Marketing Isn’t Always Easy
I know. I really do. I wan’t born yesterday, and I didn’t just jump off the turnip truck.
You’re just too busy to do this marketing stuff. That’s why you have “people.” They do it for you, right? I understand.
Oh, you don’t have people and you don’t have time? Great, now it’s really not going to get done.
Hmmm…We Have A Problem
No, wait, you have a problem.
When did you grow up to the point that you realized you had a choice to neglect one of the most important parts of your business?
When did it suddenly become okay to stomp your feet, and say you hate change, you don’t have time, and you aren’t going to:
- Write a Marketing Plan
- Learn about LinkedIn
- Talk about Twitter
- Study the facts about Facebook
- Get tight with Google+
- Learn about the business of blogging
- …and so on?
Well, Enough Of That Already
Starting today, it’s time to step up and claim your rightful place as an adult.
Yep, it’s time to put on your big boy and big girl pants already, and treat your business as an adult would.
We Make Time For That Which We Enjoy
It’s true, isn’t it? Depending on your interests, do you suddenly find you have the time to:
- Take a referral source to the theater?
- Take a client to your favorite restaurant?
- Take a potential client to your Bulls’ suite?
- Play in next week’s political fundraiser golf outing at a course you love?
- Eat pizza while jointly addressing firm holiday cards?
- (Okay, maybe that last one was a stretch, but it has been known to make it easier.)
Guess What? It’s Not Always Fun
As much as I wish it wasn’t so, there are some parts of marketing that aren’t going to be fun. Heck, there are some parts of life that aren’t going to be fun, right? We all have things we wish we didn’t have to do.
- I wish I didn’t have to take the time to have the towel bar in our bathroom plastered back in place.
- I wish I didn’t have to have cavities filled.
- I wish I didn’t have to prepare and submit expense reports for travel reimbursement.
Unfortunately, I have no choice. These tasks need to be completed for me to make progress. There are aspects of marketing that I enjoy more than others, but I also realize there are some that I must address. I usually prefer to assist all my clients in promoting their businesses and practices more than I do with my own. I believe I understand why. It’s far more motivating and satisfying to see a happy client, right?
Bottom Line
As a human, there will be aspects of your business that you don’t enjoy. I understand, but we must step up and act like the adults we are expected to be. We need to manage our practices, our firms, and the business of running those firms in the most practical way possible, which means making Marketing a planned, intentional, and essential part of that business.
*Disclaimer: I’ll never claim to be an adult 24/7…never, and you can’t make me!