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March 9, 2022

Streamline Your Marketing Systems with Sarah Noel Block

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B2B Growth

In this episode Benji talks to Sarah Noel Block, CEO of Tiny Marketing.

If content marketing is overwhelming you right now and you need strategies for better distribution, Sarah provides the practical takeaways you're looking for.

Transcript
WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:17.399 Conversations from the front lines of marketing. This is be tob growth. Welcome 2 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:21.760 into be to be growth. Today I am joined by Sarah Block. She's 3 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:26.519 the CEO of tiny marketing. Sarah, welcome into be to be growth. 4 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:32.200 Thank you so much for having me. So for seven years you were a 5 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:37.119 marketing team of one, four, five companies. Is that right? That's 6 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:42.439 right. It was quite the learning experience, I believe it. I mean 7 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:48.240 I'm imagining the systems that you had to build and the bandwidth right, like, 8 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.479 what do we do in order to make this this kind of work and 9 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:57.000 expand without maybe increased budget and in just the thinking that you would have to 10 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.640 do to navigate that. What do you think is like one of your top 11 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:04.359 learnings from that type of experience? Oh, batching. Learning to batch the 12 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.959 content that I needed to create for for all of those different brands. It 13 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:15.599 was a seven company group, so I had so many bosses to to talk 14 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:19.400 to and a lot of different business goals that I had to align our marketing 15 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:26.760 web. So batching that that creation was the most important thing and it probably 16 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.319 took like five years to realize that. Well, at least you learned it. 17 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:34.760 That's the main takeaway. At some point you gotta hold that information and 18 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.120 now, I'm sure it's very helpful for you. We're going to talk about 19 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:42.120 content a bunch on this episode. I want to take time to address, 20 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:47.879 I mean a specifically in the beat to be space, the need for cadences 21 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:52.239 and themes in our content. And you see this is as a big deal. 22 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.519 What has sort of brought that to the forefront of your mind, Sarah, 23 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:59.719 as far as cadences and themes when it comes to content? Yeah, 24 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:05.840 that one. Your audience starts to expect something from you. You can't build 25 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.360 trust with them if they don't know what you talk about, what you stand 26 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:15.360 for. So having those dedicated themes that you create all of your content around 27 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:20.280 makes a world of a difference. People know to come to me when they 28 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:25.439 want to hear about specifically operations with content marketing, like content marketing through the 29 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:31.039 through the Lens of efficiency, with small departments, and that's how people get 30 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:38.000 known in the businesses creating themes and being consistent about it. Without that specific 31 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:43.199 cadence that you're working on, you end up, you know, letting a 32 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.520 drop off. You need to have a specific schedule that you're willing to commit 33 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:53.800 to or or it dies. Yeah, I wonder in be to be space, 34 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:58.560 what do you see? I guess maybe the more appropriate word be why 35 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:04.400 do you see so much laundering? Because you would think people have some sort 36 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:07.919 of Miche that they're already an expert in. But we don't get this right, 37 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:12.879 do we? No. No, a lot of times people will just 38 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:17.240 look at their product offerings and talk about that or their service offerings and talk 39 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:20.919 about that. But really what you need to look at is more of like 40 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.159 a ven diagram. You need to think of it this way. There is 41 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:30.400 the problems that your customer has, the solutions that your business solves. That 42 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:34.639 little piece in the middle, that's where your themes lie. That's when you 43 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.680 really create that goal that works. What, when it comes to themes, 44 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:43.080 what are we thinking about? Like, what's the number of themes you think 45 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:46.680 are the sweet spot that we should be focused in on? I like for 46 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:53.240 fours where I start, and then creating little topic clusters beneath them. HMM, 47 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:59.039 for with topic clusters, I like that. So when it comes to 48 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:03.680 the content that we're creating, give us a definition for what all is encompassed 49 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:08.479 within that word for Sarah, like what comes to your mind when you think 50 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:14.520 of content. Yeah, content really drives all marketing. So when I say 51 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:20.720 content, I'm talking about podcasts, videos, blogs, guides, social media 52 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:28.279 posts, email. That's all content. Marketing would be nothing without content at 53 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:32.120 its core. You need to educate your your consumer. That's why they're finding 54 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:40.759 you. Sure. Okay. So within content specifically, a lot of content 55 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:44.680 in the B tob space gets lost. Right, we create it and it's 56 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:48.519 just it lives on our website. Maybe it's a distribution issue, maybe