But there’s a point to my audacious e-mail opener. Ever since I was a wee bastard, I hated one thing, and one thing alone:
“You can’t do that.”
If you tell me that, odds are I’m going to do my best to prove you wrong. All my life, people have told me what I should not do, or what I can’t do.
Another great one was:
“You can’t do marketing like that.”
So, I set out to prove people wrong. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, especially in Romania. Even if my way did work, growing and being recognized as a good marketer meant looking up and celebrating the ones who came before. And I can’t do that. I can’t kiss the ring if whoever wears it is not worthy. Oh, HY, Roxana!
I’m not taking my words back: right now, in Romania, there’s no marketer I look up to. No one I respect. No one I can ask for help, no one on whose success I could climb (if you’re into that thing).
As such… my chances of ever making it on a podcast, even though I sorely desired it (I’m a little attention whore, sue me) were… uh… slim to none.
Yes. Exactly like that :D. And if you don’t know Lonely Island… HOW DARE YOU?
(The fact that I can share the shit above and still have a calendar ALMOST full of clients… fucking priceless. And a testament to the fact that you can… and maybe SHOULD be yourself. And still be successful)
But should you watch it?
OK, enough of the bullshiting. We’re having fun, but some people are here for the serious insights. (really though?)
Anja Lordanic Mustac had me over for a muy caliente! Spicy chat on the following topics:
-My entrepreneurial journey, which turned into a rant about how I don’t necessarily see myself as a business person.
- My ethical writing joie d’etre.
- Writing in my second language, which veered into another rant on why I prefer English to Romanian.
- And, of course, why courage (or B00ls) is a big part of standing out online. Even more so when you are afraid.
Oh, lest I forget, we also argued a bit on the topic of AI, but that should come as no surprise to loyal B00lers.
Arguing with people has a way of growing on you, so immediately after we went off-air…. Anja proposed. Since she was my first… podcast host (get your mind out of the gutter) she wanted me to have my second… first… it will make sense in a bit of trust me… also with her!
We’re doing a LinkedIn LIVE! On the 13th of March!!!
(another first, eat your heart out, Romania!)
It will be called "An Unconventional Marketing Debate with Anja and Vlad"
Follow us on LinkedIn for more details.
(I mean… if we’re not connected on LinkedIn already… what are you waiting for? Chop-chop!)
During the live, we’ll get down and dirty and debate the following topics:
Hooks vs opening statements
Productive procrastination vs bad procrastination
Buy now buttons vs consultations
KPIs vs The real metrics
Communicating your value as a business owner
I guess she’ll also bait me into another A.I. rant, but hey, it comes with the territory.
We’ll both offer our perspectives on the above topics and give you one piece of advice based on our own insights. Hopefully my motormouth will allow for enough time at the end for a Q&A session that will last 15 minutes.
Not like the one we did with Shafiq Saiq(o) where you said just 15 minutes, and you went on for half an hour… right?
No, MAD! I’m going to keep it short and sweet, pinky promise.
(Bullshit. I have a running bet with Anja that people will want us to pass the 1-hour mark and will ask for more. DON’T disappoint me and don’t make me look bad in front of MadVlad!)
Going forward
Hope you enjoyed it, and I’ll see you in the live call. However, I have a request. My last issue did kind of poorly as compared to others, because some idiot (this guy…) made it overtly salesy and for a lot of B00ls readers it landed in your Promotional tab. If you could dig it up from there and move it to your main inbox, that’d be swell. Or, you know, just read it below.
You can’t generate demand. Only tap into it. I’m tapping.
Next time, join MadVlad as he takes on…
Issue #30: My Fitness Trainer Has a Paunch
Differentiation is your (hidden) strength
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