to make about

495
00:23:52,110 --> 00:23:54,160
which way we were gonna take the company,

496
00:23:55,146 --> 00:23:57,750
meaning were we going
to bring on new people,

497
00:23:57,750 --> 00:24:01,203
what my roles and
responsibilities were going to be,

498
00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:05,640
even office space, how many
private offices do we need?

499
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,740
We were really taking a, you know,

500
00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:09,273
kind of a refreshed look.

501
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,690
And my business coach had mentioned to me

502
00:24:12,690 --> 00:24:14,673
a book called Who Not How.

503
00:24:14,673 --> 00:24:16,170
- Hmm, hmm.

504
00:24:16,170 --> 00:24:20,610
- And I was stuck and I've told
people I probably have sold

505
00:24:20,610 --> 00:24:21,731
more copies of this book than anyone.

506
00:24:21,731 --> 00:24:26,620
That book and that teachings
from my business coach opened

507
00:24:27,843 --> 00:24:31,320
my eyes to making sure
that I pulled myself away

508
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:36,320
and who was I going to get
to help me to do these things

509
00:24:36,420 --> 00:24:40,380
or who on my team could pick
up other responsibilities.

510
00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:44,010
And I've practiced that since
I finished reading that book,

511
00:24:44,010 --> 00:24:46,500
and it's made the biggest difference.

512
00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:49,590
And as I'm talking to you
about it and wanting to answer

513
00:24:49,590 --> 00:24:51,690
your question about clients that have been

514
00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:53,070
in that situation,

515
00:24:53,070 --> 00:24:56,550
I've relayed that exact
story to them as well

516
00:24:56,550 --> 00:25:00,960
because a lot of times
our clients will say,

517
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:01,950
I need to do this.

518
00:25:01,950 --> 00:25:03,450
This is what's taking up my time.

519
00:25:03,450 --> 00:25:05,220
And when it comes to marketing,

520
00:25:05,220 --> 00:25:07,560
sometimes it is I want to be on LinkedIn,

521
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,660
but I don't know what to write.

522
00:25:09,660 --> 00:25:11,670
And because we write for clients,

523
00:25:11,670 --> 00:25:13,170
and we write posts for them,

524
00:25:13,170 --> 00:25:17,550
we become their who, a lot
of times it's just talking

525
00:25:17,550 --> 00:25:21,630
to the client and they want
to do LinkedIn themselves.

526
00:25:21,630 --> 00:25:23,790
And when we look at their
calendar and we're trying

527
00:25:23,790 --> 00:25:26,370
to help them figure out can you spend

528
00:25:26,370 --> 00:25:27,960
30 minutes a day on LinkedIn,

529
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,780
could you spend an hour
every other day on LinkedIn?

530
00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:32,970
Could it be part of your daily practice?

531
00:25:32,970 --> 00:25:36,690
And when it usually ends up
with this conversation about

532
00:25:36,690 --> 00:25:38,910
Who Not How, because you know what,

533
00:25:38,910 --> 00:25:41,334
isn't there someone
else on your staff that

534
00:25:41,334 --> 00:25:42,434
could do this for you?

535
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,210
And then, they can see
the value of LinkedIn

536
00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:47,250
because they'll have the time to do it.

537
00:25:47,250 --> 00:25:51,240
So, I love getting stuck
because it usually means that,

538
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,265
there's a solution around
the corner that can teach you

539
00:25:54,265 --> 00:25:58,380
and it's also valuable
that you can pass it on to

540
00:25:58,380 --> 00:25:59,213
other people to say,

541
00:25:59,213 --> 00:26:00,060
you know what?

542
00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:03,690
I've been in that situation
too. Here's what I did.

543
00:26:03,690 --> 00:26:06,393
Your mileage may vary, but give it a try.

544
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,990
- I don't know if I've
ever had a guest say

545
00:26:09,990 --> 00:26:11,430
I love getting stuck,

546
00:26:11,430 --> 00:26:15,150
but I can see in the context
how that makes good sense

547
00:26:15,150 --> 00:26:17,280
for those who are listening.