it 57 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:51.360 I mean, there's a number of things. Sometimes it's gated, which I 58 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:55.600 really don't understand at this point. But what are some of those things that 59 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:59.040 you you see right now when it comes to content and be to be, 60 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.319 that go, that you go. We got to change the mindset here. 61 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:06.199 We need to start seeing some shifts. Do you have all day? Let's 62 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:10.959 go a cockle. Okay, okay, come well, I'll pare it down. 63 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:16.199 I would start with the fact that people create too much content and they're 64 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:23.519 not repurposing and distributing enough. So my rule that I usually teach my people 65 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:30.120 is that commit to one one thing, commit to creating one original piece of 66 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.720 content, whether it be once a month, by weekly or weekly, weekly 67 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:40.560 ideal, but commit to that and then repurpose from there. You'll get tons 68 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:44.639 of content in the end. I just did a project with a client where 69 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.079 I'm repurposing one of their webinars. We were able to create fifteen pieces from 70 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:56.120 that Webinar. Wow, and it brings your your content power so much further 71 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:00.240 being able to do it that way and you you stay within your theme Sames, 72 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:02.759 your content, themes, you say, within your clusters, and you're 73 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:09.199 spending a lot less time creating content and more time distributing it. Hmm, 74 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.360 give me some insight as to like what type of stuff you pulled from that 75 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.319 Webin are what you're looking for, because you don't want to just pull well, 76 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.399 this could work right, like it might get a little engagement, like 77 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:23.079 you got to find some good content there. So what does that process look 78 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:29.439 like? Yeah, so I spent some time watching minute by minute that Webinar 79 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:34.759 and I would make little comment notes within the Webinarre. We're like this topic 80 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:39.480 would be a good blog post. We should grab this sound bite for an 81 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:45.000 audiogram. Hmmm, let's take this topic and turn it into a graphics so 82 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.680 people can understand what that ideal department looks like the topic they're talking about at 83 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:53.240 the time, and I go through minute by minute, making notes of every 84 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:57.439 piece of content that would make sense and compare that to the questions at the 85 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.040 end the QA and the chat that they have. So you know what really 86 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:05.720 resonated with the people who attended, it's more likely that it'll also resonate with 87 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:10.560 the people who are going to see that content later. So when we're talking 88 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:14.399 repurposing in this case, I think a lot of times what people think is, 89 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:18.000 okay, we had a Webinar, we cut the video into like three 90 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:23.120 micro clips and look, we repurposed it. But you're saying you've got to 91 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:29.000 think about it more holistically and you're sometimes creating content that isn't referring directly back 92 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:30.839 to the fact that you held the Webin are on this but like in the 93 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:35.279 case of creating a blog post, it's just hey, that webinar prompted this 94 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.040 other blog post. We don't even have to mention the Webinar, we just 95 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:44.519 create the blog post exactly. Yeah, it inspires the other pieces. You 96 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:49.600 can grab quotes from from the Webinar and bring that into their into the blog 97 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:54.759 post, but you're getting a ton of great information from that. No, 98 00:07:55.000 --> 00:08:01.399 our of content that you've already created and it births all of the other content 99 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.480 that you that your have, that you're creating. Are there any channels that 100 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:09.240 you think can kind of be overlooked or maybe ignored, that we need to 101 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:16.560 be thinking more about? Yeah, I think forums have been overlooked a bit, 102 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:22.560 where people are already asking questions and they're wanting that content, they're wanting 103 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:28.120 that education, and when people are doing it they're doing it the wrong way 104 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.279 where it you know, they're just dropping a link to their piece of content 105 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:37.240 like this will be helpful, but answer their question, build a relationship around 106 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.960 it and share out that content. But forums are a great place to understand 107 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:46.399 your customer a little bit better, see the conversations that are happening and build 108 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:52.360 relationships with them too. What are the best forms you're seeing for like within 109 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.039 be, Tob Yeah, within be to be having those conversations, and Linkedin 110 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:03.320 is a great place to start commenting on other people's posts. Is I've built 111 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:09.679 a lot of relationships that I would consider true friendships outside of Linkedin by doing 112 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:15.960 that. Medium is really great too. Cora, for some industries there's a 113 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.039 ton of questions in there, and probably more in the BEAUTISTA space, but 114 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:24.919 read it could be good, as long as you're not being spamming. I 115 