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Mini-Podcast Update: YouTube, Topics, and Popular Episodes
My mini-podcast is now on YouTube! If you've been listening for awhile you're familiar with the content: I do a short podcast every week or two about business, marketing, psychology, and related topics. "Voice Marketing with Emily Binder" began in 2018 as an Alexa...
Featured Marketing :
How You Actually Get Clients: 7 Whys to True Pain in Personal Finance
This post is skinned for finance but in essence applies to any industry. If you're not in finserv just skip to the 7 Whys Exercise at the bottom. It's simple but effective. If your marketing isn't working it's probably due to ineffective messaging. Below I'll show you...
Breaking the Rules: How Inconsistency Can Benefit Your Creative Process
Many marketers will tell you that sharing content consistently is the key to growing an audience. But I don't do this. And you may not need to either. Here's why. The best time to share is when you have something worth sharing, whenever that is. If you're starting...
78% Increase in Tweets about Personal Finance: Trends for Financial Advisor Marketing
Billions of tweets reveal tomorrow’s big movements. Let's talk about the 78% increase in content about personal finance this year on Twitter (and elsewhere). Huge opportunity. 💰 Money stigma is down, conversations are up.📱 Search is moving off Google, onto social...
You Want Unsubscribes: Avoid 2 Email Marketing Mistakes
I'll keep this really simple. Whether you're selling a product or service or doing a nurture / drip campaign, these are the sins of email marketing. The second one may be controversial for some mass market brands but I'm firm on it. Disagree? Comment below with your...
From the Pampers to the Depends: Content Marketing + Time = Brand Success
Brand is built in the subconscious over time. If you’re selling a considered purchase (an expensive good or important service) you have to start early and commit to creating long term content.
You Need All Three: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Marketing
If you're deficient in any one of these pillars of persuasion, it's difficult to get anyone to believe you or care what you have to say. 2,300 years ago Aristotle developed a useful theory about the art of rhetoric. He believed that every persuasive argument relied on...
Voice :
How to Use Spotify Playlists to Grow Podcast Plays – Guest SEO Hack
Most podcasts downloads happen within the first week of a new episode airing then sharply drop off. If you're a guest, this is a waste because your appearance is not only short lived and briefly promoted, but it becomes hard to find due to podcast SEO still lacking....
The Story Behind The THX Deep Note
THX’s The Deep Note remains one of the most recognizable sonic identities in the world. Where did it come from?
Best Easy Podcasting Equipment – Microphone and More
Since I started podcasting in 2012, the technology and equipment available to anyone who wants to make a podcast or Flash Briefing has improved considerably and prices have dropped. You can get a good quality setup for a couple hundred bucks. There's no reason you...
Why You Need a Voice Marketing Strategy NOW
A #VoiceFirst marketing strategy is a must. Brands and marketers - get ready. We aren't gonna be typing and squinting at GUIs much longer. Why you need a voice marketing strategy now: https://youtu.be/JPV2l2pMAqs Smart speakers are the fastest growing consumer...
Trick: How to Hear Alexa Flash Briefing on Your Phone (No Echo Required)
Want to listen to Alexa Flash Briefing but don't have an Amazon Echo? You can hear it on your smartphone. Here's how: Download the Amazon Mobile App if you don't already have it. Open the Amazon shopping app. On the home screen, tap the circle icon (Alexa logo) on the...
How to Create an Alexa Flash Briefing for Free – 3 Tools Reviewed
Want to create your own Alexa Flash Briefing but don't know how to code? This article explains 1) why smart speakers are a great marketing opportunity and 2) how to create your own briefing for free (click here to skip to setup instructions). Most other guides out...
Personal Finance :
How You Actually Get Clients: 7 Whys to True Pain in Personal Finance
This post is skinned for finance but in essence applies to any industry. If you're not in finserv just skip to the 7 Whys Exercise at the bottom. It's simple but effective. If your marketing isn't working it's probably due to ineffective messaging. Below I'll show you...
