Andy Neary advises salespeople/marketers to prioritize creating prospect-focused content (social media, emails, webinars, podcasts, public speaking) that brings value and awareness to prospects. He argues this approach impacts prospects before contact and is more effective than making cold calls to strangers.
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You have to start creating more awareness through prospect focused content. Now that content can come by way of social media, emails, webinars, podcasts, public speaking. I don't care what channel or channels you use, but you have got to start bringing more value to your prospects through prospect focused content. You see, if you focus your effort on creating more awareness, what you are doing is having a bigger impact on the lives of your prospects. Sitting behind a phone and making one cold call after another, talking to people who have no clue who you are does nothing to create an impact in their business. But creating content every single week, that brings value that uplifts your prospect's business. Heck, it might uplift their life is how you start bringing massive value to your prospects. Why? Because you're impacting them before they ever meet.