Does Marketing Make You Happy or Pull Your Hair Out?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by William Veasley, Mar 3, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hey,

    My names William Tha Great, here from Houston, Texas.

    Marketing is the talk of the town right now.

    I hear more and more that it is more important than the content you promote. A year ago I would never hear that anywhere, but today that isnt the case anymore. It's a little bit crazy to me.

    Do you even like marketing?

    Personally I like providing people with quality content the most. I love when my content does a lot of the promotion on its own. I don't dislike it, but one day I hope I can have people do that part of my business for me.

    What about you guys?

    God bless,
    William Veasley
     
    William Veasley, Mar 3, 2011 IP
  2. element01

    element01 Active Member

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    Hey William,

    To be honest I love marketing. Developing creative campaigns and thinking out of the box is the best part, though I rarely have the opportunity.

    I can see that you must have a completely different viewpoint that me, maybe one day I will be one of those people you pay to do your marketing for you!
     
    element01, Mar 3, 2011 IP
  3. Steve Marino

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    Short term I don't like it but when I see the long term benefits, I love it.
     
    Steve Marino, Mar 3, 2011 IP
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    I enjoy it - sometimes it makes me nervous because I'm afraid of failing but the lessons I learn and progress I make are exciting to me!
     
    Oceanus, Mar 4, 2011 IP
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    I need to be happy with marketing, though sometimes it frustrate me because I need to get more sales.
     
    carol.prime, Mar 4, 2011 IP
  6. EngineerofSuccess

    EngineerofSuccess Well-Known Member

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    It's a beautiful full-time job marketing online, as it gives anyone a piece of mind!
     
    EngineerofSuccess, Mar 4, 2011 IP
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    You guys have hair!!
     
    drax2010, Mar 4, 2011 IP
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    Yes, I love online marketing and i do marketing myself only, i don't pay to anyone.
     
    CheapSEO, Mar 4, 2011 IP
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    Agreed, if you don't love it... why not do something else?
     
    IMBobby, Mar 5, 2011 IP
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    What kind of promotion? Creating the content is a big part of the marketing.
     
    DanAbbamont, Mar 6, 2011 IP
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    There are good and bad days. But overall I must say I love marketing and advertising.. the thrill of always coming up with idea and facing challenges just too fun.
     
    Justin_Dupre, Mar 6, 2011 IP
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    I think it is interesting.
     
    Avesel, Mar 7, 2011 IP
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    It's all good. The good and the bad days. On the bad days you always look back to what you've done wrong and how to improve the situation and on the good days you always try to improve and get better results. Personally I wouldn't be able to do something else. That's the way it is. :)
     
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  14. ForgottenCreature

    ForgottenCreature Notable Member

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    Marketing is pretty easy for me, so it doesn't make me pull my hair out - in fact, I'm always learning new marketing techniques.
     
    ForgottenCreature, Mar 9, 2011 IP
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    #15
    I enjoy marketing for two reasons, a; it comes with the job and it's something that has to be done and b; the longterm results is what we market for. I don't believe marketing has too much priority over content however if you want traffic to your content then you need to market it :)
     
    Fabrizio Van Marciano, Mar 9, 2011 IP
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    I think we need to automate the marketing stuff like sending articles or do bookmarking.
     
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    I'm relatively new to marketing but i would say so far its a definite mixture. Especially with so much information to try an digest and sort the gems of wisdom from the turds
     
    MagicMonkey, Mar 9, 2011 IP
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    I would much rather focus on providing quality content than worry about promotion, but it doesn't make me pull my hair out. I do like the challenge of it, checking PR, site hits, keyword tracking, and so forth. I would prefer if I could just do it a little less...
     
    RachelCorrine, Mar 9, 2011 IP