The Fact That You're Not Growing Fast Enough Because of 1 Thing - You're Too Patient | Ep. #582

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Marketing, Careers, Business

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In episode #582, Eric and Neil explain why you shouldn’t be too patient. Tune in to hear why patience in the short-term will kill your business. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:27] Today’s Topic: The Fact That You're Not Growing Fast Enough Because of 1 Thing - You're Too Patient [00:36] The moment you’re too satisfied, someone is going to come around and beat you at your own game. [00:56] The moment you’re patient in marketing, means you have decided to remain complacent. [01:15] Consider your business a fight to the death. [01:40] There are two things to consider: short-term, there needs to be urgency; long term, it’s important to be patient with some aspects of your job. [02:20] Business takes time, but in the short-term experiment! [02:40] Neil always says, “what else could we do to get better results right away?” [03:11] Push forward and look for new ways to grow. [03:30] Do the tactics that require long-term patience, but consider other marketing avenues at the same time. [04:09] Look for people who focus on one aspect of marketing and follow their example in that area. [04:40] It’s important to hire specialists, but also have a rhythm or cadence where people can be held accountable. [04:56] Read Rocket Fuel, it's about the concept of having a visionary and integrator on your team. [05:11] Also read Traction.[05:39] Get the tool 15Five, that checks in with your team each week and helps you keep your finger on the pulse of your company. [05:50] Neil does Monday, Wednesday, Friday meetings with progressive goals for each meeting. [06:35] He rewards his team for results. [06:51] That’s it for today! [06:59]Go to Singlegrain.com/Giveway for a special marketing tool giveaway! 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	Get ready for your daily dose of marketing strategies and tactics from
0:06.8	entrepreneurs with the guile and experience to help you find success in any
0:11.4	marketing capacity. You're listening to marketing school
0:14.5	with your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:51.6	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Sue.
0:56.0	And I'm Neil Patel.
0:58.0	And today we're going to talk about the fact that you're not growing fast enough because of one reason, you're too patient.
1:04.3	Neil, what are your thoughts around this?
1:06.9	The moment you're too patient and you're satisfied with how everything's going, some little
1:11.7	kid is going to compete with you and he's just going to knock you off.
1:16.0	Never be patient. Never accept your growth. Never accept your success. always strive for more.
1:24.2	And in marketing, the moment you're patient be like, oh yeah,
1:27.4	SEO takes a year to kick in.
1:29.2	So I'm gonna be patient and let's just see what happens a year from now.
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