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Engage And Thrive || EAT with Taelon — 83 episodes

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Remote working is the cure for burnout ❤️‍🩹

2

Every website should have a blog, it's great for SEO 🗃️

3

You only need to worry about Trademarks once you’ve made it ®️

4

A CV Is All That Matters. You Only Need A Portfolio If You Want A Creative Job 📄

5

The More Tech Tools You Add To Your Stack, The Better And More Efficient Your Business Will Run ⌨️

6

The Best Leaders Are Always Available To Their Teams, Because Being Instantly Reachable Shows Commitment And Keeps Everything Moving 🚪

7

What Happens Outside My Industry Has No Effect On My Business, So I Don't Need To Pay Attention To External Factors 🌍

8

AI Can Give Me All The Answers, I Don’t Need To Ask My Customers For Feedback Any More 👂

9

If It’s Measurable, It Must Matter – All Metrics Are Equal 🧮

10

We Don’t Need A Formal Agenda For Every Meeting, This Kills The Free Flow Of Ideas And Creativity 🧾

11

Website Content Doesn’t Expire Once You Publish It; It Keeps Working Forever 🪦

12

Delegating Tasks Means You’re Avoiding The Hard Work And Being Lazy ⚙️

13

Employer Branding Is Only Important For Writing Job Adverts 🏗️

14

Our Competitors Are Only The Ones Selling The Same Thing As Us 🥊

15

Brand Awareness Campaigns Are Useless And Just A Waste Of Money As They Don’t Drive Sales 📣

16

You Need Fancy Tools And Software To Succeed In Digital Marketing 🧰

17

SEO Doesn't Matter Anymore; People Just Use ChatGPT Instead 🔍

18

Personal Branding Is Just For Influencers 👤

19

The Most Important Growth Metric On Social Is How Fast You Get Followers 📈

20

I Don’t Have Time To Run Focus Groups, We’ll Just Send A Survey And Get The Same Information👂

21

Your Best Selling Product Is Always Your Most Valuable 🗂️

22

Freelancers And Agencies Are Too Expensive; We’re Better Off Doing It All In-House 💼

23

We’re Getting Sales, So We Don’t Need To Worry About Who Our Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) Is 🧐

24

Data Security Is Only Something IT Or Tech Companies Have To Worry About 🔐

25

A CRM Is A Tool Only For Tracking Sales And Managing Contacts 🧩

26

Localisation Is Just About Translating Words Into A Local Language 📍

27

Brand Guidelines Are Only Necessary for Medium to Large Size Businesses 📖

28

My Website Only Needs A Homepage And A Contact Form 🖥️

29

You Should Delete All Negative Feedback Online To Protect Your Brand's Reputation 🛑

30

Content Calendars Are Only for Big Brands with Large Teams 🗓️

31

If sales are slowing down, my business is failing 📉

32

If Your Business Is Making A Profit, Everything Else Will Fall Into Place 💰

33

Social Media Changes Too Fast, So Keeping Up Isn’t Worth The Effort ⚡

34

Video Marketing Is Only For Big Brands With Big Budgets 🎥

35

Slow Responses Don’t Harm Brand Reputation ⏳

36

Data-Driven Strategy Limits Creativity 🎨

37

You Can’t Influence Word-Of-Mouth Marketing 💬

38

You Need A Physical Location And Presence To Be Taken Seriously As A Business Or Professional 🏢

39

SWAG Is Outdated In The Digital Era 🖤

40

If You Build It, They Will Come 🏗️

41

More Traffic Always Equals More Sales 🛍️

42

Strategy And Planning Are The Same 🗺️

43

Brand Ambassadors Are Only Celebrities Or Paid Influencers 🗣️

44

Landing Pages Are Only Useful For Ad Campaigns 🚀

45

Content Marketing Is Just About Blogging 📝

46

Marketing Automation Is Impersonal And Lacks A Human Touch 🤖

47

You Should Follow The Best Time To Post Guides For All Social Platforms 🕑

48

Sales Data Is All That Matters Because The Purpose Of Business Is Making Money 📊

49

We Don't Need A Retention Strategy, We Get Good Feedback And Our Customers Like Us 🤝

50

Marketing And Branding Are The Same Thing 🤝

51

Only Established Brands Can Survive In Saturated Markets 🌱

52

Cost Per Acquisition Is Too Complicated To Calculate 💰

53

Sales And Marketing Funnels Are Too Time-Consuming And Complicated To Set Up 🧮

54

SWOT Analysis Is Just A Brainstorm Exercise And Has No Real Value In Everyday Business 🧠

55

My Website Looks Fine On Desktop, So I Don’t Need To Worry About Mobile Optimisation 📱

56

Posting On Every Hashtag Holiday Will Increase Engagement And Sales 📅

57

QR Codes Are Outdated, Nobody Uses Them Anymore 📉

58

Website Hosting Is Not Important, We Have Other Things To Spend Our Budget On 💸

59

We Don't Need A Pricing Strategy, We Just Need To Undercut Our Competitors 🔪

60

We Don’t Do Any Paid Media, So All Our Marketing Is Free 🆓

61

Having A Professional Tone Of Voice Means Being Formal 😎

62

Passive Customers Are Less Valuable Than Active Customers 💎

63

All Marketing Channels Are Equally Important, So We Should Invest In All Of Them All At Once 🔄

64

We’re Going To Work With A Marketing Expert, They Know What They Are Doing, So We Don’t Need To Do Anything 🙄

65

Formal Agreements And Contracts Are Only Necessary For Big Projects 😲

66

Any Content And Assets Made For Our Brand Are Automatically Owned By Us 🤡

67

We've Conducted An A/B Test Before, Therefore We Don't Need To Do It Again 🥸

68

KPIs Are Only About Financials, So Not Relevant To All Departments 😵‍💫

69

SEO Takes Too Long To See Results, So It Can’t Help With Lead Generation Now 🤕

70

Asking For Reviews Is Pushy And Only Relevant For Small Businesses 🫥

71

What We Offer Is So Unique That We Don't Have Any Competitors 😮‍💨

72

Tagging And Tracking Are Only Relevant For Digital Marketing Activities, Not For Real-Life Activities ☝️

73

B2B Marketing Needs To Be Corporate And Cannot Be Creative 🥴

74

Email Marketing Is Completely Dead 😵

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TRAILER || Engage And Thrive (EAT) hosted By Taelon

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Data Is Time-Consuming, And We Don't Have That Kind Of Time To Review And Analyse 🫨

77

I Don't Need A Go-To-Market Strategy, I'm Just Going To Launch And See What Happens 🤠

78

Ads Don’t Work On Me, That Means My Business Doesn’t Need Ads 🤔

79

We're On Social Media, We Don't Need A Website 🫠

80

I Don't Need A Business Plan Because It's All In My Head 🤯

81

I Need To Be On Every Social Media Platform 🥵

82

I Have A Logo Therefore I Have A Brand 🫣

83

My Target Customer Is Everyone 😑