548
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:21,450
I have found that people who
own their own businesses,

549
00:26:21,450 --> 00:26:24,240
they have to wear so many different hats.

550
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,330
And so, the natural tendency
is if something needs

551
00:26:27,330 --> 00:26:31,320
to be done, I must have to do it myself.

552
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,080
And what I'm hearing you
say is that you found

553
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,040
in your own business
that though you could do

554
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,600
a number of these things,

555
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,453
you're learning to find the right who.

556
00:26:43,470 --> 00:26:44,700
- A hundred percent.

557
00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:47,220
And it's the one thing that I
wish someone would've told me

558
00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:51,450
when I started sooner than later.

559
00:26:51,450 --> 00:26:54,363
Because once I figured out
that piece of the puzzle,

560
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:56,850
I'm not as stuck as I used to be.

561
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:02,010
And because I know now
when my plate gets full,

562
00:27:02,010 --> 00:27:04,320
I get a little stress,
I look at my calendar,

563
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,880
I can easily now say who
could help me with this?

564
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,050
Even things just as mundane as healthcare

565
00:27:13,050 --> 00:27:15,303
for our clients or payroll.

566
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,700
Who can I ask in my network
that probably has experience

567
00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:23,130
with this that they can tell me

568
00:27:23,130 --> 00:27:28,130
who to call or I could just
spend all day looking on Google,

569
00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:31,560
but why should I, when I could
probably make a call to you,

570
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,470
I can make a call to some
other people in my network,

571
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:37,561
and they'll say, oh yeah,
I went through that.

572
00:27:37,561 --> 00:27:38,520
Or I know this guy you should call,

573
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,220
I know this woman you should call.

574
00:27:41,670 --> 00:27:44,580
Finding your who has made sure that

575
00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:46,500
while I love getting stuck,

576
00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:48,250
I don't get stuck as often anymore.

577
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,669
- You know, I think I
read this not long ago,

578
00:27:52,669 --> 00:27:55,230
but one of the probably
more gratifying things

579
00:27:55,230 --> 00:27:58,080
to be able to say is when ask,

580
00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,830
yeah, I know somebody

581
00:28:01,050 --> 00:28:03,030
and if you know somebody,

582
00:28:03,030 --> 00:28:06,947
that means you've probably
have dealt with that issue.

583
00:28:06,947 --> 00:28:11,160
You've decided to go the who
route and that somebody is

584
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:16,160
someone who is on your list
to when asked readily refer.

585
00:28:19,770 --> 00:28:22,290
Speaking of people who you stay in contact

586
00:28:22,290 --> 00:28:24,180
with the nature of business,

587
00:28:24,180 --> 00:28:26,700
it just seems as if particularly
in the service area,

588
00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:29,250
that's what kinda you do
for clients is what we do

589
00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:30,900
for our clients.

590
00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:35,900
But you mentioned referring
business or going to others

591
00:28:36,090 --> 00:28:41,090
and what, how are referrers
or referral partners,

592
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,840
have you found that there
has been a value to have

593
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,033
relationships that are referral based?

594
00:28:48,929 --> 00:28:52,830
- Yes, and I'll give you
a story from yesterday.

595
00:28:52,830 --> 00:28:54,513
This is how the story is.

596
00:28:55,350 --> 00:28:57,150
I received a referral yesterday

597
00:28:57,150 --> 00:28:58,983
from someone in my LinkedIn network.

598
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,880
She is a woman who I've
never met in person.

599
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:03,713
- Hmm.

600
00:29:03,713 --> 00:29:07,230
- But we comment on each
other's post quite frequently,

601
00:29:07,230 --> 00:29:09,480
and she was referred
to me from someone else

602
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:10,920
within my network.

603
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,350
So, it's not someone
that is just new to me.

604
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:15,480
We've known each other
probably about a year or so,

605
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,900
but we've never met and we've
done Zoom conversations,

606
00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:21,150
but never in person.

