A way to draw people in and introduce ourselves that didn’t include a string of 20 onboarding emails and something people might really enjoy experiencing?

****Drum roll please!!****

And Mariana Henniger, a 15 year veteran documentary filmmaker turned brand marketing video maestro is going to tell us all about it in this week’s podcast episode. 

She’s perfecting this thing she calls a ‘Brand Video’. And better yet, she helps people build them! 

I have brand video envy pretty bad right now. While writing ALLLLLLLLL those emails I really wished I had one. Learn why as Mariana tells us all about what it takes to make a good one and put it in action!

Now, while the MayeCreate team certainly brings brands to life online, we don’t usually have a hand in creating them from scratch…sooooo….

In this podcast Patrick explains:

To send someone an email you have to first get their email.

So the first big step (and really never ending part) of email marketing is growing your list. But who has time to test out everything and see what sticks?

You want tricks that work!

And that's why in this episode we're digging into just how to grow your email list with a few really simple tricks you could put into play right away. Things that don't take a lot of extra time, but really will result in people signing up for your email list.

Get the blog post to accompany this epside on our website:
https://mayecreate.com/blog/grow-your-email-list-6-tricks-that-work

One of my favorite programs to gush over is Canva, an online graphic design platform. I make some serious magic happen in that program. It’s really my go-to, even though I have the entire Adobe Suite.

One of my biggest frustrations with Canva is: I can’t freakin’ find anything! 

So when I saw Brenda Cadman, one of 44 certified Canva experts, was creating a course on Canva organization, I had to hear her take.

I sent out an email a few months ago, you may have gotten it, asking if you had a story to tell.

And I got this exact response:

“A 50 year old guy starts a nonprofit tackling period poverty, and in four years operates in three states and handed out almost 2 million products. Could there be something there? Hope to talk to you soon.”

That was the email. 

And I thought, oh yeah, I gotta hear this story.

This former Airforce dad of five girls is creating change about how we view and talk about menstrual cycles.

Hear how Geoff took the idea of period kits, and fearlessly ran it like a business, overcoming stereotypes to provide dignity to people in different states, communities and walks of life. 

And the crazy thing is, I'm giving him this credit (because he deserves it), and if he’s reading this he’s shaking his head.

Because he says, 

 And that's it. The end. 

Tell these people that the tampon fairy dropped off these kits for all I care as long as people get the products that they need to be healthy and proud of their own bodies.”

If you're a positive person.

OR

If you need a positive perspective to turn your day around…

You need to meet Lisa Kentner, a fellow Marketing with Purpose listener with a story to tell. (Like the ‘I wrote a book’ kinda story.)

I came away from this podcast interview lit up like a Christmas tree. 

Who doesn’t like that kind of energy?

Lisa lives by the law of attraction. Turns out I do too even though I hadn’t even heard of it.

In this episode she’ll explain to us:

Come hang out with Lisa, myself and her Million Little Miracles.

P.S. Seriously, if you don’t like being happy don’t listen to this episode…I wouldn't want to screw up your bad mood .

Most new organizations (or even existing ones) think it’s a logo. Maybe some stationary. A website perhaps?

But as it turns out those are just the trappings of a brand. The interpretation a graphic design puts on your brand. (Who knew, right?)

Your real brand is the personality of your business. And that’s something that Barbara Carneiro is excellent at helping people define. 

I took over a PAGE of notes during our conversation because I couldn’t wait to put her advice into action.

Could be because she’s lived all over the world. Or maybe because she owned a dance academy, taught cooking classes, sold wedding dresses and even taught Portuguese before making her home in marketing 22 years ago. 

So put your branding hat on and grab a notepad…you’re gonna want it! 

I’m excited to introduce you to Barbara!

Hiring is hard. Because humans are weird. Yup. That’s my diagnosis.

In the past 18 years I’ve hired some amazing humans and some who shall not be named…ever…again…

When you're meeting a stranger for the first time, it's hard to gauge their true work ethic and culture. 

So, I’ve had to dream up a few tried and true weird interview questions to pull back the curtain and get a glimpse of the real person behind the interview facade. 

What are these weird interview questions, you ask? 

Well, I won't spoil the surprise, but let's just say they involve a little surprise and a lot of honesty and a bit of a back story to translate the answers.

For a fully-formatted blog ot accompany this episode, visit https://mayecreate.com/blog/two-weird-interview-questions-why-to-ask-em/

Up until this podcast with Andrea, ChatGPT was just a thing that I kept hearing people talk about. I heard it as cool but…I had no idea how to use it.

I went to the website. It was ugly. I thought, “I must be in the wrong place.” So I left.

Let me just call myself out and say – that was stupid.

Because after talking with Andrea and getting a bit of advice on how the system actually works it turns out that ChatGPT may usurp GTMetics as my new digital boyfriend.

And I have Andrea Thomas to thank for introducing me to this awesomesauce ❤️❤️❤️. 

Andrea is a tech expert who has been working in the digital world for 15 years. She’s built everything from websites to apps and has spent months interacting with chat GPT and figuring out how to talk to it to get the desired results.

Andrea is going to explain how entrepreneurs can use ChatGPT to save time in their business and marketing including tips on how to use it for:

AND!!!! She made a downloadable PDF workbook for you, so you’ll have a shortcut and have to spend months dating this system before you get to first base.

P.S. Yes. I did use ChatGPT to help me write the rough draft of this intro…I’m in love

For a fully-formatted article version of this episode, visit https://mayecreate.com/blog/using-chatgpt-for-blog-ideas-outlines-keywords-and-seo-with-guest-andrea-thomas/

We are doing something crazy at MayeCreate…we are transitioning to a four-day workweek. 

We’re test running it until October. 

As I’ve shared this decision with friends and clients I’ve had a pretty wide range of responses.

Some people think it’s totally righteous (I’m firmly in that category).

Other’s seriously doubt it can possibly work.

One person told me I sounded like I was heading into retirement (mid-life crisis yes, retirement no. I wish!)

So in this week’s episode I’ll give you a behind-the-scenes look at our journey to a four-day workweek:

Step behind the curtain with me!

For a fully-formatted article version of this episode, visit https://mayecreate.com/blog/our-journey-to-a-four-day-work-week/