Should You Start a Side Project to Level Up Your Marketing Skills? | Ep. #1353

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In episode #1353, we discuss all the reasons why you should start a side hustle to level up your marketing skills. While some employers prohibit employees from doing work on the side, it can be a significant advantage to any company. Tune in to hear why employers should grab the opportunity to invest in upcoming entrepreneurs! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: Should You Start A Side Project to Level Up Your Marketing Skills? [00:36] Thoughts on allowing employees to have side hustles.[00:52] Why we encourage side hustles at Single Grain.[01:09] Feel good if your employee ends up leaving you to pursue their side hustle full-time. [01:34] Wanting the best for people even if it doesn’t produce the best outcome for you.[01:44] A side hustle is the best way to learn marketing because you are keen to experiment. [02:02] Find a job that gives you the autonomy to experiment and allows you to fail. [02:59] Keep in mind that people will make more effort to learn things they care about. [03:35] People will apply what they learn to your business, and thus you benefit indirectly. [04:25] Employers should see potential entrepreneurs as people worth investing in. [04:47] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Marketing School Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.5	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with
0:14.0	your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:50.4	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel. And today we're going to talk about if you should start a side project to level up your marketing skills.
1:01.0	So before we do, Neil, at your companies do you allow people to do
1:05.1	side projects meaning side hustles? Honestly I don't know but I do know a few of
1:09.7	them who do have side hustles so I'm guessing yes. you allow it yeah I think one thing is if you're
1:14.9	working for someone right now and they don't allow side hustles I think maybe you should be
1:18.6	looking for something else but you know we actually encourage side hustles at single grain for example we encourage side hustles.
1:22.6	At Single Grain, for example, we encourage side hustles
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