“I’m the first one to say follow your passion, but sometimes you just can’t monetize your passion. You got to realize that!” Joe Pulizzi

Thank you for joining us once again listeners and are we excited today to let you know about our guest. Today, we have the man who is known as the Godfather of Content Marketing, Joe Pulizzi on our show!  Joe started Content Marketing Institute back in 2007 and later started Cheif Content Officer Magazine and Content Marketing World. These have become the leading education and training organizations for content marketing as well as the largest in-person content marketing event in the world. There are few people in the content marketing world that haven’t heard about Joe and today we got to pick his mind for almost an hour.

Joe will share with us what it is like after selling his business that he built for nine years. We talk about why it might be a bad idea to fall in love with your products and services. Joe shares about how he would build a community in today's world, and some practical tips about building a seven-figure location independent entrepreneur.

02:00: Joe’s Taking His First Vacation Completely Offline

02:41: Joe On Balancing His Life Never Taking Time Offline for 10 Years

06:47: How Joe Became the Godfather of Content Marketing

15:56: Should You Fall in Love With Your Products/Services?

20:54: Building a Community in Today’s World

23:58: The Future of Content Marketing

33:22: Changing From the Idea of an Office Space Business to a Location-Independent Business

35:53: 6-Figure Mentality vs. 7-Figure Mentality

38:06: Joe on Hitting Monetary Goals

41:40: Life After Selling a 9-Year Business

“Media companies have been doing this for 200 years. They focus on building one property on one content platform they do it really well. They build an audience, and then they diversify.” Joe Pulizzi

Honorable Mentions:

Content Marketing Institute

http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/

Cheif Content Officer Magazine

http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/chief-content-officer/

Content Marketing World

http://www.contentmarketingworld.com/

UBM Events Company in London

http://www.ubm.com/

‘Killing Marketing’ by Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Marketing-Joe-Pulizzi/dp/1260026426

‘Content Inc.’ by Joe Pulizzi

https://www.amazon.es/Content-Inc-Entrepreneurs-Successful-Businesses/dp/125958965X

Contact Info:

http://www.joepulizzi.com/

Twitter: @joepulizzi

https://twitter.com/JoePulizzi

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