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:30.000 love Linkedin for the connections that are made there. I would say I wasn't 116 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:35.080 very active, definitely not even a year ago, and as I've become more 117 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.960 and more active, one of the things I do is like literally I set 118 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.399 a timer, Sarah, and I just guess for the next thirty minutes, 119 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:45.200 all I'm going to do is just comment and just talk to people. Do 120 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.200 that like me once or twice a week. Sometimes I'm not great at it, 121 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.519 but it's like, okay, you don't have to post. You know, 122 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.919 I try to post, but like, where's my dedicated time to actually 123 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:58.639 be like looking at other people's content and yeah them in helpful way? I 124 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.120 think we overlooked that sometimes, or we just like comment when we see something 125 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:05.159 that we immediately think is interesting, when maybe we have something worth adding to 126 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:11.120 the conversation. That is a really good point. I think that people appreciate 127 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.759 so much when you comment on their posts that that's really where the relationships are 128 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:22.840 built, is in the comments, and I'm not exaggerating that. A lot 129 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.279 of people that I talked to as friends I met doing the same exact thing 130 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:28.919 and I do something similar. You know, I love a system. That's 131 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.000 ill talk about a systems, but I do the same thing where when I'm 132 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:39.320 eating breakfast, that's my time to comment on everybody's post on Linkedin. That 133 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.559 that I find interesting. Hmm, I like that. It's a an easy 134 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.519 way to again like batch a task with a something you're going to do every 135 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.080 day, right, eat breakfast, and a good way to interact. So 136 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:58.039 I like that. Yeah, it's have loves dogfast, must comment somethingked your 137 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.440 you're just automatically your hand just starts doing it in phone is just automatically opens 138 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:07.039 linkedin. Exactly. Okay. So once we have our four and this is 139 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:11.000 where I want to spend the majority of the rest of our time together, 140 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:18.960 I think distribution becomes that key ingredient and you mentioned like you can turn the 141 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.440 the one one a week thing into number of things, but we need to 142 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.320 practically break that down for people and go how should we be thinking about distribution? 143 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:33.200 You have a checklist that will mention here, but practically speaking, what 144 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:35.679 are some of the things you're doing and maybe even teach us a mindset of 145 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:41.440 like what are you looking for when it comes to distribution? Well, for 146 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:46.000 one, it needs to be constant. You cannot think that posting once on 147 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:50.039 social media is going to do the job. HMM. Your Social Media Life 148 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:56.120 Cycle is like twenty four hours at best. So make sure that you're recycling 149 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:01.559 your posts, everything is evergreen and and think of repurposing as distribution. It's 150 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:07.159 part of your distribution plan. Like let's use what I do for example. 151 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:13.039 I do as I preach and I have a biweekly core content. I will 152 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:18.879 always create two live streams a month, okay, and from there I will 153 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:26.480 create podcasts from each of those episodes and I will create an over arching blog, 154 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:30.240 like a long form blog, that covers those topics. I tries to 155 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:33.960 stay within a theme of month so everything is connected and all the dots are 156 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:39.919 are there. And then from there I'll create one email a week that goes 157 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.039 out and then, when Linkedin, newsletter that goes out each week. But 158 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.840 all of those things are connected to the two pieces of core content that I 159 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:54.759 created. So repurposing and distribution go hand in hand and recycle it, continue 160 00:12:54.840 --> 00:13:00.480 promoting it. It shouldn't ever be put on the back last unless it is 161 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:05.000 a dated content piece. Are you, or even the clients you're working with? 162 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:11.360 How are you guys looking at paid media, maybe sponsored or branded content 163 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:16.360 within this the distribution checklist? Yeah, we are like longer form content. 164 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.879 We do paid media, okay, will boost it, will do sponsored posts 165 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:28.080 and have it on another media channel, another publication, and you get a 166 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:33.240 lot of you get a lot of eyes that you wouldn't have normally by posting 167 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:39.399 and other places guest posting. So when you're creating that core content for your 168 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:46.879 own don't discount the fact that guess posting gets you a lot of eyes on 169 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:52.440 and it's people that are more that are likely to buy your service. It's 170 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:56.279 another part of your distribution plan, is guest posting, being a guest on 171 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:01.279 a podcast. It's funny because when I think of repurposing, I feel like 172 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.720 I'm coming around to it again, and I'll explain it this way. I 173 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.039 feel like if you go back to I might get the year wrong, but 