Valerie Morris is a social media strategist who believes that you can be successful in social media marketing AND have balance in life. She understands social media growth tactics and how they fit in with other digital marketing disciplines like SEO, blogging, advertising, email, and more. Valerie founded Tintero Creative, a digital agency based in the Front Range. Valerie is active in the digital community in Denver, including being a founding member of Colorado Women in Social Media,a speaker at Denver Startup Week, and speaker at many regional marketing groups. When Valerie “shuts off” her social media, she can be found running around with her two dogs, doing Pinterest projects, or searching for the best queso this side of the border.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Thinking that that was something that I could do, I didn’t necessarily come from a family that said no you can’t do any of this stuff but most of the people that I grew up around worked for larger corporations or they worked for school systems or they worked for some system that was already in place so I didn’t really have the entrepreneur model shown to me”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
How to Win Friends and Influence People Book by Dale CarnegieFavourite Quote:
“Earning the right to be heard”
Recommended Online Resources:
Lean Domain Search – Find a great available domain name for your website in seconds
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Get off social media from time to time, not to say that you have to be off of it completely but every time you disconnect and take some time to put your head down and focus on the tasks that you need to have done, some of the projects that you have planned and mapped out, you can get a lot more done without getting distracted, social media can be really great but it can also distract you from your goals because you’re paying attention to what other people are doing”…[Listen for More]
More About Valerie Morris:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Dare to ask questions. There are answers to any question.” Lailah Gifty Akita
Other Quotes From the Chat with Valerie Morris:
- “In marketing people aren’t going to care about what you’re selling what you’re promoting unless you have given them some reason as to why they should pay attention to you, so you have to earn the right to be heard, you have to earn the right to be able to sell your products to your customers”
- “Remember social media is the highlight reel, people aren’t showing the hard work that’s going in behind the scenes or the frustrations or the disappointments along the way”
- “Focus on what you’re doing not what other people are doing”
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