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Marketing Coach: 101 Really Good Ideas for 2014

101 Really Good Ideas

Maybe 2014 will be the year that you…

  1. Start thinking bigger

  2. Ask for help (partners, affiliates, advocates, allies, clients)

  3. Stop playing small

  4. Give up your victim mindset

  5. Learn to sell smarter

  6. Invest in yourself

  7. Stop whining

  8. Be of service to more people, whether they buy or not

  9. Listen more deeply

  10. Stop competing and start collaborating

  11. Let go and move on

  12. Get smart about your money (earning, saving, spending, investing)

  13. Embrace the unknown

  14. Scale your business

  15. Don't sweat the small stuff

  16. Give more of your time to your best clients

  17. Amplify your voice

  18. Sharpen your vision

  19. Multiply your impact

  20. Get off the hamster wheel

  21. Leverage more 

  22. Labor less (simplify, eliminate, delegate, outsource)

  23. Serve a wider audience

  24. Dig deeper

  25. Write more

  26. Stress less

  27. Spend more time with family

  28. Get off the email crack

  29. Manage your day smarter

  30. Take 100% ownership of marketing, sales, and business development

  31. Stop pitching and start solving

  32. Make more videos

  33. Build a community around your expertise

  34. Trash your self-limiting beliefs

  35. Buy this book

  36. Get serious, get help, or get out

  37. Upgrade your marketing materials

  38. Stop tolerating bullshit in all areas of your life

  39. Embrace healthy habits (food, exercise, sleep)

  40. Aspire to be bigger, better, smarter, kinder

  41. Show up

  42. Step up

  43. Stop doing work you’ve outgrown

  44. Stop serving clients who no longer fit

  45. Raise your sights

  46. Raise your fees

  47. Seek out better, smarter, more successful friends

  48. Seek out better, smarter, more successful clients

  49. Quit doing stupid shit (yes, you!)

  50. Free your imagination

  51. Sing your song

  52. Make your mark

  53. Write your book

  54. Launch that thing you’ve been dreaming of

  55. Rediscover your passion

  56. Unleash your enthusiasm

  57. Get the hell off Facebook

  58. Mentor someone who needs your wisdom

  59. Reframe your losses

  60. Remember your wins

  61. Write down your goals

  62. Live out of your calendar, not your inbox

  63. Set your GPS for greatness

  64. Go for bigger fish

  65. Use better bait

  66. Bag the elephant

  67. Be more tenacious

  68. Focus like a laser

  69. Stop distracting yourself

  70. Get more results by doing less marketing

  71. Develop a “marketing magnet” speech

  72. Identify target-rich audiences

  73. Deploy irresistible offers

  74. Master your “enrollment conversation”

  75. Start doing social media right

  76. Become more comfortable being uncomfortable

  77. If you’re not scared, you're probably not up to anything interesting

  78. Go to more conferences

  79. Cross-pollinate your best ideas

  80. Join a mastermind group

  81. Read more for pleasure

  82. Read more for business

  83. Collect smart friends

  84. Feature and leverage other people

  85. Keep a notebook to capture your best ideas

  86. Start your podcast

  87. Interview other experts

  88. Interview your prospects and clients

  89. Serve on a non-profit board

  90. Do something artsy (music, painting, dance, theater)

  91. Upgrade your wardrobe

  92. Buy that new car (PDF)

  93. Give more generously

  94. Stop judgment and embrace openness (mind, heart, spirit)

  95. Apologize even (especially?) when you don’t need to

  96. Be more humble

  97. Punch people in the face with value

  98. Become genuinely interested in others

  99. Ask more and better questions

  100. Make more lists

  101. Send more cookies

  102. Be more grateful

  103. Always over-deliver

  104. Yes, this is item #104 out of 101

  105. Always say please and thank you

  106. Please share this post

  107. Thank you for being awesome


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