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How (not) to Introduce 2 People

12/11/2020

 

​You’re a connector and love introducing people to each other. It can be a wonderful (sometimes career-changing) effect when it’s the right match!


Yet, when it’s the wrong match — unfortunately much of the time — by being the connector, you just added a burden to them. Now they’re in an awkward position you’ve forced them into, where one person, if they don’t want to connect, will come across as unfriendly or unapproachable.

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Let’s Support Small Creators!

4/21/2020

 

​The 1% own more than 40% of the world’s wealth.

The accumulation of assets in the hands of the few erodes democracy, as societal power becomes concentrated in the hands of a few.

Knowing this, anything we can do to support small businesses will not just help those entrepreneurs survive, but will support more democracy, creativity, and true livelihood in the world.

Similarly, the 1% most famous people own a huge share of the consumer’s attention.
Influencers like Gary Vaynurchuk, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Joe Dispenza, and other celebrities own a disproportionate amount of our content consumption time.

​The accumulation of attention in the hands of a few will erode the diversity of creativity, true livelihood, and authentic business... 

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How *not* to reconnect with your network (and what we can do instead)

4/10/2020

 
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(originally written in 2018, updated for 2020.)

One of the best ways to gain new clients and opportunities is to reconnect with your network: your colleagues, past clients, those friends you’ve been out of touch with, or people who have inquired about your services.

Your friends and family probably don’t remember what your business is really about. Even if they understand what you do and who your ideal clients are, they don’t think about it often enough to be able to refer business to you.

Keeping in touch with your network can result in new clients.

The problem is that when you reconnect with a specific agenda in mind, it can feel “off” to the other person, and it probably feels awkward to you too.

​I recently received an email that demonstrates this exactly…

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Every business (including yours) can benefit from more collaboration

8/30/2019

 
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There are 3 types of businesses that need to do more collaborations:

  1. Those with no audience need to collaborate with other new businesses to clarify message, products, and their position in the market.
  2. Those with a small audience need to collaborate to further grow their audience or create new products.
  3. Those with a big audience need to collaborate to increase their sales.

Which of the above are you? I will soon be teaching a course on simple & authentic collaborations. In the rest of this blog post, I’ll talk about these three types of collaborations.... 

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Can Affiliate Marketing be Authentic?

5/10/2019

 
Within the first year of my business, I reached a monthly sales revenue of $10,000 and by the third year, my revenue was $350,000. As a solopreneur, mostly selling my own online courses.

Back then, it was all thanks to affiliate marketing. (Some people call it JV or joint venture, strategic alliances, or referral partnerships. These days, it’s often called influencer marketing.)

Yet, after a few years, I was speaking out against affiliate marketing.

In this blog post, I’ll explain why I got disillusioned by the method that made me so much money, and why, in the past few years, I’ve come to a more moderate position.

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    George Kao is a Marketing Coach for small business owners, especially solopreneurs such as Coaches and Mentors.  He focuses on ethical & effective ways to grow one's platform and build true livelihood.

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