10 ways to impress your marketing manager and get promoted
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10 WAYS TOIMPRESS
YOURMARKETING
MANAGER ANDGET PROMOTED
OMFG
THE COMPANY ISSTUCK
IN TIRED OLDPROCESSES
YOUR MARKETING BOSS IS UNDER PRESSURE TO
GROW TRAFFIC ANDLEADS
BOSS HAS TOOMUCH TO DO ANDNO RESOURCES
NOBODY EXPECTS YOU CAN HELP
MOON
THIS IS HOWYOU MAKE THINGS
HAPPEN WITHZERO BUDGET
BOSS HAS TOCREATE CONTENTAND NEEDS A WELLDESIGNED POSTER,WHITE PAPER ANDINFOGRAPHIC IN 1
WEEK.
NO DESIGN SKILLS IN-HOUSE SO...
YOU GET ONCANVA.COM, PASTETEXT AND DROP
IMAGES INTO THEIRTHEIR AMAZINGTEMPLATES TOMAKE ALL 3 IN 2
DAYS.
BOSS IS STARING ATYOU IN DISBELIEF
COMPANY IS GOINGTO MISS SALES
TARGETS AND BOSSNEEDS 20 EMAILADDRESSES OFTARGET CEO'S TOPASS TO SALES.
THEIR EMAILADDRESSES ARENOT LISTED
ANYWHERE SO...
YOU JUMP ON ANYMAILFINDER.COMTO AUTOMATICALLYFIND THEIR EMAILS
AND PASTE THEM INTOA FILE FOR YOUR
BOSS IN 10 MINUTES
BOSS PRAISES YOURGENIUS
BOSS WANTS TOSPEND HOURSCOPYING ANDPASTING USEFULDATA FROM ACOMPETITOR
WEBSITE TO EXCEL
YOU KNOW BETTERSO...
YOU OPENUP IMPORT.IO ANDSET IT TO CAPTUREALL THE DATA FROMTHE PAGE DIRECTLY
TO A CSV FILE
BOSS IS STARTING TOSHOW SWAGGER INSENIOR MEETINGS.
BOSS WANTS TOINCREASE TRAFFICBY CREATING YETMORE CONTENT
YOU STOP THE BOSSAND...
YOU EDIT ANDUPGRADE OLD
SUCCESSFUL CONTENTAND REDISTRIBUTETHEM ON SLIDESHAREDRIVING A SUDDENBOOST IN TRAFFIC
BOSS HAS LEARNEDSOMETHING NEWFROM YOU.
BOSS HAS BEEN TOLDTO FIND INNOVATIVEWAYS FOR THEPRODUCT TO GET
SEEN. NO-ONE HAS ACLUE.
YOU'VE SEEN ONERECENTLY...
YOU SIGN UP ON STARTAFIRE TO ADD YOUR COMPANIESLINK ON EXISTING
VIRALCONTENT TO SHARE ACROSS THE WEB.
BOSS WANTS TO BUYYOU A DRINK
BOSS IS TOLD TOCREATE A VIDEOEXPLAINING THE PRODUCT AND HASNO CLUE WHERE TO
START AND ISWORRIED ABOUT
COST.
EXPLAINER VIDEOS?PFFT...
YOU GET ONPOWTOON, CHOOSEYOUR TEMPLATE,CHARACTERS ANDDROP IN SOME
SCREENSHOTS OF THEPRODUCT TO CREATE
AN AWESOMEEXPLANATION WITHPERFECTLY TIMED
EFFECTS.
BOSS IS GOING TOMARRY YOU OFF TOONE OF THEIR KIDS
DEPARTMENT IS INTROUBLE FOR NOTSTORING CUSTOMERDATA CORRECTLY AND
BOSS NEEDS ASOLUTION.
LUCKY YOU SIGNED UPTO THAT WEEKLYSUGGESTIONS LIST...
YOU GETON HUBSPOT ANDSIGN UP FOR THEIRFREE CRM WITHUNLIMITED USERSAND DATA. PEOPLECAN'T BELIEVE IT'S
FREE. YOU IMPORT ALLDATA TO IT AND ITSORTS, REFINES AND
IMPROVES IT
NOBODY CAN BELIEVE IT'S FREE.
CEO ASKS WHY 'OURCOMPETITORS HAVEMORE TRAFFIC AND
WHAT WE'RE GOING TODO ABOUT IT'. BOSSHAS A BRAIN FREEZE.
NO PROBLEM BOSS...
YOU ENTERCOMPETITORS DOMAININTO MOZ OPEN SITEEXPLORER TO FIND
THEIR BACK LINKS ANDREQUEST THOSE SITESTO ADD YOU AS ANALTERNATIVE.
TARGETED TRAFFICROCKETS.
CEO GIVES BOSS ABIGGER BUDGET.
INDUSTRY SAYS'INFLUENCERS ARE THEFUTURE'. BOSS IS TOLDTO GET IN TOUCH WITHINFLUENCERS. IT'STAKING HOURS TOIDENTIFY 10 OF THEMAND GET THEIRCONTACT DETAILS
YOU GOT THIS...
WITH YOUR NEWBUDGET YOU USE
MOZ FOLLOWERWONK TO DOWNLOAD A LISTOF KEY INFLUENCERS.YOU UPLOAD THAT LISTTO ANYMAILFINDER TO
GET THEIREMAILS. YOU HAVE ALIST OF 1,000 IN 1
HOUR.
BOSS SAID THEY LOVEYOU. AWKWARD.
BOSS IS HAVING FUNNOW AND SETS UP ACOMPETITION TO COMEUP WITH THE BEST
ARTICLE HEADLINE TOGET TRAFFIC.
YOU GO TO STARBUCKS,YOU'RE THATCONFIDENT...
WHILE DRINKING YOURFRAPPUCCINO YOU
CHECK BUZZSUMO.COM,MEDIUM.COM ANDQUORA FOR RELATED
ARTICLES ANDCUSTOMISE THE MOSTPOPULAR HEADLINE.
YOUR TITLED ARTICLETRENDS AND CAUSES AMASSIVE RUSH TO YOURSITE. BOSS HUGS YOU.
WEIRD.
BOSS LOVES THETRAFFIC RUSH AND
WANTS TO FOLLOW UPWITH A GREAT PR PIECE.CEO THINKS BOSS ISGETTING OVERCONFIDENT
ATTITUDE ISEVERYTHING. GIVE IT AGO AND APOLOGISE
AFTER...
YOU FINDJOURNALISTS WHOWROTE ABOUT
COMPETITORS THATFAILED AND YOU GETTHEM TO WRITEABOUT YOUR
SUCCESS. BOOM,JOURNALIST BITESAND ARTICLE GOES
OUT.
BOSS GOES WILD ATA CELEBRATION PARTY
AND CAUSESMAYHEM.
AFTERAPOLOGISING TOYOU ABOUT THE
PARTY BOSSWANTS TO SAY
SOMETHINGMORE...
"YOU ARE PROOFTHAT IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT,INDIVIDUALS CAN
CHANGE THEFORTUNES OF A
COMPANY"
"NOW GO GETYOURSELFANOTHER
FRAPPUCCINO
AND TAKE A 3HOUR LUNCH!"