November 21, 2022 / by Don Connelly / Marketing Yourself / 0 comments
A marketing resume can be a very potent tool because it can be used in unlimited number circumstances—at networking events, canvassing businesses, social events, speaking events, or anywhere you would normally hand out business cards. But you must be thoughtful about who exactly should receive your marketing resume. If your value proposition is too broad (trying to be everything to everybody) it may not resonate with anyone because it doesn’t differentiate you.
Here are three tips on how to get the most promotional power out of your marketing resume.
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3 Ways to Boost the Promotional Power of a Marketing Resume
November 21, 2022 / by Don Connelly / Marketing Yourself / 0 comments
A marketing resume can be a very potent tool because it can be used in unlimited number circumstances—at networking events, canvassing businesses, social events, speaking events, or anywhere you would normally hand out business cards. But you must be thoughtful about who exactly should receive your marketing resume. If your value proposition is too broad (trying to be everything to everybody) it may not resonate with anyone because it doesn’t differentiate you.
Here are three tips on how to get the most promotional power out of your marketing resume.
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When Financial Advisors’ Self-Promotion Is Not Shameless
September 25, 2014 / by Don Connelly / Marketing Yourself / 0 comments
Is self-promotion a shameless thing for Financial Advisors? If we should be self-promoting, what exactly should we be self-promoting? Do I know wealthy people well enough to know what they consider unattractive? Where is the line I probably shouldn’t cross?
I think it’s a bad thing to promote yourself. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to promote the value you can and do add to peoples’ lives. I think it’s a bad thing to inflate your ego. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to explain that you are helping families succeed financially.
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