174 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:15.759 like, let's say two thousand and eighteen, Gary V was only talking about 175 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:20.720 like repurposing and like putting your content everywhere, and like there was very much 176 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.159 this, just like there was a repurposing movement and then I think there was 177 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.960 a movement away from it. If you are with me and you're tracking with 178 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.360 me right where it was like, okay, we can't do that, like 179 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:35.720 it got to be like you see the same video everywhere you're in. People 180 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.519 started to get a bad taste in their mouths for like repurposing content, and 181 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:41.639 now we're at a point, I would say in two thousand and twenty two, 182 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:46.320 where it's like note, you have to repurpose content, almost the way 183 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:48.279 people thought of twitter back in the day, where it's like one tweet and 184 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.080 now it's drowned out. It's like you could easily repurpose that. Do you 185 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:58.559 feel that sort of shift happening again, or how do you think about repurposing? 186 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.480 Yeah, back in twenty eight, I think repurposing looked more like a 187 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:07.240 distribution plan. It was repurposing the exact same content across different channels. Like, 188 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:13.000 for example, when I'm posting a live stream on stream yard, it'll 189 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:18.320 go out to youtube, linkedin twitter, etc. That is repurposing, but 190 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.919 it's not the kind of repurposing I'm talking about today. Today repurposing looks more 191 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:28.600 like, you know, creating micro content out of out of those videos, 192 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:33.799 cutting them down into three minutes creating blog post from it, audiograms, podcasts, 193 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:39.440 using the content that you created to inspire a real or a ticktock. 194 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:43.919 Like I did a stream yard the other day and I was like, Oh, 195 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.559 you know what, this would be good as a real. So I 196 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:52.720 took the outline that I had created for the Stream Yard and repurposed it into 197 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.759 a real. It took me like five minutes to do, but the outline 198 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:03.440 was already there. I like it. Are there any sort of unconventional distribution 199 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:07.240 avenues that you're interested in right now or you think people should be aware of? 200 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:14.679 Well, one thing that people aren't doing regularly is the linkedin news letter 201 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:19.120 for be to be. Every single time I post a linkedin news letter, 202 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:26.879 which Linkedin distributes for me, I get an alert from my website traffic boost. 203 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:30.799 HMM, high traffic alert, every single time, and not a lot 204 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.960 of people are doing that yet. I always sign up to be a Beta 205 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:38.120 person. I'm always the Beta Tester on platforms, and that's how I ended 206 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:45.720 up getting linkedin newsletter access early and it was it does a great job of 207 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:49.080 distributing the content that I've created. I like that one. What are other 208 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:53.759 things we need to be maybe thinking through. You have a number of things 209 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:57.159 on your checklist that I can even read through it and then maybe stop me 210 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.200 when I hit one. We're like, Oh, we should talk about that 211 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.840 too. Write. Because well, first let's talk about the first thing. 212 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.720 Yeah, do it. So, creating different variations of your social media post 213 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:14.440 and setting them to recycle. MMM, always use a social media automation platform 214 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.680 that allows you to recycle your content, because I think, I think it 215 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.880 was that I read at point zero zero one percent of your followers see that 216 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.839 post the first time you post it. Wow, so why? Why you 217 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:32.880 bother with that? Set it to recycle so it's being pulled up. It's 218 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:37.160 not going to be annoying to her, to your people, because you know 219 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.839 it'll come up a week or three months from now. They're not going to 220 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:45.839 remember that you had that post. So use social media automation that recycles. 221 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:51.400 Yeah, what do you use for recycle? And and are you like setting 222 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:53.559 it, letting them choose when to repurpose, or are you going in and 223 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:59.079 deciding when that happens? You can do either one. I just let them 224 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:06.519 choose to I am currently using smarter Q. I've also used me Edgar sendable. 225 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:11.200 What's the reposter. I think the other one is called but right now 226 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:15.920 I'm using smarter Q. and what platforms is that connected to? Specifically, 227 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:21.400 Sarah, it is connected to Instagram, Linkedin, twitter and facebook. So 228 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:25.160 everything we would need, basically pretty much everything you need. They do pin 229 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.920 er ast to if you're doing pinter asked. So, okay, create three 230 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.720 variations of social media posts, set them to recycle. We talked about the 231 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:36.599 second one, which was send an email at it to the e newsletter. 