Category: Careers
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You Ask, I Answer: Choosing a Marketing Career Specialization
Joe asks, “I am currently considering a specialization in e-commerce or social media. At the same time, I’m open to any field in marketing as long as I can gain experience. What advice do you have?” At the end of the day, marketers need to consider three key factors in choosing their career paths. Learn…
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You Ask, I Answer: The Lightning Round!
In this edition of You Ask, I Answer, we tackle 20 short questions that have piled up in my inbox, questions that don’t need an entire episode to themselves. Watch the video for answers about SEO, secure websites, WordPress, growth hacking, and more. Alysia asks, “Would you, as a hiring manager, favor someone with a…
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You Ask, I Answer: Essential Skills for Mid-Career Marketers
Liz asks, “How can mid- career marketers prepare for the coming technological advances in marketing? Are there classes/ courses you recommend? What skills do you foresee as essential 5, 10, or 20 years from now?” The most essential skills that mid-career marketers need aren’t found in courses or classes. In this video, learn what’s really…
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You Ask, I Answer: Success for Finance Professionals in an AI World
Ashley asks, “Assuming everyone adopts AI what will separate finance professionals that are the most successful from everyone else? What will they do differently?” We review the core promises of AI, what AI is and isn’t good at, and what AI is bad at today with a focus on finance professionals. This is how to…
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You Ask, I Answer: Marketing Career Focus Choices
Magdalena asks, “What should be marketers’ main focus – numbers or creativity and innovation? Why?” The idea of asking someone to choose being qualitative or quantitative is inadvisable. People have natural aptitudes, and asking them to focus on something that isn’t their strength tends to yield mediocre results. The more important focus choice is whether…
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You Ask, I Answer: Why Be a Marketer in 2018?
Patrick asks, “Why should people pursue a career as a marketer in 2018?” Interesting question. I’m not sure people SHOULD pursue marketing careers. Pursue a marketing career only if that’s what you enjoy doing. The soul of marketing is connection – using communications as a way to create awareness, consideration, and evaluation prior to purchase,…
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You Ask, I Answer: Marketing Skills That Help You Get Hired
Patrick asks, “What skills will increase your odds of getting hired as a marketer in 2018?” To answer this question, we need to understand the marketing lifecycle and where our particular skills map to it. What area or areas do you specialize in? What areas are you weak in? Watch the video for the full…
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You Ask, I Answer: Hiring an Agency vs. Hiring an Employee?
Max asks, “Should I hire a digital marketing agency? How do I know whether an agency or a hire is best?” This is a complicated question, but a frequent one. We hire agencies or full-time employees for different reasons. The primary reasons to hire agencies are: Theoretically faster scaling (pre-trained talent already in place) Severability…
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You Ask, I Answer: What Writing Samples Should Be In Your Portfolio?
Rob asks, “What writing samples should I have ready if I’m applying for jobs in the PR industry?” Disclosure: I no longer work in the PR industry, and even when I did, I was doing marketing technology. It’s possible things have changed. PR is fundamentally about helping lesser known companies become known, and improving the…
