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Dan Sanchez (a.k.a., Danchez) shares his 3 pillars for building and growing your audience. Download the free powerups cheatsheet: https://marketingpowerups.com/040

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🎉 About Dan Sanchez

Dan Sanchez, also known as "Danchez," is a leading LinkedIn influencer and inbound marketing expert. With over a decade of experience in digital marketing and social media, Dan focuses on helping brands grow and engage their audiences through compelling content and strategic influencer marketing. In just a few short years, Dan has rapidly grown his own following on LinkedIn to over 25,000 engaged subscribers. He provides regular tips and trainings on optimizing profiles, developing shareable content, building communities, and leveraging LinkedIn to accelerate lead generation. 

🕰️ Timestamps and transcript

• 00:00:00 Danchez's audience growth pillars.
• 00:01:51 Story of pain, growth through ads, big team.
• 00:05:21 Building relationships through owned media is important.
• 00:08:47 Discover gift, offer value, receive feedback.
• 00:11:43 Book and talking, learn through posting.
• 00:12:54 Start podcast, share lessons, become industry expert.
• 00:16:42 People become aware of growth plateau.
• 00:19:31 42 Agency — build a predictable growth engine.
• 00:20:16 Riverside FM — my preferred video podcast recording platform.
• 00:22:47 Borrow tactics: paid, owned, and earned media.
• 00:25:48 Help audience succeed, engage, teach, promote, elevate.
• 00:32:09 Employee's connections lead to increased engagement.
• 00:35:31 Small curated groups engage to rank posts.
• 00:38:27 AI-generated, expert-curated content key for future search.
• 00:42:15 "Recently discovered niching down for success."
• 00:45:20 Stick with it for 3 years, then reassess.
• 00:46:34 "First podcast needs niche, free, interviews"

✨ Useful links

• Dan Sanchez's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/digitalmarketingdan
• Dan's website: https://danchez.com/
• Dan Sanchez's Audience Growth School: https://audiencegrowthschool.com/
• Sales Feed by Vidyard: https://salesfeed.vidyard.com/

Google search has changed. Social media platforms have changed. How we use data analytics has changed. Not to mention the marketplace and values of your ideal audience have shifted. The pandemic has accelerated so many things for your customers and potential customers, from how they consume to how they make buying decisions. With so many things evolving almost at the speed of light, where do SEO, social media, and data analytics fit into your marketing strategy and customer lifecycle ecosystem?

Semrush's Head of Marketing Vlad Opryshko asks me questions in another "Ask The Strategy Hacker" themed episode where we discuss SEO, TikTok, social listening, data analytics, LinkedIn, Instagram, social media schedulers, creator economy, influencer marketing, lead generation, and more!

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Watch this video to learn more about The LinkedIn Authority Writing System™

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See the featured article I'm in for Semrush's 13 LinkedIn Marketing Strategies That Work

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As the state of social media is getting more complex, the stakes for having a strong brand presence are higher, and trying to reach the decision-maker is even more challenging. How do B2B and agency-centric brands – and the social media managers behind them – create content that breaks through within the LinkedIn platform ecosystem that also converts into tangible ROI? 

Regardless of what industry you are in, what product or service you sell, or whom you serve, all brands are now de facto media publishers. It’s not enough to simply “target specific titles, company sizes, revenue, and geo-locations” and create and schedule content to just run and think that basic Linkedin strategy alone will drive new inquiries, mentions, comments, and conversations that matter.

In this "masterclass-themed" episode, I breakdown

•  The Four Reasons Your Social Media Marketing Isn't Working For LinkedIn

•  How To Get "Buy-In" From C-Suite Executives, Sales, & Marketing Leaders To Write Content

•  Lessons I've Learned Interviewing & Writing Copy For Hundreds Of Executives For LinkedIn

•  Very Specific Growth  Hacks & Psychological Content Marketing Secrets To Excel At LinkedIn 

•   What The LinkedIn Authority Writing System™ Is, How It Works, & What You Can Learn From It

See below for additional links and resources to help you grow on LinkedIn!

Beyond The Episode Gems:

See what the HubSpot CRM can do for your business at HubSpot.com

See all of the podcasts on the HubSpot Podcast Network

Watch this video to learn more about The LinkedIn Authority Writing System™

Need copywriting and content marketing support for LinkedIn? Visit NoMiddle.com to learn how we can help!

Read my article on HubSpot's Marketing Blog : 3 Reasons So Many Business Strategies Fail (And How To Succeed)

Get Two Free Months of Agorapulse on me: Social.Agorapulse.com/FindTroy

Discover how Agorapulse is helping businesses measure the impact of social media and prove ROI

Buy my book Strategize Up to get the blueprint for maximizing the growth potential of your business.

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Support The Podcast & Connect With Troy: 

• Rate & Review iDigress: iDigress.fm/Reviews

• Get Strategy Solutions & Services: FindTroy.com

•  Buy Troy's Book, Strategize Up: FindTroy.com/Strategize-Up

•  Follow Troy on Twitter: Twitter.com/FindTroy

•  Follow Troy on LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/FindTroy

Quality content is the difference between run-of-the-mill advertising and a campaign that grabs people’s attention. But cultivating your talent as a content writer takes intentional work. 

Alicia Johnston, Director of Content at Sprout Social, has experienced both being and managing content marketers. What’s one common denominator for good content writers? Their skills go beyond writing. 

