Working with Marketing Professionals
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 11, 2024 | Branding, Case Studies, Ideal Heroic Client, Marketing Budget, Working with Marketing Professionals
When I first started my consulting practice I used a combination of just three funding sources: savings, credit cards and a little thing called barter. Bartering can be great fun — especially when you find someone who has what you need and who needs what you...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 11, 2024 | Market Research, Marketing Strategies, Working with Marketing Professionals
I’m currently conducting a 13-week teaching/gamification experiment called “Prosperity’s Kitchen.” It’s an online class for solopreneurs to learn the ins and outs of marketing themselves in the digital world. The twist? It’s...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 8, 2024 | Market Research, Working with Marketing Professionals
Stuck in research land again? Trying to get inside the mind of your Ideal Client? Maybe you’ve heard about this thing called a “focus group” and you thought, Yeah, that’s what we need to do! Mmmm. Perhaps. A focus group can be helpful. It can...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 7, 2024 | Book Reviews, Ideal Heroic Client, Social Media, Working with Marketing Professionals
Meet Brandon Mendelson (aka BJ Mendelson), an ex-marketer whose recently published book, “Social Media is Bullshit,” has been getting mostly favorable reviews. (A lot of the flack comes from folks who make a living from social media.) You can listen to the...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 6, 2024 | Working with Marketing Professionals
Most small biz owners like us usually want things to happen NOW. More customers NOW. More leads, more fans, more followers faster, cheaper, NOW. We live in an instant-gratification society, so a knee-jerk reaction for NOW should come as no surprise. After all, you...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 6, 2024 | Branding, Case Studies, Working with Marketing Professionals, Zeus Experiment
This is a guest post by Zeus Many of you, like me, are putting in a lot of time, energy, and money into developing an online business. And yet concrete outcomes (substantial business income, successful products, etc.) sometimes seem so far away. We’re taught to...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 6, 2024 | Marketing Strategies, Working with Marketing Professionals
(Hint: Not Bloody Likely) You’ve all heard Ben Franklin’s infamous quote: “…in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” Yes, we’ve got a slew of new technology now, but unless there’s a magic spell...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Oct 3, 2024 | Case Studies, eMail Marketing, Working with Marketing Professionals, Zeus Experiment
A guest post by Zeus Yiamouyiannis. For those of you just tuning in, this is the latest in a series of posts for The Zeus Experiment, whereby I chronicle my learning curve and ups and downs in developing my own successful online business. Tea Silvestre is my mentor in...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 30, 2024 | Working with Marketing Professionals
I stumbled on Jen Louden about a year ago, while researching different classes on teaching. I’ve found her credible and genuine and full of heart. She is an “A-lister” who doesn’t take herself too seriously and is always willing to share...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 29, 2024 | Creativity, Working with Marketing Professionals, Writing Tips
Growing up in a Mormon family, I was encouraged to learn things that would develop me into the perfect wife and homemaker. How to make jam. How to sew. How to play with barbies. You know, girly things. And there were always lots of instructions for these things. A...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 29, 2024 | Ideal Heroic Client, Market Research, Marketing Budget, Marketing Strategies, Working with Marketing Professionals
During our mentoring wrap-up call last week, I asked Zeus for some feedback. I wanted to know what I might’ve done better or differently during our time together — something that could’ve possibly made a bigger difference to him and his marketing...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 28, 2024 | Working with Marketing Professionals
They inspire us, motivate us and yes — sometimes even sell us something. They’re the “successful” biz folks we look up to, admire and want to emulate. “Everybody” loves ’em. Just look at the social proof they proudly display...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 27, 2024 | Case Studies, eMail Marketing, Working with Marketing Professionals, Zeus Experiment
A guest post by Zeus Yiamouyiannis. What if, underneath it all, your carefully planned and wished-for life was nothing more than an adventurous experiment? Would that free you or strike terror into your heart? What if you were both the guinea pig and the dude in the...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 25, 2024 | Marketing Budget, Working with Marketing Professionals
You’re at the crossroads. (And I totally feel your pain.) We both know there aren’t enough minutes in the day to finish up all that work on your plate. Clients are trying to track you down. And the emails and phone calls are coming in faster than you can...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 25, 2024 | Marketing Strategies, Working with Marketing Professionals
You have a pretty good understanding of what needs to be done (marketing-wise) in your business. You read all the advice (it’s pretty much the same from blog to blog). You know you need a marketing plan. You know you need to do x-y-z on a regular basis. But...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 22, 2024 | Creativity, Market Research, Working with Marketing Professionals
Note: Recently, I published a post about blowing things up. That post literally got more comments than any other post I’ve ever received on this site. Clearly, I’m not the only one frustrated by the system as it exists. I’ve been getting a lot of...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 21, 2024 | Working with Marketing Professionals
When you’re a solopreneur, freelancer or small business owner, your marketing budget will naturally be tight. So how do you find the right person to help you reach your goals? I’ve certainly got my opinions on the matter. But I thought I’d ask some...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 21, 2024 | Podcasts, Working with Marketing Professionals
Jim Kukral, the founder of the Author Marketing Club (a great resource I found while marketing my new book) was my guest recently at the Word Café. I’ve pulled the highlights together for you here. Q: What’s the Author Marketing Club about? And why did you...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 15, 2024 | Case Studies, Working with Marketing Professionals, Zeus Experiment
This is a guest post by Zeus. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough hot air. I’m ready to breathe deep that cool, invigorating air of reality, and shovel the “snow” off my business. Yes, the pun is intentional (and seasonal!). Anyone who tells you that you just...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 13, 2024 | Marketing Dish, Working with Marketing Professionals
Tina Robbins, a “core spirit” life coach from Denver, CO, emailed this week’s suggestion. Here’s what she had to say: Spaghetti and meatballs is one of my go-to comfort foods. There’s something about the richness of the meatballs and the noodly pasta...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 13, 2024 | Branding, Case Studies, Working with Marketing Professionals
(Or, does it just need a little freshening up?) When we start our ventures (if we do things right), we create branding that eventually accomplishes the goal of telling our story in a way that is unique, compelling and builds community. Both the visual and written...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 12, 2024 | Working with Marketing Professionals
How’re you feeling about your business and where it’s headed? Hunky dory? Or just hunky? Is there a nagging voice in the back of your head screaming that your projects will never be Grade-A material? Are you constantly taking one course after another in...
by Téa Silvestre Godfrey | Sep 12, 2024 | Working with Marketing Professionals
These days, most of us would agree that in order to do business and market ourselves properly, you need a website. A digital space that belongs just to you. (Not to Facebook, or Tumblr or even WordPress.com — for reasons that my friend Annie so beautifully...