How To Transfer Crypto to Cold Storage: Trezor Model T Wallet Setup
You should consider moving your crypto off exchanges and onto a hardware wallet (known as cold storage). Why? Storing cryptocurrency (such a bitcoin or ethereum) on a centralized exchange like Coinbase, BlockFi, Binance and others may be convenient, but it's riskier...
Why Move Your Crypto to Cold Storage (Wallet)
Storing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on an exchange like Coinbase may be convenient but it's risky. You should consider moving your cryptoassets to a hardware wallet (known as cold storage). Below are two videos about why and how I went to cold storage.Crypto...
Stop with Meme Stocks: How to Really Build Wealth
Please stop obsessing over individual stocks, especially meme stocks. After the madness surrounding Gamestop $GME let's look at how most people will actually be able to build wealth over time. It's not hand picking stocks you read about on Reddit....
Tips and Advice :
How to Keep Your LinkedIn Experience Spam-Free – Prevent Unwanted Invitations
This is the number one way to save your time and energy while using LinkedIn: Prevent spam connection requests and most unwanted sales outreach. Change your privacy settings so that only people who know your email address can connect with you. Trust me, you're not...
6 Best Free Marketing Tools: Save Time, Look Good (Promo Codes)
These are the six BEST free marketing tools I use for my brands and my clients. These will save you time and make you look and sound good. All of these are free or freemium. If I have a promo link for you, it's below. Marketing tools you need to be using: Linktree is...
Six Lessons on Health and Happiness (Part 1)
2016 was a year that everyone (in my echo chamber) was happy to see end. I reflected for a month, and here are six takeaways regarding health, happiness, social life, and apps: There is usually no Ctrl+Shift+T for life, but you can always open a new tab. Retweet....
The Budget Keeper: Three Money Saving Tips for Your Twenties
This advice is geared toward your early twenties but is applicable to any stage of life. Whether you're a recent college grad or a bit older, these tips will save you and make you the most money, based on my experience and calculations as a woman in my latest of...
Career :
The Most Helpful Kind of Startup Advice: Kate Bradley Chernis from Lately.AI
You never know which introductions will be forgotten and which will be game changers. I've watched Lately.ai grow. I've seen big brands like Microsoft adopt it, seen GaryVee rely on it, seen Lately's ARR explode. I've referred clients who now rave about the tool that...
Stop with Meme Stocks: How to Really Build Wealth
Please stop obsessing over individual stocks, especially meme stocks. After the madness surrounding Gamestop $GME let's look at how most people will actually be able to build wealth over time. It's not hand picking stocks you read about on Reddit....
How to File an LLC – Best Tips No One Told Me
Ready to start a business? Here's the simple, most helpful advice that's hard to find. https://youtu.be/TgGRM7hcUXw When researching how to start my marketing business and form an LLC, I was overwhelmed by the confusing information online. I just wanted simple answers...
Salary Negotiation Tips – Why Your Current Salary is Like Your Weight
"So, where are you now in terms of salary?" Never answer this question in a job interview. Treat it like "How much do you weigh?" Because it's equally personal and inappropriate. It just happens to be incredibly common - but that is already changing. Salary history...
Reviews :
The Beauty Advantage: Objects Over Experiences. Big Wall Decor Art Review
Our environment is a reflection of our mental state. Your space and your mind play together like kids on a playground, every exchange energetically affecting each other. I've always loved art and how it makes me feel. This post is about the importance of art and...
Dashlane Review and Promo Code for 6 Months Free
"The app that makes the internet easier." Dashlane is the single best time-saving app I use. I never have to remember passwords. Everything is auto-filled (my name, credit card numbers, address, phone, emails, passwords)- into every desktop or mobile form. You need...
The Book that Transformed Microsoft’s Culture: Nonviolent Communication
You will derive many benefits both personally and professionally from Nonviolent Communication. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes in this book so strongly that when he was named CEO, among his first actions was to hand it out to every one of the company's...
Best Video Podcast Equipment for Zoom – 2021 Amazon List
YouTube is the #1 destination for podcast consumption, with 70.2% of respondents accessing podcasts there, followed by Spotify at 33.9%, according to a University of Florida study, 2019. What is the best video podcasting setup for Zoom? Logitech BRIO webcamRing...