I work from home and it’s hard not to hear that pile of laundry calling you. I try to do all of my marketing stuff, blogging, writing comments, and tweets early in the morning so I can get it out of the way. So then if the pile of laundry starts bothering me I can do it knowing that I’ve already done my marketing stuff first.

The other benefit of marketing by being a nice person without expecting anything in return is that I find that it’s less stress on you. You’re not mentally keeping tally, getting irritated or feeling ignored because people aren’t “returning the favor”. And people probably sense it on some level. Much better to toss the seed of kindness out and forget about it.

Thanks for sharing the article! I appreciate it! I had subscribe to your newsletter and blog a couple weeks ago and I really enjoy it. Keep up with the good information you have there on your blog and I’ll tweet it out…great stuff!

Yes…good point! One key to preventing burnout is definitely appreciating what you’ve accomplished. It is easy to just focus on where you’re going and forget where you started off from. Don’t worry, in my experience those seeds will start bearing fruit when you least expect it.

I didn’t grow up on a farm, but the analogy makes sense. And marketing, especially marketing art is about connecting with the folks that are going to buy it. Building relationships is not something that you can build overnight…even with the Internet!

The seed idea is very helpful- and I have learned over time that I get much better results from just doing what comes naturally- being friendly, being myself and engaging-and NOT waiting around to see if I get something out of it…it all ends up coming back to me eventually as I “sow” with a pay it forward sort of attitude, helping others in the process:)