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I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!
Daily Post #1330 • July 30 2021 • Experience
Success isn’t working from the beach
I’ve worked from the beach doing the “laptop lifestyle” thing…
Daily Post #1329 • July 29 2021 • Experience
Beating your high score
What conversion rate should we aim to have our marketing assets achieve?
Daily Post #1328 • July 28 2021 • Craft
The grass is greener where you make it rain
There are fields next to our house, one full of wheat, the other full of sheep.
Daily Post #1325 • July 25 2021 • Narrative
Pride In Progress
It feels great to make something great.
Daily Post #1324 • July 24 2021 • Experience
Social Media, Sophists and Philosophers
Question: should you say what gets the most likes, or what is right?
Daily Post #1323 • July 23 2021 • Experience
The other side of friendships
That marketing opportunity you’re looking for? It might be on the other side of a friendship. If you don’t build rapport with others, you won’t build much else with them, either.
Daily Post #1322 • July 22 2021 • Craft
Redefining Progress
I had a very confident email arrive today.
Daily Post #1321 • July 21 2021 • Experience
The market isn’t as it sounds
Go on social media and you’ll find vocal proponents and opponents of almost any industry, industry practice or market trend.
Daily Post #1319 • July 19 2021 • Experience
Control your connection
I first started publishing online around 2000.
Daily Post #1316 • July 16 2021 • Craft
We can do better
I’m not into football and I’m not an astronaut. And yet:
Daily Post #1314 • July 14 2021 • Narrative
Your audience, your stage
When we talk about having an “audience”, we’re often stuck in the past:
Daily Post #1313 • July 12 2021 • Experience
Issue 2 of Marketing Isn’t About You now available
The second issue of “Marketing Isn’t About You” is now live, as a long-form comic post, and you can read it here.
Daily Post #1312 • July 12 2021 • Momentum
How ‘hustle’ slows you down
Ever noticed how product and business development problems are solved by removing ‘hustle’?
Daily Post #1310 • July 10 2021 • Momentum
2 Short Lists
Try keeping these 2 short lists today and see how they improve your output.
Daily Post #1309 • July 09 2021 • Craft
The work that doesn’t look like work
Do you struggle with this?
Daily Post #1308 • July 08 2021 • Experience
What to do when you don’t know what to do
The secret is knowing what to do, when you don’t know what to do.
Daily Post #1307 • July 07 2021 • Momentum
Cement the goal posts
It’s football season. I don’t like football.
Daily Post #1306 • July 06 2021 • Craft
Learn a thing
Few things stimulate creativity like learning a new thing.
Daily Post #1304 • July 04 2021 • Momentum
Stop setting your brain up for failure
What do these all have in common:
Daily Post #1303 • July 03 2021 • Experience
1,000 True Weirdos
You’ve heard of the importance of finding ‘1,000 true fans’ for your body of work, right?
Daily Post #1302 • July 02 2021 • Momentum
Watch out for “Therefore”
“Posting more regular content creates more views.” “More people prefer this flavour of product.” “This tool converts gets more opt-ins on your website.”
Daily Post #1301 • July 01 2021 • Experience
Customers falling into gaps
I feel bad about this every time I see it happen.