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Confessions of a Pink-Haired Marketer

Sonia Simone delivers advice, encouragement, and the occasional rant from outside the drone of the marketing mainstream. Join her for a regular mix of monologues, interviews, and answers to your content marketing questions.

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June 23, 2015

Is Hypersensitivity the New Fascism?

It’s always been part of the web — but we’re seeing more of it than ever. What does it mean to live in this environment of constant social inflammation, and how does it affect what we bring to our web content?

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June 16, 2015

Q&A: Duplicate Content Worries, and Other Questions from the Audience

What’s the best thing do about Google’s “duplicate content” penalty on our sites, especially for sales pages? How do you stand out with a general advice site? And where should we start with a brand-new content site, when we’re not sure what kind of authoritative content to create?

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June 9, 2015

Business and Marketing for Artists and Creative Workers, Part Two

John T. Unger is one of the few — an artist who makes a living from his work, without the traditional gallery system.

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June 2, 2015

Business and Marketing for Artists and Creative Workers, Part One

John T. Unger is one of the few — an artist who makes a living from his work, without the traditional gallery system.

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May 27, 2015

The 3 Types of Trolls You Meet Online (and How to Deal with Them)

Internet trolls: the cockroaches of the web. They’re gross, they’re unsettling, but sometimes, there they are, scurrying across the floor in front of you. Here’s what to do about it …

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May 19, 2015

The 7 Circles of Belief that Drive Customers to Your Business

Nearly all of us make decisions based on our beliefs — including decisions about what to buy and which businesses to connect with. The 7 Circles of Belief are a spiral path that can bring customers or clients ever closer to your business.

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May 12, 2015

The Difference Between B2B and B2C Marketing (and Other Questions)

What tools does the content marketer need to stay organized? What to do about subscribers who aren’t confirming opt-in? And what’s the difference in approach between B2B and B2C marketing? I answer these questions (and a few more) this week …

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May 5, 2015

Annie Pratt on Resilient Leadership: How to Build a Smart, Agile Business by Crafting an Incredible Team

Turnaround and team expert Annie Hyman-Pratt joins Sonia to talk about her work on the front lines of team-building and managing extraordinary people in the face of tough company challenges.

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April 28, 2015

How Not to Be a Dirty, Rotten Spammer

Email is an incredibly effective way to nurture prospects and leads, and pave the path for those folks to make a purchase. But so much marketing email goes horribly, horribly wrong. Here’s how to get a whole lot better at it …

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April 21, 2015

4 Deep Marketing Questions (with Answers!)

How to move forward when you’ve made a big change with your business? How to get the confidence to launch your product? And just what is Sonia’s evil ulterior motive for recording her podcast?

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April 14, 2015

How to Uncover What Your Audience Wants to Buy: An Interview with Ryan Levesque

An interview with Ryan Levesque, author of Ask, about what makes people buy — and how to benefit our businesses by giving people more of what they want.

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April 7, 2015

Productivity for Flakes, Head Cases, and Other Natural Disasters

The truth is, I’m a natural disaster. Left to my own devices, I’d eat pie and play Minecraft all day. And yet, somehow I’ve figured out how to be a grown-up about the things that matter. Here’s how …

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March 31, 2015

8 Harsh Truths about Social Media (and 1 Pretty Awesome One)

Saying that the internet isn’t working for us is like saying the solar system isn’t working for us. It’s our job to learn how it works, and then learn to be smart about working with its nature

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March 24, 2015

3 Juicy Marketing Questions Answered

Three really smart questions from the audience … and some in-depth answers

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March 17, 2015

How to Strengthen Your Talents

Getting Past the Myths and Traps of Talent

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March 3, 2015

The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Business, Part 2

Four More Bad Ideas that Will Keep You from Moving Forward

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March 2, 2015

The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Business, Part 1

Three Wrongheaded Ideas that Will Keep You from Moving Forward

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July 25, 2016

The 2 Points of Clarity that Will Make You So Much More Productive

Are you struggling to make progress on a project, a business, or something in your personal life? Find these two points of clarity for a map out of “the land of Stuck.”

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July 18, 2016

Launching Your First (or Next) Digital Product

Ready to launch a digital product? Here’s are the first steps to get you moving …

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July 11, 2016

A Quick, Enjoyable Way to Sharpen your Vision, Goals, and Values

How do we know we’re successful? How do we set up the rules of our own game so that they serve us, and give us a more meaningful life?

