Business of Marketing

Pencil to Paper: Writing Your Marketing - Why It Can Feel Difficult

Pencil to Paper: Writing Your Marketing - Why It Can Feel Difficult

Last week I wrote about how marketing your business is usually what makes it feel real and how that often brings up a fear of being visible.

There's something in that post though, that I want to explore a little more deeply.

It's the writing it down part of marketing that's one way it starts to feel real. It could be writing down your Authentic Core Statement (who you help and what you help them with), your offer, your Home Page copy or a sales page.

Writing is what turns an idea, a thought, a way of doing or being or approaching things into something concrete. Something tangible that can be shared.

Your Marketing and Being Visible

Your Marketing and Being Visible

Marketing your business is usually what makes it feel real.

Going out there, posting about your offers. Sharing content with readers in hopes they find it useful. Attending conferences or networking events, meeting potential clients, talking about your business. That’s usually what does it. It starts to feel really real.

Guess what else happens?

You can get afraid.

What About Your About Page?

What About Your About Page?

Give your ideal clients what they need to know.

Last week I got this friend request on Facebook.

I was interested to learn more, so I decided to go where I know I can get a really good feel for someone and the work they do - her website.

I landed on her Home page, and right away, it was clear who she served and what she was helping them with. Interesting. Then, I clicked on her About page.

And, that's where things started to feel disconnected.

There was no information about her qualifications. Her training. Her experience. None of that…