Dr. Daniel Bai argues marketing is sales, and that staying narrowly focused beats diversifying. His company's provocative name, Close for Cairo, gets hate mail from doctors who think he shouldn't sell, but the boldness is what makes him noticed.
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Today, we're going to Chicago, Illinois to talk to Dr. Daniel Bey.
Marketing is a subset of sales. Let me repeat that. Marketing in itself, all the rules of marketing come from the rules of sales. And that is, can you get into the perspective of the person and your audience that you're wishing to serve? So in sales, one of the cardinal rules is what do they want and how can I provide it for them? What is their problem and do I have a solution for them? That is a sales lesson. That is not a marketing lesson. So I think the biggest one is the fact that we stayed focused. It's very easy for entrepreneurs to diversify their offerings because on paper it sounds right, right? And that is actually not how it works. Staying focused on a very specific need, want, and desire, or a problem is one of the hardest things for us to do because it's so easy to get swayed by maybe I could sell this instead of focusing on one thing. The other big challenge was the fact that I was unnoticed, right? A lot of people on this podcast are in that same boat, and I'm absolutely noticed. And the reason I'm noticed is because I'm not afraid to offend. I'm not afraid to be provocative. Even the name of our company, Close for Cairo, is very bold. It's very polarizing. We get hate mail sometimes. Doctors shouldn't sell. We get it all the time, and you have to withstand that.
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