Andy Black
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I know this is a very vague question but think of it like this; if someone put a gun to your head so that you can give the most valuable piece of advice in regards to these topics, what advice would you give?
There is a certain thinking and formula that is applied to everything that achieves desirable results, that's basically what I'm trying to bring out of everyone.
So what advice would you give regarding these topics, what would generate desirable results?
-Copywriting
-Sales
-Marketing
-Social Media Marketing
-Seo
-Mindset
-Finance
-Web Dev
-Product Development
-Branding
-etc
You can chose as few or as many as you want lol
You ask/state "How to get results".
Then list a lot of different ways HOW to do things.
Are you too focused on individual ways HOW to achieve results, and not focused enough on the results you're trying to achieve?
The results you're trying to achieve are your WHAT and WHY - they're your purpose.
What's your purpose?
WHO are you trying to help?
WHAT are you trying to help them with?
WHY do they need that help?
Are you trying to help homeowners who are locked out of their house to find a local locksmith? Are you simultaneously trying to help locksmiths get found by local people locked out of their house?
If those are the results you're trying to achieve, then you'd take the actions necessary to get the results, and not worry about whether you're "doing" copywriting, social media, paid search, etc.
Are you too preoccupied with the tools, and not with the results you're trying to achieve?
I guess it makes sense to study those topics if you're studying business or marketing, or if you want a j.o.b. working for someone else.
If you want to run a business though, would you be better thinking less academically/studiously about it and just focus on doing whatever it takes to get a customer?
All we need to be in business is a customer - someone who will pay you to solve their problems, or entertain them.
It's really that simple.
I can picture a young lad knocking on doors asking to mow the lawn or clean the windows.
He hasn't over-complicated it.
He hasn't treated it as an academic challenge.
He likely thinks "traffic" is what he has to avoid when he crosses the road.
He likely wonders how to get his lawn mowing service in front of locals on Facebook, but is just going to do it instead of take a course on "Social Media Marketing".
He's likely never heard of "Social Media Marketing".
His goal is simply to find people he can help, and to get paid for doing so.
He'll do whatever is needed to achieve this goal.
Ask yourself WHO you're trying to help, WHAT you're trying to help them with, and WHY they need your help.
Worry less about HOW you're going to do it.
Do what's necessary, and at the time you need to do it. (And don't worry what label other people put on it, or what they think about it.)
Treat business less as an information-gathering academic exercise, and more of an action-taking wisdom-earning journey.
Hope that helps.
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