607
00:29:21,150 --> 00:29:21,983
We've commented,

608
00:29:21,983 --> 00:29:24,840
like I said on our post and yesterday

609
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:29,790
she sent a three-way email
to someone that she knows,

610
00:29:29,790 --> 00:29:32,730
that needs help with
marketing and lead generation.

611
00:29:32,730 --> 00:29:36,300
And in that email to
myself and to the person

612
00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:38,580
that she's referring me to,

613
00:29:38,580 --> 00:29:43,580
she had mentioned things about
me that you would only know

614
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,410
if you read my LinkedIn post.

615
00:29:46,410 --> 00:29:49,020
And when she finished
the paragraph about me,

616
00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:52,680
the last sentence that she
sent to this gentleman was,

617
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,370
if you want to know more
about Marc and his services,

618
00:29:56,370 --> 00:29:59,520
look here on his LinkedIn profile.

619
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,220
And I found that so interesting Mike,

620
00:30:02,220 --> 00:30:04,980
because why didn't she put my website?

621
00:30:04,980 --> 00:30:05,813
- Hmm?

622
00:30:05,813 --> 00:30:09,032
- Why didn't she put the page
on our website that we worked

623
00:30:09,032 --> 00:30:12,030
so hard to list all of our
services, our case studies,

624
00:30:12,030 --> 00:30:13,860
our testimonials.

625
00:30:13,860 --> 00:30:16,980
Instead, she sent this
person that needs help

626
00:30:16,980 --> 00:30:20,160
with lead generation and marketing

627
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,310
to my own personal LinkedIn profile

628
00:30:23,310 --> 00:30:24,903
to learn more about me.

629
00:30:26,820 --> 00:30:28,410
So, when we talk about this,

630
00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:31,530
how networking works on LinkedIn,

631
00:30:31,530 --> 00:30:33,450
if I was posting all the time,

632
00:30:33,450 --> 00:30:35,820
call me to help you with lead generation

633
00:30:35,820 --> 00:30:40,233
and DM me for SEO, and talk
to me about this and that,

634
00:30:41,250 --> 00:30:42,690
I would never be on her radar.

635
00:30:42,690 --> 00:30:45,660
She would know nothing about
me nor would she ever trust me

636
00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:47,970
that she could have
someone in her network.

637
00:30:47,970 --> 00:30:50,400
And this guy lives here across the country

638
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,430
that she's referring
us to, referring me to,

639
00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:55,833
she sent him to my LinkedIn profile.

640
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,030
- Great example, timely.

641
00:31:00,030 --> 00:31:03,120
And it points out as
good as your website is,

642
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,460
and it's very, very good.

643
00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:09,750
The fact that the relationship
existed on LinkedIn,

644
00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:12,270
and she used LinkedIn as a means of

645
00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:15,870
if you wanna know more
about Marc, go here.

646
00:31:15,870 --> 00:31:17,700
- Yeah, exactly, Mike,

647
00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:20,220
because who's gonna be
on the phone with him?

648
00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:22,140
Who sent the follow up email to him?

649
00:31:22,140 --> 00:31:25,680
Who sent him my calendar
link to schedule a meeting?

650
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,600
Well it's me, he's the one,

651
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,217
I'm the one that he's going
to see when we first talk,

652
00:31:31,217 --> 00:31:34,080
and he'll have an opportunity
to meet the rest of our team,

653
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,120
and he can check out their LinkedIn.

654
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,700
But it is, like we've said multiple times

655
00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:39,570
through this conversation,

656
00:31:39,570 --> 00:31:42,750
I think, it's the one thing
the listeners should take away

657
00:31:42,750 --> 00:31:46,170
that LinkedIn is people to people.

658
00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:48,750
You can call it business place,

659
00:31:48,750 --> 00:31:51,990
you can call it social media
where business happens.

