Digital Helpings
Andrew Nathan
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Here is the transcript from my podcast on Wednesday. Hear the original podcast at AndyNathan.Net.
Digital Marketing Musing Digital Helpings Transcript
This is our digital marketing mobile musings for today. As always I am in the car musing, thinking, loving, and helping. Ironically enough digital helpings is the topic for today. I have been reading a book right now about sales, The Art of Attracting Clients by Jesse Koren and Sharla Jacobs. One thing they put in there was that the word sell is really a 5 letter word. SELL is the traditional word, but if you really want to sell then you need to SERVE.
In layman’s’ parlance this means Help! Henceforth the digital helpings you can provide your prospects.
When you want to help people online, and you want to get new clients they happen at the same time. Because if you really want to do more, you need to help more people. The oft-stated phrase from Zig Ziglar that you can have anything you want in life as long as you help enough people is really true.
Generally those maxims that sound like hocus-pocus. However, it turns out to be the truth.
If you want to build your business online, you need to serve people.
How do you this? How do you make this happen. There are a few things you can do.
First, you can make ridiculously awesome content. Like what I do! Aw yeah! Not to toot my own horn, but iI will. Provide your audience with solid information they can use for their business.
When you do that, make sure you are not just stopping short. Generally if you tell people what to do, then yes people will do it themselves. Absolutely!
There are always people who will do it themselves. Even if you don’t show them, they will do it themselves. There are so many blog posts and videos out there that they can find stuff and piece it together without you.
That is not to neglect your information, or say your knowledge is not valuable.
However, unless you have a miraculous formula for making a million dollar in two minutes, you need to share what you do. If you do have this formula, please share with me.
Second, give of your time. You can give of our your time with initial free consultations, site audits, or even answer questions from people asking about how their site looks. A website developer or designer can do a lot with this approach, because so many people have no clue how to create a solid website.
Use sites like Quora or Linkedin Groups to help you find more people in need. You can give your opinion, and do a lot of professional work from the interested prospects who appreciate that opinion.
Third, you can give of your company and more of what you do. You can possibly give your service out as a donation. If you believe in a non-profit, then maybe you give of your time to help them.
Giving of your time in that way might not seem like a great way of improving your business, but it could be a great portfolio piece.
Additionally, non-profits have a number of great connections. You never know who they have in their Rolodex. That being said, do NOT just use a non-profit to benefit yourself. You could get additional benefits. It is the reason you need to only donate to charities you appreciate.