What would you ask a mentor?

[eliquid]

Let's say right now, you doing ok as a marketer or entrepreneur.

But you had the opportunity to ask someone higher up than you a bunch of questions you wish you had the answers to.

What would you ask them?

• It could be questions about how to grow your agency or landing clients.
• It could be things like where would they start today if they had $0 money.
• If you only had 30 minutes a day to work on paid ads, where would you focus that 30 minutes?
• etc

Looking for marketing/business questions you would want answers to if you could ask someone above you for the answers.

I'm doing this for research for a podcast I'm going to host.

 

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[becks22]

How to stand your ground againist demanding and/or overbearing clients?

 

[Itizn]

How do you meet influential people? Apart from trade shows or networking events.

Are there any interesting places powerful people can be found?

 

[SteveO]

"How do I start?" and would expect a total a$$ kicking to get me in gear.

 

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[MTF]

Assuming this:

you doing ok as a marketer or entrepreneur.

I would ask: how do you cultivate a sense of urgency/growth/ambitious mind when you're okay and don't necessarily NEED to do more. Or in other words, how do you avoid getting too complacent and lazy?

 

[Andy Black]

Say you’ve advanced digital marketing skills and are also good at teaching digital marketing.

How would you decide between:

1. Doing.
2. Doing and teaching.

Is it possible to “do” to the same level if you’re also teaching?

 

[Andy Black]

I'm doing this for research for a podcast I'm going to host.

Coool! I’m curious if you’re planning a solo or co-hosted podcast.

 

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[MattL]

If you could hit a time-travel button right now and restart your journey...

What would you do differently?

 

[eliquid]

bumping

 

[Mac]

1. At what point would you raise Series A for your biz? (Or... in what cases would you NOT raise capital?)

2. How to choose the right incentives for your Executive Team (show me the incentive, I'll show you the outcome)

3. Setting 3-year to 10-year plans, quarter-by-quarter basis, contingencies, what roles are most important on exec team to build first [I guess this is industry-specific. For SaaS, undoubtedly the CTO would be and for ecommerce, perhaps the manager of logistics or CMO would be], capital allocation for major innovative products that will expand market-share and increase revenue exposure (R&D % allocation of overall cash-flow).

4. What kinds of decisions have longest half-life for their business

5. Hiring process, reporting process, risk management (if Mr. Market deals a foul blow, at what point do you cut and pivot?)

 

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[OleksiyRybakov]

Let's say right now, you doing ok as a marketer or entrepreneur.

But you had the opportunity to ask someone higher up than you a bunch of questions you wish you had the answers to.

What would you ask them?

• It could be questions about how to grow your agency or landing clients.
• It could be things like where would they start today if they had $0 money.
• If you only had 30 minutes a day to work on paid ads, where would you focus that 30 minutes?
• etc

Looking for marketing/business questions you would want answers to if you could ask someone above you for the answers.

I'm doing this for research for a podcast I'm going to host.

I would ask them if they could collaborate with me on a certain project where there might be some need for them. If they are willing, chances are high that I will see their real way to work and I could also distinguish between what they are saying and what they are doing. If they are not willing to collaborate with me, why should I trust them anyway that their answers will be honest?

 

[eliquid]

Thanks everyone so far.

Bumping...

 

[Saad Khan]

What are the red flags for a "high maintenance" client?

 

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[Mattie]

Let's say right now, you doing ok as a marketer or entrepreneur.

But you had the opportunity to ask someone higher up than you a bunch of questions you wish you had the answers to.

What would you ask them?

• It could be questions about how to grow your agency or landing clients.
• It could be things like where would they start today if they had $0 money.
• If you only had 30 minutes a day to work on paid ads, where would you focus that 30 minutes?
• etc

Looking for marketing/business questions you would want answers to if you could ask someone above you for the answers.

I'm doing this for research for a podcast I'm going to host.

7 years ago I had this chance. I just asked the person what kind of books he read. He showed me all of them.
I asked him about all his business.
I asked him about how he became successful. (His story).
I asked him about his mentors and he told me.
I asked him about everything I could ask him for a few months while I had the chance.

Not your everyday experience.

I was just reading about another person I met at the same time. I was just reading his work and video's online because he passed away. He wrote a book on Wine and went to France. He asked everyone around there of all the generations about how they made the best wine.

If you happen to have the chance like I did many times you just take the opportunity to learn what they have to say. It wasn't that hard for me to find out information from many sources.

 

[WJK]

Let's say right now, you doing ok as a marketer or entrepreneur.

But you had the opportunity to ask someone higher up than you a bunch of questions you wish you had the answers to.

What would you ask them?

• It could be questions about how to grow your agency or landing clients.
• It could be things like where would they start today if they had $0 money.
• If you only had 30 minutes a day to work on paid ads, where would you focus that 30 minutes?
• etc

Looking for marketing/business questions you would want answers to if you could ask someone above you for the answers.

I'm doing this for research for a podcast I'm going to host.

Asking those questions was the best part of being a commercial appraiser. I got to interview business owners and investors all day, every day. I always asked several times as many questions as I needed to write my reports. I was fascinated.