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You Should Spend 90% of Your Time Focused on This #1822

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In episode #1822, we talk about why you should spend 90% of your time on recruiting. The fact of the matter is that if your goal is to grow as fast as possible, you need to hire the best people out there because making poor hires wastes time and money. However, learning to hire well takes practice, so tune in and learn how to get better at it! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: You Should Spend 90% of Your Time Focused on This. [00:25] The role of recruiting in a successful business. [01:07] The value that good staff brings to a company. [01:49] How to get better at recruiting. [02:25] The three jobs of a CEO. [03:03] Why you should hire people with experience over potential. [03:22] Losing time and money from bad hires. [05:03] That’s it for today! [05:04] Visit marketingschool.io/live to join our community! Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: 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

0:06.4

and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.

0:11.8

Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your instructors, Neil Patel, and Eric

0:16.8

Sue.

0:17.8

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0:47.7

your low time.

0:48.7

Today, we're going to talk about what you should be spending 90% of your time on.

0:55.2

So if you really want to grow faster, you should spend 90% of your time on recruiting.

0:59.6

You're probably wondering, recruiting, how the heck is that related to marketing?

1:03.5

Look, you want to build a big business?

1:05.3

Big businesses aren't built by one person.

1:07.2

Big marketing teams aren't built by one person.

1:09.7

It's built by a team.

1:11.2

You're only as good as your weakest link.

1:13.8

You need to be spending the majority of the time recruiting and not just recruiting anyone

1:17.3

to build a position, not just someone who claims they have experience and you do a few

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