
The Reluctant Marketer
Marketing doesn't come naturally to everyone. Matthias explores with his guests what our listeners can do who don't "want" to do marketing but feel they "must".
Latest episodes

Aug 4, 2023 • 2min
Get out of Marketing Debt (daily snippet)
Matthias realizes that his upcoming book needs a new title. This episode shows why and how.

Aug 1, 2023 • 57sec
Marketing Book Promotion Tactic (daily snippet)
Matthias chooses to build an "attention engine" for his new book before he goes on to write more chapters for it.

Jul 30, 2023 • 2min
Integrating Software with a Community of Introverted Marketers
2Quiet2Market.com is not only software anymore, it now has an online community. Reluctant marketers can work on their understanding of marketing there, then use the software when they already know the "rules of the game".

Jul 29, 2023 • 49sec
Challenges in Software Development (daily snippet)
Again, it takes Matthias much longer than he thought to finish a feature. He blames external factors, of course!

Jul 28, 2023 • 47sec
Perfecting the Single Login Feature (daily snippet)
Matthias is working on the Single Login Feature so that the users of 2Quiet2Market can access the software and the online community with one single email/password.

Jul 27, 2023 • 1min
Joining a Community of Authors, some Business Shifts (Daily Snippet)
Matthias joins the "Useful Authors" community to have a support group while he writes his book. And he needs to write some code to integrate the community software and his SaaS to avoid dual logins.

Jul 26, 2023 • 1min
Revising Marketing Techniques for Introverts (daily snippet)
The table of contents for my new book "Marketing for Introverts" is done. Now there is an important validation step that I need to do before going into "full-throttle writing mode".See https://2quiet2market.com/blog/revising-marketing-techniques-for-introverts/

Jul 25, 2023 • 1min
Starting to write a book with Scrivener (daily snippet)
Yesterday, I struggled with Scrivener, an authoring tool that I want to use for my new book "Marketing for Introverts". Here is what I found out.

Jul 23, 2023 • 2min
Revamping My Business Model (daily snippet)
Matthias thinks about how to change his business model for his marketing software for introverts, turning it into a product bundle with a book, a community, and the software.

Apr 23, 2023 • 44min
Systematize Your Marketing with Fab Giovanetti
Fab Giovanetti is an award-winning author, entrepreneur and marketing consultant helping busy professionals reclaim their time. She is also the CEO and head teacher of Alt Marketing School, supporting people making a positive impact through their marketing.She lives what it says on her T-shirt: "Market to Hearts!"In this episode, she talks about marketing systems, i.e. sets of procedures that have defined inputs, a step-by-step recipe, and some outputs. Such marketing systems can make marketing a lot easier for a busy solopreneur or other reluctant marketer.Listen to the examples she gives, and to her explanations why they work. Fascinating and fun!TIMESTAMPS:02:41 Make marketing less pushy but more human06:58 What do marketing students want to learn?09:22 What is a marketing system?13:26 How to make a first marketing system17:00 Use Tiago Forte's PARA method to help with systems design20:19 Helping your future self by writing it down23:22 Build a marketing experiment dashboard28:13 When marketing experiments fail, how do you find out the root cause?34:22 The importance of starting out simple36:54 In your marketing school, how do recognize success in your students?39:30 Where to learn morePODCAST TRANSCRIPT:https://2Quiet2Market.com/blog/trm-e09-systematize-your-marketing-with-fab-giovanetti/WHERE TO FIND FAB:- Website: https://altmarketingschool.com/- Book: Reclaim Your Time Off, https://amzn.to/3oA6QkX- Twitter: https://twitter.com/fabgiovanetti- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabgiovanettiCreators & Guests
Fab Giovanetti ✌🤘 - Guest
Matthias Bohlen - Host
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