In this episode, Alicia tells us what makes content writers unique, how to create strategic content, and why you should merchandise your work.

Show Topics

• Target customer personas
• Listen to social media
• Understand the game
• Ask the same questions yearly
• Use your own data
• Create authentic content
• Be a storyteller
• Hire curious people
• Merchandise your work
• Write to entertain

Show Links 

• Check out Sprout Social
• Follow Alicia Johnston on LinkedIn or Twitter
• Connect with Omniscient Digital on LinkedIn or Twitter

Past guests on The Long Game podcast include: Morgan Brown (Shopify), Ryan Law (Animalz), Dan Shure (Evolving SEO), Kaleigh Moore (freelancer), Eric Siu (Clickflow), Peep Laja (CXL), Chelsea Castle (Chili Piper), Tracey Wallace (Klaviyo), Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Sean Blanda (Crossbeam), Ilona Abramova (AppSumo), and many more.

Some interviews you might enjoy and learn from:

020: Spark Creativity and Generate Memorable Content with Ryan Law (Animalz)

041: Actionable Tips and Secrets to SEO Strategy with Dan Shure (Evolving SEO)

045: Building Competitive Marketing Content with Sam Chapman (Aprimo)

009: The Long Game Podcast: Building Communities, Teams and Companies through Marketing with Sabel Harris

019: Peak Performing, High-Earning Freelance Writing with Michael Keenan (Co-Founder at Peak Freelance)

028: Purpose-Driven Leadership & Building a Content Team with Ty Magnin (UiPath)

Also, check out our Kitchen Side series where we take you behind the scenes to see how the sausage is made at our agency:

015: Should You Hire Writers or Subject Matter Experts?](https://beomniscient.com/blog/hiring-content-writers-vs-subject-matter-experts/)

017: How Do Growth and Content Overlap?

027: Is Organic Traffic the Best Traffic?

Connect with Omniscient Digital on social:

Twitter: @beomniscient

Linkedin: Be Omniscient

Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here:

https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

This week's episode is all about social media. I'm joined by Gerard Murnaghan, General Manager & Vice President of Sprout Social, a business that offers a suite of social media solutions that supports organisations and agencies in extending their reach, amplifying their brands and creating real connections with their audiences.

Social media channels are now essential to a businesses digital profile. The pandemic has fuelled the online presence of businesses, causing everyone to adapt so they would be left behind.

We go on to speak about there being a lack of appreciation for how much effort that goes into it and the perception of finding the job done faster and at a cheaper price. Time is a key element when it comes to content creation as this gives you the opportunity to get creative.

Think outside the box and create authentic content that resonates with your audience. This is what will set you aside from your competitors generic content.

Your audience will know if you're not putting any effort into your social media. It will come across to them that you as a business don't care. When they get this impression they will be more likely to shop around.

If you really want to make it a success you should be putting as much attention, awareness, results and money as you can.

Stay safe and enjoy the episode.

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 Chase McCoy, the driving force behind Seeds at Sprout Social, now a product designer at Stripe, talks to us about documentation as knowledge graphs  and the future of design systems.

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Broad Band, Claire L. Evans

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Digital marketing can help anyone achieve their business objectives. This is especially true when you can mix your digital marketing initiatives with the right marketing tools to create efficiencies, capture data and increase revenue.

On Episode 5, the Tableside crew explores the origins of the Negroni, talk about chimps and discuss choosing the right marketing tools and tech stack to help meet your marketing goals.

Special thanks to:
Thomas Thomas for the theme music.
ZGM Modern Marketing Partners... because we work there.

Tools discussed:
Salesforce
HubSpot
Mailchimp
Sysomos
Wordpress
RivalIQ
Sprout Social
Figma
and more...

Chicago Camps interviews Ben Lister of the design and front end development teams at Sprout Social. Brandon is presenting at Prototype Camp on September 13th, 2014 about how Sprout Social uses prototyping as part of their business.

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About Ben Lister

Ben Lister is part Designer, part Developer and all about User Experience. He built his first website at age 13 (yes, on GeoCities) and hasn’t looked back since. Ben works at Sprout Social on the design and front-end teams prototyping and building products used by thousands of brands and agencies daily. Ben is also an avid White Sox, Sports Car, Running and Craft Beer enthusiast who lives in Chicago with his wife Erin and a rambunctious three year old Whippet named Devo.

About Chicago Camps

Chicago Camps, LLC ([chicagocamps.org][5]) was founded in 2012. They plan multiple low cost, high-value events primarily in Chicago.

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"Gotta Go" music written and produced and performed by Christian Lane* | https://soundcloud.com/clane01 | @christianlane01

*Troy Luccketta on drums

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About Tent Talks

Chicago Camps hosts irregularly scheduled Tent Talks with people from all across the User Experience Design community, and beyond. Who really likes limits, anyway--If it's a cool idea, we'd love to hear about it and share it!

What is a Tent Talk? That's a great question, we'd love to tell you.

Tent Talks are short-form in nature, generally lasting from 10-20 minutes (ish) in a recorded format--we like to think of them as "S'mores-sized content" because that's pretty on-brand. Tent Talks can be a presentation on a topic, a live Q&A session about the work we do, or the work around the work we do, or really just about anything--we don't want to limit ourselves, or you.

You should send along an idea or topic of your own so we can learn from you, as well! You don't have to be a published author or a professional speaker on a circuit to be good at your job, so please, put yourself forward, and let's have some fun, talk, and share your experience with others!