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July 4, 2016

Q&A from Twitter, Independence Day Version!

The keys to good sponsored content or native advertising, content for B2B organizations, and how to make connections with the big-audience content publishers …

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June 27, 2016

The Difference Between Mindset and Wishful Thinking

Is an “abundance mindset” the same thing as wishing really hard and making something magically appear? I don’t think it is. Here’s why …

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June 20, 2016

Things I Love / Things I Hate #4: Trade Secrets, Transparency, and Lemonade Stands

When is it smart to keep your business’s “trade secrets” — and when should you blow them up? How much sharing is too much?

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June 13, 2016

Should You Swear on Your Blog?

Language is complicated, and in the context of shifting cultural norms, it gets even more complicated. So the question comes up: Is it OK to swear in our content marketing?

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June 7, 2016

Up All Night to Get Lucky: Sonia’s in a New Documentary!

No, it’s not a simplistic “Secret,” but there are some very pragmatic benefits to adopting a mindset of abundance.

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May 23, 2016

The Context of a Successful Content Strategy: The Harpoon and the Net

Content marketing has been a hot buzzword for awhile now, but it’s tricky to pull off unti you understand this context.

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May 16, 2016

My #1 Time Management Tip: Don’t Multitask; Compartmentalize

What’s one of the biggest constraints that keeps us from doing the things we want to do? We don’t have the time. Here are some thoughts on how to manage that.

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May 9, 2016

The 7 ‘Escape Pod’ Principles (Help Me Write My Book!)

This week I want to talk about the values, practices, and principles that help us build “escape pods” from whatever is not serving us. And I’d love to hear your take!

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May 2, 2016

Things I Love / Things I Hate #3: Nerdy Nummies and Crummy Content

Great content creators are made, not born. It takes a mix of a well-chosen topic, smart content strategy, attention to craft, and lots of personality. Then, as Rosanna Pansino would say, just Put it all together!

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April 25, 2016

Leadership, Categories of One, and Purple Rain

Real leadership starts when you step up with the courage to be a category of one.

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April 18, 2016

Make Better Mondays! 6 Minutes to a Happier, More Productive Week

Creative productivity is all about habits. Here’s a super quick weekly ritual (you could even do it daily) to have a brilliant week … every week

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April 11, 2016

5 Idea-Generating Techniques We Use on the Copyblogger Team

“Help! I have no idea what to write about!” We’ve all been there — and when you produce as much content as the Copyblogger team, keeping the idea stream flowing is a top priority.

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April 4, 2016

Blog or Podcast? 5 Questions to Help You Decide

Blogging isn’t the only game in town any more for content marketers. Podcasts are super popular as the new “do-it-yourself” content format. So which works better, and why?

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March 28, 2016

Two EQ Hacks: A Nifty Trick for Making Big Changes, and How to Handle Hurt Feelings

Today, two techniques that can boost your “EQ” (emotional intelligence) and help you be a happier, more productive person.

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February 15, 2016

New Mini-Series: Things I Love / Things I Hate

All-caps, all-me Twitter accounts! A fabulous police department Facebook page! It’s time for Things I Love / Things I Hate.

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January 4, 2016

Vision and Goal-Setting for Your Digital Business

Vision and goal-setting are useful practices for business owners and professionals — but they can also be a recipe for beating yourself up and feeling like crap. Here are my suggestions for productive goals.

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November 30, 2015

5 Work Habit Hacks from 12 Creative Geniuses

Today I’m going to dive into the work rituals of 12 widely influential creatives — writers, musicians, artists, and others.

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November 16, 2015

What You Need to Know about Guest Posting

Thought about guest posting? It’s an excellent way to grow your audience and build your authority in your topic. But you want to approach it in the right way.

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July 14, 2015

Call to Action: The Awesome Power of Asking for What You Want

In business and in life, there’s a magical way to get more of what you want, more of what you need, and more of what you desire.

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April 28, 2015

How Not to Be a Dirty, Rotten Spammer

Email is an incredibly effective way to nurture prospects and leads, and pave the path for those folks to make a purchase. But so much marketing email goes horribly, horribly wrong. Here’s how to get a whole lot better at it …

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