232 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:38.960 We talked about, like Linkedin as a newsletter. Right. I think that's 233 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:44.400 an interesting option. HMM, I do one for my group and I do 234 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:49.160 one for linkedin every single week, and newsletters are obviously having a revival. 235 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:53.200 I never thought I would subscribe to one again and I'm subscribed to more than 236 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:57.839 probably I've ever been. So there's that. They're really good. Right now, 237 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:04.119 send an email to influencers mentioned or linked to in the article. This 238 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.279 is one that I think is fascinating. Break this one down. Yes, 239 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:14.200 so it's called permissionless marketing, and what you do is, Hey, if 240 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:18.359 you find a great quote from an influencer in your industry, put it in 241 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:22.839 there and let them know that you've mentioned them in the article and they are 242 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:27.160 likely to share it out back link it on their website, and so you 243 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:33.319 get extra distribution hour when you when you mentioned them, and it doesn't take 244 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:37.559 a lot of extra time, like having did interview someone. Our outreach for 245 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:44.519 quotes. It's easy, it is I love that one and I mentioned an 246 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:48.559 author book I was reading recently in one and she was like the first comment 247 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.240 on Linkedin and it was. It was so it was like so cool and 248 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:55.960 so random, but it was one of those things too. Are you? 249 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:00.039 You're obviously you're doing them a favor. So there's no. Yeah, it's 250 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.480 a good thing for them and it's great for you. Which one? Yeah, 251 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:07.640 exactly. Okay, Great. Yeah, another one. Answer questions and 252 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.279 link to the content. That was one that we mentioned earlier. I think 253 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:14.480 that you can do that great in forums. Definitely. You can do that 254 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:18.319 in linkedin comments. Add value, though, add value in the comment and 255 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.319 then if you have content that relates, then maybe throw a linkin. Exactly, 256 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:25.720 actually write it out. That's a huge part. Okay, explain this 257 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:30.119 one. Add a google alert on the title. What is that about? 258 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.119 Yeah, so on the title of the article that you've created, put a 259 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:37.799 google alert down there, so you could just set it google the the title 260 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:42.920 and you can set it so you'll know whenever it's mentioned or shared right now. 261 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:48.200 So it's more, I guess, less about distribution and more about seeing 262 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:52.359 the distribution power, the effect of it. Yep, I like that. 263 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:56.440 And then boost on social media and consider paid media, which is something that 264 00:20:56.680 --> 00:21:02.160 I did mention earlier. Anything that you would round out as we're taking on 265 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.759 one thing I say here is it. We want to be all about mindset, 266 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:07.599 right, so like as your thing about a mindset for distribution. Any 267 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:11.079 last things you would say, Sarah, as we kind of start to wrap 268 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:15.839 this up? Yeah, you're not annoying people. The number one thing that 269 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:22.359 I hear from people is I'm worried about annoying my audience or, you know, 270 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:26.119 repelling them instead of attracting them, and you're not. The reason they 271 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.119 are your followers is because they want to hear from you. So don't be 272 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.839 afraid to distribute the the content that you have. Just make sure that you're 273 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:38.559 adding value and you're teaching something along the way. They want to hear from 274 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:45.480 you, so good and take down. They're not your person exactly. Love 275 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.160 it. Well, I learned a lot. In this episode I am thinking 276 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:53.599 through what we're doing around distribution. We're coming out with more episodes than we 277 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:57.039 have in quite a while here at be to be growth, which means more 278 00:21:57.039 --> 00:22:02.160 content. Is Complicated, right, because you got to have distribution down, 279 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:06.799 and so this is a constant conversation behind the scenes here at be tob growth 280 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:10.400 and a sweet fish. And so, Sarah, thank you for illuminating a 281 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:14.400 pass forward for us around this topic of distribution today. How do people connect 282 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:18.319 with you and stay connected to what you're doing with tiny marketing? Yes, 283 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.559 so you can find me pretty much everywhere at Sarah No whal block my name, 284 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:26.400 and Linkedin is my social media of choice, and I also have a 285 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:30.839 podcast, that tiny marketing show, and I'm on all all the places where 286 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:34.519 you listen to this. You can listen to me too. Wonderful. Well, 287 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:40.960 we're always having insightful conversations just like this here on be tob growth. 288 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:45.279 We're hoping that they help fuel your growth and your innovation. Never miss an 289 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.200 episode. Subscribe to be to be growth on whatever platform you're listening to this 290 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:52.359 on and connect with me over on Linkedin. Just search Benji Block. Always 291 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:56.119 talking about marketing, business in life over there. 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