High-Pressure CMO Roles, Avoiding Burnout, and Growing your Personal Brand with Amanda Goetz

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#244: Professional Growth | Dave is joined by Amanda Goetz, a 2x founder, 3x CMO, and the author behind the popular weekly newsletter, Life's A Game. Amanda shares her expertise in personal and professional growth, brand building, and content creation.

Amanda and Dave cover:

How Amanda transformed her LinkedIn strategy to grow her following and engagement
The impact of personal branding on social media and its role in business growth
Creating a feedback loop to refine and improve content strategy

Timestamps

(00:00) - - Intro
(08:58) - - How to Use LinkedIn Video
(12:26) - - Shifting from Twitter to LinkedIn
(16:12) - - Developing a Clearer Target Market and Products
(16:55) - - Building Sustainable Momentum Amid Burnout: A CMO's Perspective
(21:16) - - Why Your Content Strategy Must Be Focused
(28:21) - - The Brand Pyramid
(29:16) - - The Emotion Behind Branding
(32:46) - - People Are What Matter In Branding Success
(38:24) - - The Growing Creator Economy vs. Traditional Corporations
(39:42) - - Creating Emotional Brand Connections for Growth Marketing
(44:14) - - How Amanda Became a Fractional CMO
(46:48) - - Why Amanda Looks to Alex Lieberman for Inspiration

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