660
00:31:51,990 --> 00:31:53,970
But at the end of the day,

661
00:31:53,970 --> 00:31:57,360
I think, it's just a giant
cocktail party and the more that

662
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,810
you can be involved and
have a good time at it,

663
00:32:00,810 --> 00:32:02,965
don't let it stress you out.

664
00:32:02,965 --> 00:32:06,270
It's fun. And there's also business there,

665
00:32:06,270 --> 00:32:08,870
which I like getting new
business, so I love it too.

666
00:32:10,020 --> 00:32:12,570
- Well that's what business is all about.

667
00:32:12,570 --> 00:32:14,460
But the relationships and I love that

668
00:32:14,460 --> 00:32:16,684
characterization's a big cocktail party,

669
00:32:16,684 --> 00:32:18,540
a great way to kind of summarize

670
00:32:18,540 --> 00:32:20,400
what you have kind of shared.

671
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:24,870
Now, I introduce you as
Marc Apple, Marc with a C,

672
00:32:24,870 --> 00:32:26,670
but if folks wanna reach out to you,

673
00:32:26,670 --> 00:32:28,710
what's the best way for them to do so?

674
00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:31,182
- Yep. Well, I would be a fool not to say

675
00:32:31,182 --> 00:32:33,143
to look me up on LinkedIn, right?

676
00:32:33,143 --> 00:32:34,530
(both laugh)

677
00:32:34,530 --> 00:32:37,470
So, I have a pretty good LinkedIn profile,

678
00:32:37,470 --> 00:32:40,953
and it's Marc, M A R C, Apple, A P P L E.

679
00:32:41,820 --> 00:32:43,470
Send me a connection request,

680
00:32:43,470 --> 00:32:46,710
send me a message that is
the best place to find me.

681
00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:48,570
But if you would like to know more about

682
00:32:48,570 --> 00:32:52,080
what Forward Push does
other than my own craziness

683
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:53,070
on LinkedIn,

684
00:32:53,070 --> 00:32:54,843
it is forwardpush.com.

685
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,790
- Excellent. Marc, I learned a lot.

686
00:32:59,790 --> 00:33:01,920
I knew I would. I did.

687
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,470
Thank you for sharing today.

688
00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:05,910
- My pleasure. Thanks Mike for having me.

689
00:33:05,910 --> 00:33:07,620
I appreciate it.

690
00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:10,320
- I also want to thank our
listeners for joining us.

691
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,020
We upload the latest
episode every Thursday

692
00:33:13,020 --> 00:33:16,920
to all the major platforms,
including Apple and Spotify.

693
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,610
So, if you've enjoyed this
episode with Marc, I invite you,

694
00:33:20,610 --> 00:33:24,390
please subscribe. I have a
question for our listeners.

695
00:33:24,390 --> 00:33:26,640
Are you trying to grow your business,

696
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:27,720
and you wanna make sure

697
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,990
you got the right people,
process, and planning systems

698
00:33:30,990 --> 00:33:33,660
in place that you can grow smoothly?

699
00:33:33,660 --> 00:33:38,250
If yes, I'd love to talk,
head over to unstuck.show

700
00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:41,640
and schedule a quick non-sales call.

701
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,260
We'll talk about your growth goals

702
00:33:43,260 --> 00:33:47,880
and explore practical ways
that you can immediately take

703
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,920
to grow your business.

704
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,230
So, I wanna thank you for joining us,

705
00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:54,120
and I hope you have picked up on some tips

706
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:58,710
from Marc that will help you
get unstuck and on target.

707
00:33:58,710 --> 00:33:59,733
Until next time,

708
00:34:01,855 --> 00:34:04,438
(gentle music)

This Quiz is Going to Assess you in 3 main Areas...

PEOPLE   .   PLANNING   .   PROCESSES

People

People is about making sure that you have the right people in the right positions in your company, and that you have a plan for how to retain and train your top talent.

Planning

Planning is all about knowing where you're going and having exact steps that you can take for how you're going to get from here to there.

Process

Process is about having efficient systems in place to help you get ahead of your competitors faster and with fewer mistakes.

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